[MrNivit1]

Originally Posted by ElDiabloConCaca

Slightly off-topic and speculative, but I think Apple developed Mac OS X on Intel simultaneously a Mac OS X on PPC in case of a switch of processors, not in case Apple ever gave up their hardware business. I don't think Apple ever gave a thought to giving up the hardware business; instead, always kept their options open as to which processors to use... just a thought, though.

Going on a bit about it being the software, not the hardware; it would be interesting to see, now that the transition to intel is happening, whether Apple will keep developing PPC along with intel once the switch is over (just in case it needs to switch back). This is a bit of a paradigm shift here; where it does not matter what hardware you run, you will still be able to run OS X on it. Would this allow Apple to continue selling/buliding PPC hardware along intel hardware should the IBM/frescale relationship improve? I think so. This is the genius in OS X, allowing it to be hardware independent. Maybe we'll even see OS X run on cell processors (don't flame, just an example, pick any other chip if you want).