[jyl]

I think she's giving bad advice.

Apple's own software runs native on the Intel Macs. That includes Safari, Mail, iTunes, iPhoto, iDVD, iMovie, Final Cut Pro, etc.

MS Office still runs through Rosetta (the translation engine), but performance is not an issue, as the machines are more than fast enough.

I believe the only major software where you might have a performance question is in really heavy-duty Adobe Photoshop use. ADBE has yet to create Universal Binaries. That's probably why AAPL's G5 PowerMac is still on IBM CPUs.

Anyway, when the Universal Binary version of Photoshop comes out, it will run native on the INTC-based Mac you buy today.