New mac vs ppc laptop

I got afew questions about the new mac laptops and intel chip..
1) when apple came out with the new line of intel macbook,macbook pro..how come they didn't up the mem to at least 4 gig and just stay at the 2 gig...
2) when running an intel macbook with tiger can you run a pc base windows program on tiger or you have to run windows..
if I can run a windows program on tiger that would be great.
3) I love the power pc line and I'm not going to put windows on any of my mac's..so if I not going to run windows..then would it be worth it to go to intel mac or just stay with my ppc mac's...because I got a g-4 1.67 17" powerbook,,the last one apple made before the intel change over..an it under a year old...
ppc g5 2.0 dual 2.5gig mem.   Mac OS X (10.4.7)   imac g5 1.9 1.5 gig mem.

3) I love the power pc line and I'm not going to put
windows on any of my mac's..so if I not going to run
windows..then would it be worth it to go to intel mac
or just stay with my ppc mac's...because I got a g-4
1.67 17" powerbook,,the last one apple made before
the intel change over..an it under a year old...
I wish I could live life without Windows applications.
I keep running into things that are Windows-Only:
- cell phone synchronization
- games (flight simulator)
- freeware utilities (convert PDF to TXT)
- applications from my employer
It's a catch 22. Software companies don't port to MAC because there are only a few users. People don't buy MAC's because a lot of software is not ported to MAC.
I was hoping the Intel chip inside MAC would make a difference, and start a REAL migration to OS X. But the power and battery issues of the MacBook are really raining on that parade (I'm ready to buy one, but I'm not going to buy a box full of trouble)

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