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Apple marrying Intel for their DRM chips?

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So Wired's Leander Kahney has an idea about why Apple is moving to Intel chips (insert obligatory "Switcher" joke here): it's not their rugged good looks nor their charming dinner conversation — Apple is after Intel for their DRM. Now that the Pentium D comes with a hardware-based copy protection mechanism, the idea is that the movie industry will look more favorably upon devices employing said chips. And Apple would need to support of the movie industry if they wanted to do something crazy like, say, build out a movie on demand/iTunes Movie Store. So — we do know Apple is newly in love with Intel, but all the rest is still speculation. What's your take? We want your predictions, so spill it, yo.

[Thanks, Kun Kim]