Apple - Intel & Software Developers . . . Perfect Together?

As a web designer, I have always preferred the Apple / Mac platform. I am already drooling over the prospects of a slickly designed 17' Powerbook that is competitively priced with the gray slabs produced by IBM, Dell and other PC laptop brands! The big question I have is regarding the possibility of running current Windows operating systems and software on these machines.

In the short term, the big issue is migrating current Apple software over to the Intel based platform. How difficult will the migration be for software developers? Wired.com has an interesting article from the developers perspective. "For the most part, developers here at Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference 2005 appeared willing to give Apple and CEO Steve Jobs the benefit of the doubt. Some of this goodwill stems from the company's track record with previous transitions, first from 680x0 processors to PowerPC chips, and then from Mac OS 9 to OS X." Read the full article here.

If you want to see the original speech by Steve jobs at Apple's Worldwide developer Conference 2005, visit Apple's website here.

Can't you just feel the excitement?