[X4U] Couple questions on Apples move to Intel

[James Jones]

Yes, they do. NewWorld Macs still have hardware-specific start-up  
code in Boot ROM, just as IBM-type PCs still have BIOS chips.

On Jun 7, 2005, at 10:13 AM, Robert Ameeti wrote:

> At 8:55 AM -0700, 6/7/05, James Jones wrote:
>
>> 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.
>
> Macs don't use ROMs.