CNet: Apple has Intel inside—sort of

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It's not the product some have been hoping for, but there is already one Apple Computer machine that has "Intel Inside," according to CNet News.com. "For a long time, people have suggested that Apple make its Mac OS X operating system work with Intel chips. While the Mac maker has not done so, it has used Intel processors in one of its recent products— the Xserve RAID storage system... According to Intel marketing materials, the Xserve RAID uses Intel's IOP 331 chip, a derivative of the XScale processor. The IOP chip, which is used in many storage systems, is designed to speed the task of shuttling data in and out of a computer system." However, its noted that the use of an Intel chip does not appear to be part of a broader trend, and as recently as last month, Apple Chief Financial Officer Peter Oppenheimer reiterated that Apple has no plans to offer Mac OS X on anything other than the kinds of chips it currently uses.