At 5:10 PM -0700 2005.06.12, <illovox at comcast.net> wrote: > > So we can all wear a black arm band for a week and then get on with >> work. But I'm betting that the chip you see in the Mac in 2007 is not >> an x86 processor, but a new one, and one developed by those 300 folks > > they got from DEC. The phrase Intel was indeed used extensively, with very little reference to x86. But then why seed developers with x86 boxes to port their apps? They'd have to go through it a second time. I think a more reasonable scenario is a customized x86 processor or subsystem. -- Best regards, Steve (ok a new size tv) ```````````````````````````````````````````````````` Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur