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Apple Switching To Intel Chips In 2006

Posted by Zonk on from the late-lamented-powerpc dept.

telstar writes "According to C|Net, Apple has officially decided to drop IBM, and will use Intel processors starting in their '06 line of systems. This change was rumored last month. The announcement is expected Monday at Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference in San Francisco, at which Chief Executive Steve Jobs is giving the keynote speech." From the article: "Apple successfully navigated a switch in the 1990s from Motorola's 680x0 line of processors to the Power line jointly made by Motorola and IBM. That switch also required software to be revamped to take advantage of the new processors' performance, but emulation software permitted older programs to run on the new machines."

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  1. Re:Any Evidence At All? by blakespot · · Score: 0, Troll

    "I agree Apple needs to get PCIe as that is the only thing that keeps me from buying a PowerMac."

    What an assclown thou art.

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  2. Re:April Fools: Apple raises the Itanic by toddestan · · Score: 0, Troll

    Do you know how big, hot & expensive that Itanium2 chips are?

    Really big, really hot & really expensive.

    In other words, they are perfect for the next generation of Macs!