Apple steeled itself today and finally did what it had been putting off for a week and a half: it told the PowerPC it was breaking it off.

Insisting time and time again "It's not you. It's me!" the company did its best to be gentle with the RISC processor that's been the heart and soul of the Macintosh for ten years.

"Oh, don't cry," Apple said, putting a hand on the processor. "Look, I have a lot of issues."