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I think it's a real shame. The switch was announced over a year ago, and yet there are many non-Universal applications exist. These aren't your small time programs either, but ones put out by the large companies.
Of the software I use daily, I'm highly pissed off that Matlab and Office still aren't universal binaries. Matlab has no excuse, as guys like Mathematica took 5+ hours to do the port. MS Office is rather unbearable to use on a Intel Macbook. Sure, it works for small documents, but once you start getting to 20+ pages, you'll notice lag.
All in all, while the commercial software has taken time to become Universal, I've been forced to check out the alternatives! As a result, I've ditched Matlab (we'll release a universal binary in 2006. No wait, 2nd half of 2006. Scratch that, early 2007) and gone to R which is not only free, but is universal, and has a nice environment to boot. For my word processing needs, I've checked out Mellel, Nisus Writer Express and Mariner. Suffice to say, I'm quite satisfied with the shareware apps produced by small software houses.
Over all, the intel switch was a hard one for me. Most of my apps aren't universal yet, and that's made me look at alternatives. This can only be a good thing for the Mac shareware writers.
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