Speaking from my own impressions, the UI was noticeably faster. There were many applications - mp3 playing, for example - that only worked on PowerPC. Over tim

Speaking from my own impressions, the UI was noticeably faster. There were many applications - mp3 playing, for example - that only worked on PowerPC. Over time Intel became faster, but there was a period of ~1-3? years when PPC was faster. AFAIR :)