Apple standing on a cliff.
[ Posted by Dan on September 19, 2002 | 1 Comments ]

Apple has been keeping an x86 (read: Intel) version of OSX up to date for a while now. eWeek says this has been going on since the early days of OSX and adds...

Build numbers keep pace with those of their pre-release PowerPC counterparts; for example, Apple is internally running a complete, x86-compatible version of Jaguar, a k a Mac OS X 10.2, which shipped last week.

Imagine what chaos would ensue if a copy of this was leaked to the public. Would Apple be able to prevent users from buying non Apple hardware? What would the driver compatability scene look like? Would product manufacturers develop drivers for x86 OSX? Imagine the chaos.

 

		Imagine the chaos for Micro$oft if everyone makes the switch to OSX on their x86 machines. I know one of the things that always seemed to hold me back was the price of the Mac hardware. Now, I'm starting to want to make the switch, but if I can run OSX on some piece of x86 machinery that I already own, I'll make that switch SO much faster! -Posted by Anthony on September 20, 2002 08:37 AM

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