Uh-oh.... Anybody following WWDC?

[Lynn Fredricks]

> Mac OS X has been leading secret double life. Every Mac 
> project build for Intel and PowerPC and Intel. Every release 
> of Mac OS X has been built for both Intel and PowerPC-based 
> Macs. For the last 5 years. Mac OS X is cross-platform by 
> design. Apple's demo is on an Intel-based system. Jobs shows 
> all Mac OS X Tiger features are already compatible with 
> Intel-based processors. [10:32 am]

This makes sense for both Apple and Intel, and really is no big surprise.
The "Star Trek" project has long been talked about. The guts of OS X came
from NextStep, which last flourished on Intel before flaming out.

My guess is that this will not be a simple port to the post x86 platform but
something in which Apple/Intel will keep control over the entire platform
(and keep out AMD, etc).

I like the Jobs quote about gigahertz and delivering a PPC 3 ghz system.
Soooo much has gone into the argument that clock rating isnt important.

Best regards,

Lynn Fredricks
President
Paradigma Software, Inc

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