I never thought I'd see the day. Apple is switching to x86 processors. I'm not much of a Mac guy myself, but I have to support them at work, so I find this interesting. I like OS X, especially Tiger. It's a decent OS, but I'm so tied to the Windows platform because of certain applications and of course, games, that I couldn't see myself switching anytime soon.
What hasn't yet been answered to my knowledge is whether or not the new version of the OS will run on any x86 hardware. I'm leaning towards no, as I'm guessing they'll limit it to Apple hardware. I don't think Apple wants to get out of the hardware business anytime soon, and allowing it to run on any PC would probably eat into that market. I do have to say that they design one mean-looking computer, but they are outrageously expensive. I can build 3 machines for the price of 1 G5. Yeesh.
Posted by mix at June 7, 2005 10:12 AM