Dvorak on an Apple switch to Intel

Apple has, famously, urged Wintel users to switch to Mac. But this week PC Magazine columnist John Dvorak speculates that the company could be about to make a switch itself, from Motorola/IBM chips to faster Intel ones. The scenario he outlines is quite complex, and you can't help but feel he does a poor job of explaining some of the complex changes that would have to take place, both in terms of the company's technology, and its business plan. Take, for instance, his single-sentence explanation of how Apple would work out how to run Intel and Motorola chips (which have completely different designs) side by side in the same workstations: "Apple is adept at creating dual-processor architectures, so this won't be too radical". Humm... even if I think it's a good idea, which (I think) I do, I'm not so sure it would be that straightforward: Apple create dual processor architectures, yes, but both processors are the same make and type. But Dvorak insists it all makes sense and could begin to happen as early as this summer. One to revisit, perhaps?