I doubt it's true...the hassle of re-writing apps for x86 would be even worse than the initial move to OS X... ~ Alex Wichman On 6/4/05, Henry Kalir <kalirhe at umdnj.edu> wrote: > Dr Trevor J. Hutley wrote: > > > > Steve Jobs is switching the Macintosh to Intel hardware, > with an announcement due Monday in the WWDC 2005 keynote > > > I can hardly believe what I am reading. > Does anyone have any confirmation that such an incredible transition is > going to occur? > > > regards, Trevor IF it's true - makes perfect sense to me. We've already > done away with those ridiculously expensive SCSI drives, we're using regular > RAM chips and ...are none the worse. If we can now use Intel chips or AMD > chips - there will likely be a great expansion in the # of Mac OS users and > hence - an increase in the # of applications either written or ported to the > Mac OS. > > The only thing which surprises me is...that (again, IF this is indeed true) > this idea has taken so long to reach the geniuses in Cupertino. > > I would guess that the iPod's success has finally convinced them of this. > > Best, > > Henry > > _______________________________________________ > Titanium mailing list > Titanium at listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/titanium > > Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random stuff: > http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984 > > -- --------------------------------------------------------- cinemafia [dot] net