Mac x86 arrived!

It's not a rumor or a thought, or any kind of small talk, it's a fact. It has been announced by Steve Jobs and you can buy them on Apple's official website.
A new iMac and a new laptop with Intel processors have arrived. This is a very important day for computer production world but that's not all... when you buy one of these computers you won't get one but two core processors. That's right, Apple adopted Intel Core Duo to get "up to four times the horsepower of PowerBook G4" (from Apple website).
Many interesting new features also arrived with these new computers as the stunning graphic card (ATI X1600 128 or 256 mb) specially on the laptops (now know as MacBooks). Design was also improved (MacBooks are now 1" thin) and special features like Power Adapter with MagSafe connector, iSight and Apple Remote were also included.

After all the huge party of the most revolutionary notebook in Mac history, i would point some things which are not so bright or clear.
1) First, it is not yet clear if MacBook's Pro and iMac with Intel processors do make possible to run any x86 software natively like Windows XP and FreeBSD. There is no technical information that makes this a problem but some say it is not going to be possible to make support cheaper and the image of Apple cleaner since many people would throw stones against Apple for problem with Windows OS and so on...
Truth is, there is no clear answer to this question which is really important for many people (like me) that want to buy a new computer.
2) Well, though current prices are excepted to decrease with time, still they are high to many pockets. Not so high if we consider its features and the trademark "Apple".
3) There is no pcmcia slot. Allthough you can find a expresscard/34 slot, still pcmcia is very used on laptops like in 3G cards.
4) There is no dial-up modem. Here you have alternative using, for example, Apple USB modem (which may expect a good selling period) but that has a price.
5) Firewire is not 800 but 400. Not a problem, but certainly not an advantage.
6) Superdrive (dvd burner) is not dual-layer. That should be already mandatory.
7) No S-video connection. You have DVI instead but you still lose a lot of freedom to easily connect your computer to a TV. Here you also have an alternative by using a DVI to S-video adapter, however there is an extra cost for that.

I am almost sure that is only a matter of time until become possible to run Windows on MacBook Pro. At least, Windows Vista should not offer much problems since it is supposed to support EFI (Extensible Firmware Interface) which is pointed to be one of the most strong reasons for these releases not to run Windows XP. I'm also very confident that some of the other topics refered above will going to be improved on future releases.

The release took place few hours ago, so it's early to take more conclusions than this, however in overall these machines have an huge potential (specially on performance matters) and definitely represent a big threat to competition.

P.S.: this article has been updated 1 time.
References:
Apple official Website
Slashdot article