Quoting Hudson Barton <hhbv

highwinds.com>:
> I just wonder whether the change of processors makes it easier for
> Windows software to be converted to Mac OS X. Is there any
> indication that conversion tools are forthcoming? What specific
> aspects of Windows/OS X conversion are and are not likely to be
> positively affected?
Easier -- probably slightly. Easy, no. In application development it's all
about the OS's API, not the processor.
Unix and Linux can port pretty painlessly between various versions
because there
is a base set of API's that are fairly common between them (POSIX). They also
have the benefit (if the project is popular enough) of developers willing to
help port open source software to a new variation of Unix.
Once you get into the GUI applications porting is much more difficult. Even in
Unix it is less frequent (but still not uncommon) to port GUI applications
between the KDE and GNOME environments.
Windows and Mac OS X API's are much more difficult to switch between.
One of my biggest fears is that VirtualPC will become fast enough that it will
actually discourage developers from looking at the Mac as a platform. "Just
use VirtualPC" may become a standard Tech Support answer. Don't get me
wrong, I
love VirtualPC (or hopefully VMWare) but I like native apps better.
I don't see dual booting quite as exciting as others. I hate dual booting --
partitioning drives, the reboot time (although exceptionally fast on the Mac
side, the XP side isn't so quick), the workflow disruption, etc....