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According to what Jobs said in his keynote address, all the software developed since the release of OS 10 has been done so as processor independent. If I understand it right that means that recompiling is all that's needed. Architecture specific instructions aren't added until the compile is executed. The was one of the big deals with Java. You base code was good for any computer, the specifics are worked out when it's compiled. The older codes (c++, fortran(?), etc) had to have their core code written for specific chip sets. So to make software to run on different computers you had to rewrite the entire code.
If I understand it right that is.
As for is this a good thing. I should be in a few years. Right away, probably not. It was subtle, but jobs noted that Intel had better future development than IBM based on processing ability per watt. That means in 5 years from now Intel chips MAY run faster, cooler and use less power than IBMs.
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