Why Not?
Forgive me if I am being ignorant here:
I thought the whole point of the "advanced OS" was to discontinue the power each application holds over the CPU. Along with this I thought that most if not all calls the applications make go to the OS, not to the hardware itself. So if Apple ports OS X to an x86 processor, the application's theroetically shouldn't have to be re-written, as they can make the same calls to the OS, and get the same results. If I am mistaken in this, then shame on the application engineers. The whole idea of modularity is thrown out the window by making direct calls to hardware.
Also, I almost hate to bring this up, but the PPC is not a better, or worse processor than AMD, or Intel. That is like saying that a hack-saw is better than a wood saw. These tools are somewhat specialized, you wouldn't use a hack-saw to saw down a tree, just as you wouldn't usw a wood-saw to cut a piece of metal. You don't see a Graphic Artist using an Intel platform, and you don't see CAD Engineers working on a Mac. Do not be fooled, there is a good reason for this, and it has nothing to do with user interface. See some of my previous posts if you are curious, or email me, I just don't feel like typing it out one more time.
Also we are talking about Processors, not co-processors(Velocity Engine). It shouldn't be too hard to apply an Velocity Engine to the AMD chipset. Since all AMD chipsets and Intel chipset have their own propritary technologies that do something similar to the Velocity Engine.
On the other hand, in a few years all this will be mote. Intel and AMD are already producing at the .9 Micron level. Somewhere around the .5 Micron level, a pesky little thing called Quantium Mechanics rears it's ugly little head, and the electron paths short out. So we are going to have to look at the possiblity of light, as opposed to electrons, to process.
