Intel Inside MAC's WTF?

VictorEM83 · Post by **VictorEM83** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 3:30 am

When did mac go to Intel I dont watch mac news very often and saw it on a site but though it was a rumor now I see ads by apple promoting Intel! WTF apple promoting Intel?!? did Steve Jobs die and I miss it?

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Stasi · Post by **Stasi** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 6:37 am

I guess Mr. Jobs decided their relationship with IBM didn't have a future for some reason. But yes, you heard right... funny how now we'll be hearing 'Mac elitists' espousing the virtues of the new Macs with Intels inside where just a couple years ago, they were anti-anything Intel and just absolutely apey over the IBM G5's.

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VictorEM83 · Post by **VictorEM83** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 7:58 pm

Yes hence why i was shocked I remember Apple running Intel bashing ads. now its Intel Inside, but the key thing is that means all new OS X OS and software should be pc compatible and the other way around. This should make for an intresting next few years.

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Stasi · Post by **Stasi** » Sun Feb 05, 2006 2:56 pm

VictorEM83 wrote: Yes hence why i was shocked I remember Apple running Intel bashing ads. now its Intel Inside, but the key thing is that means all new OS X OS and software should be pc compatible and the other way around. This should make for an intresting next few years.

Well, they came out with an x86 version of OS X a while ago... don't remember what it was called, but it was stripped down quite a bit. As for direct platform to platform portability, I haven't heard that, but if the same Intels are being used on the x86ers and Macs, then it's totally believable.

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Stasi · Post by **Stasi** » Sun Feb 05, 2006 2:58 pm

Oh, and while we're talking about Apple... It's funny, their roller coaster ride of success. They seem to be on the upswing, though. In fact, the company I work for, Micron Technologies, has created a joint venture with Intel to increase mfg production and technological advancement for Nand flash to be used in a number of new products, one major one of which is Apple's iPod, among other mp3 players.

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