Intel Inside... Macs

[gekko]

Wow, interesting turn of events.

After Jobs' presentation, Apple Senior Vice President Phil Schiller addressed the issue of running Windows on Macs, saying there are no plans to sell or support Windows on an Intel-based Mac. "That doesn't preclude someone from running it on a Mac. They probably will," he said. "We won't do anything to preclude that."

However, Schiller said the company does not plan to let people run Mac OS X on other computer makers' hardware. "We will not allow running Mac OS X on anything other than an Apple Mac."

Windows on a Mac may be a possibility. Interesting.

X86 has not been mentioned in any way, shape, or form. Due to its horrible 64-bit support, it's doubtful that it will be the processor of choice for Apple. But then Intel decided to announce quad-core processors for Q1 2006. Coincidence?

And give Apple a round of applause. They have been planning this for 5 years, before the G5 was even out, and yet they managed it to be kept a complete secret, until now.