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To: Gottfried who wrote (23676)	6/6/2005 6:16:15 PM
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DJ Apple CEO Jobs Stresses Performance In Shift To Intel 06 Jun 14:52 <<By Mark Boslet Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES SAN FRANCISCO (Dow Jones)--Apple Computer Inc. (AAPL) Chief Executive Steve Jobs confirmed Monday the company will begin manufacturing Macintosh Computers running chips from Intel Corp. (INTC). Jobs made the once-unthinkable announcement at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference, saying the first Intel-based Macs would be available about this time next year. The company will transition all its Macintosh to Intel by the end of 2007. Intel and Apple were once determined rivals in the PC business, with Intel closely allied with Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) and competing against Apple. Wearing a black V-neck t-shirt in place of his customary turtleneck, Jobs told 3,800 software developers at the conference - Apple's largest in 10 years - that the company has put significant effort into easing the evolution of their programs to match running Intel chips. "Today it's time to begin a third transition," he said, referring to Apple's moves to the International Business Machines (IBM) PowerPC chips 10 years ago and its adoption of the operating system OS X at the start of the decade. "This is a two-year transition." Jobs said he made the decision to go with Intel chips because they would offer substantially more power than IBM's PowerPC by mid-2006 and beyond. He was joined on stage at the conference by Intel Chief Executive Paul Otellini, who pointed out that few would have expected to see him on stage at an Apple conference. "After almost 30 years, Apple and Intel are together at last," he said. Also appearing were Adobe Systems Inc. (ADBE) Chief Executive Bruce Chizen and Microsoft's Roz Ho, general manager of the company's Macintosh business unit. Both said they would develop software to run on Intel-based Macintosh computers. Jobs also said at the conference the next version of OS X, code named "Leopard," is planned for late 2006 or early 2007, to coincide with Microsoft's launch of its next version of Windows, called Longhorn. In addition, Jobs offered an update at Apple's retail stores. He said one million people are visiting the stores each week.>>