News.com reports that Apple will announce a CPU change on Monday
Apple Computer plans to announce Monday that it's scrapping its partnership with IBM and switching its computers to Intel's microprocessors, CNET News.com has learned.
Apple has used IBM's PowerPC processors since 1994, but will begin a phased transition to Intel's chips, sources familiar with the situation said. Apple plans to move lower-end computers such as the Mac Mini to Intel chips in mid-2006 and higher-end models such as the Power Mac in mid-2007, sources said.
Having lived through the change from the Motorola 680x0 line of CPUs to the PowerPC line in the early to mid 1990s, my guess is that this will be a relatively easy change from Apple. But, wow, this is a big deal.