Comments on: Intel Macintosh rumors true!

By: Test de la Semaine

Test de la Semaine — Tue, 27 Dec 2005 23:48:54 +0000

Apple and Intel — But wait, there’s more…

Just a couple of links on the Apple/Intel story …

via Dougal

via cnet

via Jancology

Apple to ditch IBM, switch to Intel chips
Apple Computer plans to announce Monday that it’s scrapping its partnership with IBM and switc…

By: Joeydg

Joeydg — Tue, 25 Oct 2005 20:50:28 +0000

And I found that other link I was looking for: http://osx86.theplaceforitall.com/howto/

It shows how to make yer own PCMac.

By: Joeydg

Joeydg — Tue, 25 Oct 2005 20:44:40 +0000

As I was searching through my Mac sites, I came across a page with detailed instructions on how to get your intel PC to boot up to OS 10. Yes, I guess you can get OS 10 to run on a DELL. I haven’t tried it myself though. With a bit more research, I found people that had custom built PCs that worked by using the same specs as the new Intel machines.

In the meantime, all you PC using Mac enthusiasts can at least make your PCs look and feel just like OS X (minus all the cool iApps and unix stability). Check out http://features.engadget.com/entry/8828351836181248/ for instructions.

By: Spontaneous Monotony » Blog Archive » Apple Pentiumbook?

Spontaneous Monotony » Blog Archive » Apple Pentiumbook? — Mon, 17 Oct 2005 11:39:40 +0000

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By: Spontaneous Monotony

Spontaneous Monotony — Thu, 09 Jun 2005 10:54:41 +0000

Apple Pentiumbook?

Yes, it has been confirmed that Apple’s much-rumoured switch from PowerPC to Intel will begin in June of next year. What seems likely is that lower-spec systems such as the Mac Mini (and possibly the iBook) will get Celerons and Pentium Ms respe…

By: zoogies

zoogies — Wed, 08 Jun 2005 04:07:21 +0000

Dougal, must you spoil things by being correct?

-Thanks for the clarification, anyway

By: Beskyddaren

Beskyddaren — Tue, 07 Jun 2005 22:45:55 +0000

We’re all forgetting things like Ubuntu Linux are way past both windows and osx - AND runs on pretty much any hardware you can throw at it.

By: Dougal

Dougal — Tue, 07 Jun 2005 13:17:13 +0000

Okay, remember folks, the new x86 version of OSX is not going to run on generic PC hardware. You can bet your bottom dollar that Apple will keep the same sort of lock on the hardware that they traditionally have. All that’s really changing in the Mac is the CPU (well, and some supporting hardware to go with it, but still).

The new version of OSX will not on a $300 PC from Wal Mart. Nor will it run on a $3000 PC from Dell. It will only run on an Apple Macintosh. I’d be willing to bet that this will be the case, at least for now. Five years from now? Who knows.

Now, on the other hand, the switch to Pentium may just make it possible that Microsoft could release a version of Windows that runs on the new Apple hardware. And even if that doesn’t happen, it certainly means that Windows emulators will run much faster than they did on PPC chips, since they’ll be able to run native machine code, with just some shims in place to handle the hardware differences, and to intercept operating system API calls.

The next couple of years are going to be very interesting.

By: Love the Mac

Love the Mac — Tue, 07 Jun 2005 10:48:29 +0000

Intel Macintosh rumors true!

[Source: geek ramblings] quoted: I hadn’t been keeping too close an eye on this, because we’ve got higher priorities right now than buying new computers. But there have been rumors lately about some sort of deal between Apple and Intel. The speculat…

By: zoogies

zoogies — Tue, 07 Jun 2005 03:59:19 +0000

Well, MAC OS has a beautiful GUI, but nevertheless I prefer windows with a few not-that-hard GUI customizations with programs such as Windowblinds or StyleXP.