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To: Tommaso who wrote (31456)	6/4/2005 9:48:03 PM
From: mishedlo	Respond to of 116555

News.com Says Apple Switching to Intel By Ed Oswald, BetaNews June 4, 2005, 10:13 AM CNET News.com claims that Apple will announce a switch to Intel x86 processors on Monday at its annual Worldwide Developers Conference - a move that has been rumored for years yet never materialized. According to the report, the switch would start with Apple's low-end computers by the middle of next year, with higher end systems following in 2007. The report has not been without questions to its validity and most analysts remain skeptical due to numerous unanswered problems that would arise from such a major architecture change. News.com did not address several issues, including the lack of emulation for easing the transition and necessary support from major third-party developers such as Adobe and Microsoft. ... John Gruber, author of the Web log Daring Fireball, last week addressed the technical issues with a switch. "All existing Mac OS X software would need to be recompiled for an Intel processor architecture," Gruber said. ... If the move did indeed occur, it would be a stunning about face for the Cupertino company and could lead to its operating system being able to run natively on Windows PCs at some point in the future. Apple could then sell Mac OS X to a number of third-party hardware manufacturers. Such a change in the company's direction would be unlikely, however, as Apple has said that the fact it controls both the hardware and software aspects makes the operating system less prone to bugs and security issues. betanews.com