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Steve Jobs announced today that future Apple machines would use Intel's chips instead of the Apple/IBM designed PowerPC chips.

While I always like to see big changes, I'm surprised Apple went with the x86 architecture DOS and Windows users have been using for 20+ years instead of a whole new technology such as Sony's Cell or something new from Intel not tied to the x86 architecture.

It's also interesting that Microsoft's next XBOX is going to be using a specially designed derivation of a triple-core PowerPC chip, a decision that made many Apple fans very excited. Maybe Microsoft foresaw this and is getting the PowerPC chips on clearance.

And where's AMD? Even their popular 64-bit chips weren't enough for Apple?

Scoble: Skeptics can't believe Apple is giving IBM the boot.

Jerome on Technology: Apple is shooting themselves in the foot.