You're right about Adobe Reader vs. Preview Dan. I was thinking about Michael's comment in terms of what it meant for Adobe's readiness to start producing universal binaries, but it's probably not the best example because it's probably widely under-used.

Pundits do take themselves too seriously! It's the whole point of publishing opinions on the World of Mac in the first place. The lens thing, I think, is just begging for exploitation—the biggest difference with the new built-in cameras is that you cannot point them in a different direction and still see the screen. I can imagine the next installment of Yet Another Not Another Teen Movie featuring the iSight camera stalker who knows how to hack the indicator light so that the camera comes on without the warning signal…

I agree with the pundits that users should not have to pay for the cross-grade, not because I think it won't cost Apple (and other large software vendors) a lot of money, but because I think they stand to gain so much in the long run that they are scooping the pool at both ends this way—you shouldn't have to pay twice for the same software. I suspect that Adobe will end up delivering a new product along with their universal binary, or not charge for it at all. The former seems like the smarter option.

As for criticising Apple, I think they can take it. You don't need a licence, just a blog! You're right that the Intel move will be good in the long run, but that doesn't mean we have to swallow the most proposterous of Apple's claims in the meantime. I agree with Yager that they didn't need to fix the results the way they did with the benchmarking tests (assuming his multi-proc explanation is correct, I'm relying on that since I wouldn't otherwise know the first thing about it).

I think they're scared that people will be reticent about performance because of Rosetta (whether it actually feels slow or not). Fair enough, but come on, let's get some accurate comparisons here, not just the same Intel vs. Freescale/IBM propaganda in reverse. Real performance gains will be the best way to wins hearts and minds out there! (Just because we criticise the President doesn't mean we don't support the troops Mr. Speaker.)