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Skriven 2005-06-06 14:08:26 av Glenn Meadows (1:379/45)
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Ärende: Re: Apple dumps IBM!
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From: "Glenn Meadows" <gmeadow@comcast.net>

Note the story from The Register:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/06/06/apple_intel_love/

Apple pulls the ultimate switch with Intel embrace By Ashlee Vance in Chicago
Published Monday 6th June 2005 18:24 GMT Apple has bought into its own ad
campaign and become a switcher. As expected, the Mac maker announced today that
it will next year start phasing Intel processors into its computer line.

Apple CEO Steve Jobs previewed a version of the OS X operating system humming
away on an Intel-based Mac during the company's Worldwide Developer Conference
held today in San Francisco. He revealed that a version of the OS tuned for
Intel's chips has been in development for years and will start appearing on
machines in 2006. By the end of 2007, all of Apple's systems will have hearts
from Chipzilla.

"Our goal is to provide our customers with the best personal computers in the
world, and looking ahead Intel has the strongest processor roadmap by far,"
Jobs said. "It's been ten years since our transition to the PowerPC, and we
think Intel's technology will help us create the best personal computers for
the next ten years."

We already covered this contentious move here and here. CNET was the first to
confirm the shift.

Gasps of concern went out at the developer conference when Jobs first mentioned
the switch, as many Apple fans have long relished their non-Wintel status. The
developers will be charged with doing most of the work to shed Apple software
from the PowerPC architecture. More to follow. R



Note the comment about "in development on Intel for years"


--

Glenn M.
"Rich Gauszka" <gauszka@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:42a49380@w3.nls.net...
> Yep - I was just reading the comp.sys.mac.advocacy group. It's a bit
> humorous watching some of the zealots 'alter' their views from the weekend
>
>
> "Glenn Meadows" <gmeadow@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:42a492d5$1@w3.nls.net...
>> It's Official:
>>
>> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8109913/
>>
>> --
>>
>> Glenn M.
>> "Rich Gauszka" <gauszka@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:42a1a341$1@w3.nls.net...
>>> http://news.com.com/Apple+to+ditch+IBM%2C+switch+to+Intel+chips/2100-1006_3
-5731398.html?tag=nefd.lede
>>>
>>> Apple to ditch IBM, switch to Intel chips
>>> Published: June 3, 2005, 5:08 PM PDT
>>> Last modified: June 3, 2005, 5:11 PM PDT
>>> By Stephen Shankland
>>> Staff Writer, CNET News.com
>>>
>>> update Apple Computer plans to announce Monday that it's scrapping its
>>> partnership with IBM and switching its computers to Intel's
>>> microprocessors, CNET News.com has learned.
>>>
>>> Apple has used IBM's PowerPC processors since 1994, but will begin a
>>> phased transition to Intel's chips, sources familiar with the situation
>>> said. Apple plans to move lower-end computers such as the Mac Mini to
>>> Intel chips in mid-2006 and higher-end models such as the Power Mac in
>>> mid-2007, sources said.
>>>
>>> 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. The conference would be an appropriate venue:
>>> Changing the chips would require programmers to rewrite their software
>>> to
>>> take full advantage of the new processor.
>>>
>>> IBM, Intel and Apple declined to comment for this story
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>


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