[Thank The Cheese]

It's been around a year and a half since Apple announced they would be switching to Intel processors. In the beginning there was a lot of apprehension, but as time has gone more have found this an exciting new era of the Macintosh.

How do you think it has gone?

I believe it has been a smooth transition -- rosetta has worked far better than I though it would -- and apart from a couple stubborn applications not making the switch, developers and consumers alike have embraced the change.

Having said that, I think Apple has huge issues with quality control; a direct result of the success of their Intel macs. My MacBook Pro has not suffered swollen batteries or random shut downs, but I hear the whine every day, and my optical drive has failed for the second time in 3 months and will need replacement.

I am glad they switched to Intel because of the new possibilities it has opened up, but I have to admit, as much as I love my MBP, it has to be the most negative Mac experience I've had since my Mac Classic. (EDIT: not suggesting my Mac Classic was a bad experience. Actually, it's still going strong, even after being dropped down the stairs in the mid 90s!)