I used an Intel iMac today
to do software development. Doing a little consulting here in FL. The developers love it as it is much faster than their Dual G5 desktops. Mind you this is running xcode and gcc but it compiles about 4 times faster than the G5's do.
Other apps are about on par.
"Whenever you find you are on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect" --Mark Twain
"The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them." --Albert Einstein
"This is still a dangerous world. It's a world of madmen and uncertainty and potential mental losses." --George W. Bush