I doesn't matter. The performance avdantage from one to the other is going to teeter back and forth from both AMD and Intel...So, maybe they did go with AMD, Intel comes out with a chip that smacks around a new Athlon, like they are doing the the crappy Prescotts. On the other hand, that may not happen for a while, if at all. I think its' advantageous for Apple to go with Intel since they have huge fab plants and would be able to have both CPUs and chipsets available in large quantities to sell to Apple. Although, AMD seems to be a better bargain...I'm sure it woud be put under a lot of strain to produce all those CPUs...and then who will produce the chipsets? AMD?...I doubt they have the capacity do so, and I don't think Apple wants to wait around for say, a VIA or nVIDIA product to be ready.