I got nothing to say about the Apple switch to Intel processors. I know next to nothing about processors, so I won’t even pretend to do a pros/cons thing with this.

But I do like strategy talk. One of the more interesting things I’ve read is from a piece in Wired. It seems to get some things a little off, such as the Transitive thing (which I don’t think is the Rosetta technology that Jobs announced), but the main idea is interesting:

Why would Apple do this? Because Apple wants Intel’s new Pentium D chips. Released just few days ago, the dual-core chips include a hardware copy protection scheme that prevents “unauthorized copying and distribution of copyrighted materials from the motherboard,” according to PC World. Apple — or rather, Hollywood — wants the Pentium D to secure an online movie store (iFlicks if you will) that will allow consumers to buy or rent new movies on demand, over the internet. — [link added - Kyle]

Is this true? Who knows. I lean more towards the fact that IBM couldn’t get the G5 to run cool enough in a laptop, and didn’t Jobs say something about 2004 being the year of the laptop? So he says that, and then he can’t get a G5 to run in a PowerBook. That must have pissed him off just a bit.

Again, who knows? As long as it still feels like a Mac, then I’ll be happy.