[X4U] Couple questions on Apples move to Intel

[James Jones]

It seems reasonable that Windows could be made to run on an Intel  
Mac, but I doubt it will install on one without workarounds, but who  
knows? I'm sure that will be one of the first things developers will  
try out when FedEx drops off their $999 Mac G5s with Intel inside.

On Jun 7, 2005, at 10:17 AM, Ted Burton wrote:

> At 8:55 AM -0700 on 6/7/05, James Jones spoke about Re: [X4U]  
> Couple questions on Apples move to Intel thusly:
>
>> 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 runWindows.
>
> My understanding is that an Intel-based Mac will run Windows, but  
> not all PC's will run OS X. Schiller said 'yes' to run Windows, but  
> asked why anyone would want to. (marketer speak).