On 11/14/05, at 7:05 PM, John Griffin jwegriffin at mac.com said: >But by then who knows what IBM will have coming >out of the gate? I would assume it will be a blazingly fast quad core >64-bit processor and will be low-power, low-heat and very adaptable >for portable use. Presumably IBM and Intel made presentations to Apple about their plans for the next few years and then Apple made its choice between the two. A major decision, so a lot of thought must have gone into the decision.