[X4U] Couple questions on Apples move to Intel

[Kirk McElhearn]

On Jun 7, 2005, at 5:22 PM, 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!

Apple's developer documentation clearly says that Classic apps will  
not be supported.

>
> 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)

Who knows...
>
> 3. Is anyone surprised that they've continued development of the  
> x86 version in secret? :^)

No, I've known about this for some time - it's been one of those  
rumors that no one confirms but that lots of people have been talking  
about for years.


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