My guess would be new intel cpus will be a paid upgrade for another $500 sometime next year. Apple will then abandon macs because they aren't moving ridiculously priced hardware. More likely is that apple is phasing out its pro line in favor of premium consumer macs. Xserve is dead. Mac Pro is on its death bed. MacBook Pro is next. Not to mention they have been slowly killing off their pro software as well. I was actually surprised final cut got an update.