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Apple Switching to Intel

Posted by pudge on from the but-but-but-but dept.

Steve Jobs announced at the WWDC keynote today that Apple is switching to Intel processors. MacNN has live coverage. The bottom line is that Mac OS X for the last five years has been running on Intel, the switch is expected to be complete in two years, and Rosetta will allow PPC apps to run on Intel-based Macs, transparently. If you're using Xcode, it is small changes and a recompile; otherwise, you might be seeing a lot of work ahead of you. You will be able to order the 10.4.1 preview for Intel today.

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  1. hahaha by Megor1 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    /me breaks out his Mac user rolodex to do some gloating :D

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  2. INTEL IS NOT AN ARCHITECTURE! by l33td00d42 · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    IT'S A FREAKING COMPANY! THEY MAKE PROCESSORS FOR SEVERAL ARCHITECTURES! GET YOUR TECHNOLOGY JOURNALIST[sic] HEADS OUT OF YOUR ASSES AND USE CLEAR, PRECISE LANGUAGE FOR ONCE!

    maybe if i throw in some lowercase stuff at the end, the "lameness filter" (a.k.a. strong feelings filter) won't reject me this time.

  3. GNAA "Punjabi Extreme" made in APPLE GARAGEBAND! by atomm1024 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    You GNAA guys love making fun of Apple, but I bet a lot of you don't even know that Punjabi Extreme was made in Apple's own toy music sequencer GarageBand. It makes you guys look sort of hypocritical, doesn't it now.

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  4. Re:Have a taste... by dancingmad · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Me fail English? That's unpropable!

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  5. Re:Intel yes, Pentium no by bushlick_bill · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    someone unmod this crap post!

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