cgingrich said:
Intel chips will be going in all of apple's line, the only thing that's uncertain to this point is when. It's likely the portable line will move first because it will benefit the most from the intel technology. As far as specific rumors, there have been rumors of powerbooks moving in January, however nobody really knows anything to this point. Apple previously stated that machines with Intels would start shipping by June however many people speculate, as I said before, in January. Powermacs will likely be the last to switch over, probably no earlier than 2007. There are many guides on the intel transition in the "Guides" section next to "Forums" at the top of the page. Check out that for more info
the ultra low voltage of some intel processors will help the portables the most, but part of the reason for intel is that they can ship to apple on time which has been a problem of ibm and motorola, who both have more important business interests than making computer processors
and since ibm has sold off their computer division, it seems they are really going to move into the b to b field and high end server computing
motorola is making a ton on their cellphones so apple has never been that important to them
intel focuses mainly on processors for many purposes and machines/devices so they should be able to deliver on time which will help apple's market share and keep us current mac users happy and not pissing and moaning about too little too late for apple inc
i also hope amd can enter the equation, too for macs, and transmeta so apple can enter the ultra portable line of sub-4 lb. machines like the x series or libretto lines of the pc world (we already have the budget laptop and the multimedia desktop replacement and everything in between)