Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 21st Dec 2005 18:12 UTC
"One can't wander through the aisles of an electronics retailer or down the hallways of an office without walking past any number of PCs with Intel Inside stickers. As a brand-building endeavor, Intel Inside has been a success by any definition. With the first Intel-powered Macintosh computers expected to be introduced at Macworld San Francisco next month, some are wondering if Apple's machines will bear the mark of the CPU beast."
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I have three Macs and three Intel systems, and they're all good. I think the Pentium M or derivatives are a good move, and Intel's hardware roadmap looks pretty compelling at the moment (all things being equal). It perhaps would have been better for Apple to go with AMD, but that's another argument.
As a Mac user of three years I can tell you it wasn't the G4/PIII arguments that got me on to the thing; it was the OS. If Mac OS X runs as well or better on a Pentium M or derivative from Intel then I am very happy. My OS at work is Windows- I'm a network manager for a large school. But my OS of choice is OS X. If my usage gets more from an Intel transition then I am (again) happy.
As to a mark of some kind- I think it will be touch and go. The iBook has "G4" on it to denote the processor, and it might occur that on the underside or somewhere Intel will get a mention (at least on the spec sheet or on the box). I wouldn't want one of those stickers on my laptop/desktop from Apple though...that *could* dampen it for me. At least until I peal it off :-)