It is not a rumour anymore. Apparently (as to go along with my conspiracy filled mind) Mac OS X has been able to run on Intel hardware for years.
http://www4.macnn.com/macnn/wwdc/05/
This is big, but I don't understand why all the Macintosh die-hard enthusiasts/zealots will no doubt flame on because of this.
What, did they actually think it wasn't going to happen? Half the hardware in the current Macs are third-party pieces purchased from companies like ATI & NVidia (to name but two).
I will either have to hold off buying a Mac until the new models come out next year, or perhaps buy something cheap like a Mac-Mini now and hope they may have a way to down port this new technology to processors that are not Intel based.