1. If Apple shipped an intel powerbook tomorrow, I would order one, regardless of what apps are out there. As long as apple has it's core apps, that is enough for me to get started.

2. With adobe's luke warm response, this would be the perfect time for a company to make inroads with a photoshop alternative (including Apple). Though I love photoshop.

1. I am looking forward to the intel products too, not that I need something right now.

2. Is'nt it time for Adobe to really streamline their applications. I don't really like the different approach in docking palletes in their apps. The way it is handled in Indesign is great though.

I figure it'll be about 2 years AFTER the first Intel Macs ship before enough applications run natively and at full speed (and the hardware bugs are chased away), for MacTels to be really worthwhile.

Maybe some people are willing to settle for iLife and TextEdit and some mysterious variation of OS X "Classic" mode for their main applications... sorry, not me. I've been burned by too many of Apple's promises of "smooth transitions" to buy another load of THAT malarky again.

I just bought a new PowerBook and plan to ride out the hardware and software transitions to come. The Rev. B or C MacTels ought to be about ready for primetime as far as hardware and software stability and compatibility are concerned. Then I'll make the move.

Quark will go intel in 2020. Until then apple will be forced to sell PPC powermacs.

Since the Rosetta Stone was used for language translation before there were electronic computers (and since the stone was created well before the discovery of electricity - although it wouldn't surprise me if Al Gore claimed to have invented it too) isn't there a significant case for prior art in the use of this word? After all, the languages being translated should be immaterial to the case, whether they are regular written languages or languages used by computers to transmit data and instructions. Assembly language is still a language, as is machine code (the 1's and 0's people frequently talk about). I have little doubt there are all sorts of lawyers thinking up ways of making money from this one.

The Adobe quote has almost no meaning. Of course they won't retrofit Creative Suite >>2

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The Adobe quote has almost no meaning. Of course they won't retrofit Creative Suite --2-- apps for Intel, just like Microsoft is probably not going to retrofit Office 2004 for Intel and Apple is probably not going to make the current versions of FCP, Logic, etc. run on Intel.

By the time Apple ships Intel Macs in volume, Apple will probably be trying to sell us an upgrade to FCP 6 for Intel, Microsoft will be trying to sell us Office 2006 for Intel, and Adobe will probably be trying to sell us Creative Suite 3 for Intel.

Apple is going to have a hard time getting that trademark. See here:

http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/9317&vid=38224

http://www.rii.com/