Mac OS on Intel in 1992...almost

I found this article on LowEndMac.com today describing the porting of the Mac OS to Intel hardware that almost took place in 1992. This was the post-Steve Apple (also known as The Dark Days when Apple was in the business of making beige paper weights), and Novell had made a deal with then-Apple CEO John Sculley which would get this transition in motion. Code named "Star Trek," the project was halted almost as quickly as it started when Michael Spindler replaced John Sculley as Apple CEO and nixed it.

Of course, this has me thinking: What could have been?  Apple as strictly a software company? For me, one of the selling points of a Mac is the fact that Apple makes both the hardware and the software. I've seen enough of my friends fighting with this driver or that driver while installing Windows from scratch to know what a benefit this is. I've often said that being ousted from Apple was the best thing (professionally) to happen to Steve Jobs...and Apple. So, what do you think? Where would we as Mac users be if Star Trek had taken flight in the early 90's? Personally, I shudder at the thought.