i like the idea of Intel processors in macs, it allows those with an application specific need for windows to run windows on a bootcamp partition, or inside mac osx using vmware fusion. Linux can also be run in vmware too.
I wouldn't consider that very limited at all 
Plus it doesnt come in a plastic fantastic disposable housing - they are built like MB's used to be made. Properly with METAL.
Very true but who does that?
I don't get paid to sort out this sort of thing anymore, my life is now far simpler until I get some parent or teenager crying on my shoulder because of the inflexability of their iPad and how they are about to lose a pile of school work or an assignment because they cant synch at home etc or they have for some reason forgotten their password.
Then there is the issue with software they have bought that they for some reason need to buy again after resetting their iPad and losing all the data and software.
In years gone by I used to deal with this on Windoze platforms with minimal hassle and recover files etc no problems and eventually everyone was happy, with the iPads in particular I got to the stage where I thought id lost touch because I couldn't fix the issues and sent them to a good Apple authorised centre where genius actually meant something only to find that they had the same options I did with unhappy outcomes for the client.
I suspect that if it were not for the groovy styling of the iRange of McProducts The late great Steve Jobs created that Apples fortunes would once again be marginal.
