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PPC users aren't being compelled to upgrade to Snow Leopard. It's not like their machines are going to be turned off upon Snow Leopard's release or anything like that. Their computers are working just fine right now and Leopard is a solid OS. So they don't get to enjoy some of the newer features, that's what happens when you have progress. I'm sure plenty of G3 users complained when Leopard dropped G3 support, but their machines still work fine to this day on Panther/Tiger.

There is no reason for Apple to provide monetary incentives for PPC users to upgrade to Intel machines. If PPC users feel like they absolutely need certain Snow Leopard features, then they know what they have to do to obtain them. It's the price you pay for progress.