<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">I thought that was pretty crazy too. Apparently, though, it includes a PC. That'll drive the cost right up. They should probably just offer the kit for free, AND the bundled PC kit.<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>I was kind of under the impression that if you wanted people to develop software for your platform, you wouldn't try to gouge them to pay for the tools to do so.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On Jun 7, 2005, at 10:34 AM, John Griffin wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Here is another issue that nobody has mentioned. Apple has just come out with a Development kit for $1K (US) that Develpers have to use to convert their software to the Intel Platform.</FONT></P> </BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>