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Really switching to Intel!!??

markie said:
Don't bet on it if it's Intel-x86. Just as people have hacked the Xbox to run normal Windows, they will get Mac OS X running on normal x86 PCs
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There is one slight problem with that comment: What if the hardware is truly custom and the OS is heavily dependant on it at a non-Darwin level? Then there are going to be major problems and it won't be worth the hassle for most to do the work needed to hack OS X onto the system.
 
DPazdanISU said:
so is the keynote going to be available to watch later? I like watching steve's distortion field
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Same here. But I still can't believe that crappy Keynote.
 
Nailed this one on the head

I nailed this one on the head. This great I cannot wait.

Newer powerbooks.

Viva la mac!


Now the question is going to be will there be a small group hardware people able to sell OSX on thier own machines, HP and SONY. If that happens watch out... OSX will rule the software world
 
Krevnik said:
There is one slight problem with that comment: What if the hardware is truly custom and the OS is heavily dependant on it at a non-Darwin level? Then there are going to be major problems and it won't be worth the hassle for most to do the work needed to hack OS X onto the system.
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It is called burning your own ROMS
 
broken_keyboard said:
"The Mac OS X for Intel Develpoer Kit includes a 3.6GHz Pentium 4 and OS X 10.4.1 for Intel (preview release). Order today; ships in two weeks."

Woohoo! Steve finally shipped his 3GHz Mac!
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All I need is a spare $999 and I would join and get this.
 
StkhlmSyndrm23 said:
Did anyone else catch that Leopard is going to debut at the same time as Longhorn (potentially before given Microsofts problems)...that is very big news. New version of Xcode available today, too. Get ready.
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Anyone else find the next rev of Mac OS X name very ironic? Leopard? Talk about changing your spots...going from PowerPC to Intel... :D :D
 
MacIke said:
It is called burning your own ROMS
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Or even more importantly Open Firmware. If they continue to use that they can make it really easy for Windows not to start up.

I had a brief flash of a nightmare that had my lovely iMac booting up and showing the Phoenix BIOS screen counting memory. Ugh.
 
Trekkie said:
Anyone else find the next rev of Mac OS X name very ironic? Leopard? Talk about changing your spots...going from PowerPC to Intel... :D :D
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:D Maybe it's intended?!! A whole marketing strategy about Apple channging to the previously toasted Pentium guys :eek:
 
OK. I call on the communities help. Someone in one of these intel threads said they'd send me all their Macs if Intel was announced. Trying to find the note so I can collect :D

I'll give you half of em :D
 
i thought i had married into stability getting my PB back in Feb. but alas :( its no longer a future machine but a current one.

i suppose this does pave way for OS11. a X86-only OS. i mean why would Apple make an OS to run on G3,4,5 and the Intel CPU's when Intel is the future, seemingly.

*sobs*

but. i suppose that Windows has a bleeding hard challenge ahead of them. especially if you can buy Leapord in shops to run on regular PC's.
 
Am I realistic to believe this will kill Apple's hardware sales for the next year? What are they supposed to do with iBooks and Powerbooks when they are already lacking and people know they plan a massive transition to great technology in a year?
 
Not even a sign on the Apple Web Site

Interesting that their is not even a mention in the hot news section of Apple's web site..
 
This move won't necisarally decrease product sales, unless OSX is opened up to all PC's. If Apple and Intel work togeather to design a chip similar to to the PPC, then there will be no interfearance with product sales. It might even increase product sales with Intel being known how it is...

I just hope there isnt an "Intel Inside" sticker tapered to the upcoming powermacs ;)
 
newamiga said:
Interesting that their is not even a mention in the hot news section of Apple's web site..
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Not that interesting. Hot news isn't really the place for this kind of thing. There is a press release about the Intel switch on Apple's site in the PR section.
 
Trekkie said:
Or even more importantly Open Firmware. If they continue to use that they can make it really easy for Windows not to start up.

I had a brief flash of a nightmare that had my lovely iMac booting up and showing the Phoenix BIOS screen counting memory. Ugh.
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As people have pointed out... the Universal Binary makes Open Firmware look like it is a gonner.
 
Sun Baked said:
As people have pointed out... the Universal Binary makes Open Firmware look like it is a gonner.
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Actually the Universal Binary has nothing to do with open firmware. That part of Apple's machines is completely up to them. Universal Binaries are referring to software (photoshop, office..etc) so that it can be compiled and sold to either PPC or Intel Mac users.
 
xli_ne said:
So are we going to have all the "Wintel" talk anymore now? What about "mactel"
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I prefer "Macintel" myself. Sounds better and sounds like the word "Macintosh" was mutilated (which makes it symbolic of how some of us feel right now).
 
me_94501 said:
I prefer "Macintel" myself. Sounds better and sounds like the word "Macintosh" was mutilated (which makes it symbolic of how some of us feel right now).
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*shakes head*

I love this odd sense of betrayal you all are feeling. It's so ridiculous.

PS Go A's
 
What are they supposed to do with iBooks and Powerbooks when they are already lacking and people know they plan a massive transition to great technology in a year?
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Well, it may cause people to flock to buy the last line of PowerPC computers that may ever be made....








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