> a bold move. The existing Apple loyal user base -- which Jobs wisely knew was irrelevant -- loved having a "different" "Supercomputer" CPU at the heart of the

> a bold move. The existing Apple loyal user base -- which Jobs wisely knew was irrelevant -- loved having a "different" "Supercomputer" CPU at the heart of their computer instead of the "slow-as-a-snail" Intel. Jobs knew it was better to appeal to the rest of the world than be true to the "true believers" ... there were no 'true believers' in PPC only 'true believers' in Apple. They argued "slow-as-a-snail" Intel because that's what Jobs/Apple had been arguing for a half a decade. There was little risk in that appeal; once Jobs said switch there were no holdouts for PPC chips or threatening to jumpship. There was more risk in showing Bill Gates at Macworld than moving to Intel and the crowd merely booed then hopped on board.