I think that it is hard to drop the ppc platform, but apple is going to release a new "just Intel" platform with Leopard.6 / Vienna is running on Leopard.5 not so fast and stable as on Tiger. We all Intel-Pro-Users waiting for the VSL 64bit software upgrade for Mac OSX and I am very sure that it is possible on the "just Intel"-platform. Leopard 10.6 is controlling the multiprocessor ability and this could be an advantage for all app-suppliers. With the next Logic for 10.6 in the late summer the 2GB file-limit is over and many other advantages will come. You can see some new features in the next Final Cut Studio in June 2009.
I am working without any network solution via Slave, my Vienna Instruments are working great, but need a loooong first-loading time. I can use till 38 Vienna Instrument tracks (each configured with a Vienna Instrument, not Ensemble) at the same time, my processor is working on the first core-bank with almost 95 %, the other banks are used by maximum 10 percent: because of the 32bit platform and no multiprocessor support. To use the other banks of the cores, we need a 64bit upgrade and I am very sure that I can use more instruments at the same time as I am using now.
Finally, the time has come to develop just in direction Intel. Sorry for my statement.
Vienna - team, awaiting your suite update 1.1. Thank you for your great work and assistance.