Apple Hardware Policy for the Future

The launch of the MacBook Core 2 Duo has been a surprise for many Mac market analysts.
If an update of MacBook models was expected, many were expecting to have a speed bump and not a CPU switch coming together with a larger default installed RAM as well as increased capacity HDs.
By adopting this new CPU, Apple has proven that one will have in the future to expect Cupertino to follow closely technology developments made available by Intel. This is of course a real change with Apple's hardware historical records, especially when looking at past road maps based on slowly progressing PowerPC. It also clearly demonstrates that Apple is going toward a real fight with PC manufacturers by proposing aggressively priced hardware models, decreasing the price of the Mac entry-level ticket.
If Apple decision to integrate as fast as possible Intel's technology might give some Mac users the feeling that their computers are getting older faster, it might also be the price to keep it up with the state of the Art of IT development. One should also not forget that most of current applications are simply not using most of the power of multicores CPU architecture, so current machines will still look good in months when developers will have coded their application to benefit of dual or quad cores CPU.
Apple resellers are probably the ones who fear the most such pace for faster CPU and 6 months-based significant hardware update. Indeed, they will not want to have large stocks of computers that might turn obsolete from one day to another; if Apple keeps delivering important hardware update at this rate.