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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. Wow! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Look at those pigs fly!

  3. Only one thing left to say by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Noooooooooooooooooooooooo!

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  4. Re:Mac users take it up the Buttt by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Boss Conspiracy Theory

    For those of you who wonder, as I have, why Bruce Springsteen hasn't recorded that many tunes that could be classified as love songs over the years, the Boss himself explained last week during an Asbury Park, N.J., warmup show for his new solo tour. Part of the reason, he declared, was that his father "kind of spoiled the whole thing" when he was a kid. Love songs, the elder Springsteen informed his young son, "were a government conspiracy to get you married and force you to pay taxes." (Apparently the marriage penalty wasn't as big a deal back then.) "I don't agree," the younger Springsteen hastened to tell his audience.

  5. 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.

  6. First Post! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    First Post!!!

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

    Me fail English? That's unpropable!

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

    someone unmod this crap post!

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