Apple and Intel sitting in a tree
Can I just take a break from my non-posting to write about how happy I am that Apple will be switching to Intel processors?
Though it remains to be seen, let me just say that I don’t think this means you’ll be able to run OS X 10.5 Leopard on any non-Apple hardware (Dells, HPs, etc)
Powerbook G5? Powerbook Centrino, baby. Finally, my X86 roots combine with my Macintosh present.
EDIT: It seems that my obvious conclusion is correct. From C|Net:
“After Jobs’ presentation, Apple Senior Vice President Phil Schiller addressed the issue of running Windows on Macs, saying there are no plans to sell or support Windows on an Intel-based Mac. “That doesn’t preclude someone from running it on a Mac. They probably will,” he said. “We won’t do anything to preclude that.”
However, Schiller said the company does not plan to let people run Mac OS X on other computer makers’ hardware. “We will not allow running Mac OS X on anything other than an Apple Mac,” he said. “
So… Windows on a Mac? I guess no more Virtual PC will be needed if we’ll be able to dual-boot using Apple hardware.