[X-Unix] Re: Apple dumping IBM, moving to Intel

[Stephen Jonke]

I believe the rumors are half right. Apple will not be dumping the  
PowerPC, but they will be announcing support for Intel, in addition  
to PowerPC, within their future computers. This gives them much  
greater flexibility. They'll put into place the tools developers need  
to be able to develop and distribute products with both Intel and  
PowerPC binaries. It won't mean Mac OS X running on current Intel/AMD  
boxes, and it won't mean abandoning existing PowerPC-based Macs, nor  
even abandoning PowerPC for future products. Rather, they'll simply  
be able to choose among a wider array of processors for future  
products. They'll be giving a heads-up to developers that they'll  
need to be ready for future Apple computers having either IBM PowerPC  
or Intel (and perhaps AMD as well) processors in them.

Steve