[X4U] Couple questions on Apples move to Intel

[James Jones]

1) I'd expect this question to be answered at the WWDC sessions over  
remainder of the week, but evidently not, based on the link Michael  
Peterson posted. In any case, PPC Macs* will be on the market through  
2007. That should give you time to learn just about any replacement  
for ClarisDraw you might consider.

2) Macs will be Macs and other Intel-based PCs won't be. A Dell PC,  
for example, won't have Mac ROMs, so it won't boot OS X without  
modification. Likewise, an Intel Mac won't have an IBM PC BIOS clone,  
so it's not going to run Windows.

3) It was a pretty open secret, but, no, not ever remotely surprised.

*The first Intel Macs will undoubtedly be PowerBooks and models that  
would benefit from low power/cooler-running processors, such as the  
Mac mini.


On Jun 7, 2005, at 8:22 AM, Zane H. Healy wrote:

> 1. Will Mac OS X/x86 be able to run classic apps?  If not, it had  
> better be able to run my shrink wrapped copy of ClarisDraw for  
> Windows reliably somehow!
>
> 2. Will they continue to build hardware, or just sell the OS?  Or  
> will the OS be available to purchase and run on non-Apple HW.  
> (somehow I doubt any of these details have been revealed)
>
> 3. Is anyone surprised that they've continued development of the  
> x86 version in secret? :^)