Hey I am no fan of Intel either. But is this really all that bad in the long haul? Hey, it could be a good thing; right?

One of my friends, Steve, a regular die-hard Mac user, told me he will never buy a Intel-based Mac.

Why? He dislikes Intel that much?

Nope, he says his next machine will be a Dell.

Steve said he’s lost faith in Apple. He said the 10.4 Tiger release of OS/X has been the worst Apple experience for him since the buggy days of MacOS 9. After repeated crashes, reboots, and terrible networking compatibility issues, he was finally forced to downgrade to 10.3 just to have a stable operating system on his 17″ Powerbook again.

He doesn’t blog, so I have nothing to link to. He said he’s not alone with this experience, but it’s not something I’ve read before. I know there’s a few Mac users reading this site. What’s your feeling? [Get the links and read the comments]