Intel Says, "Buy Apple Computers!"

If Bill Gates wakes up screaming at night with nightmares, they must go something like this.

Pressed about security by Mr. Mossberg, Mr. Otellini [CEO of Intel] had a startling confession: He spends an hour a weekend removing spyware from his daughter's computer. And when further pressed about whether a mainstream computer user in search of immediate safety from security woes ought to buy Apple Computer Inc.'s Macintosh instead of a Wintel PC, he said, "If you want to fix it tomorrow, maybe you should buy something else."

Then again, maybe this is validation for rumors ealier this week that Apple is seriously considering Intel chips for the next generation of Macs.