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Apple`s decision to go Intel and ditch the PowerPC platform has undoubtedly caused some consternation in the world. And depending on how you look at it, the market`s concerns have been warranted.

On one hand, if Apple goes with an Intel platform, it will make for a piece of hardware that`s almost identical to every other piece of Intel-based hardware on the market. And on the other hand, (if the reports from the Apple developer community are anything to go on) the move will bring additional performance to the platform, possibly even widening the performance gap between PCs and Macs.