It's true!
So anyway, it is official. Apple is moving to Intel based CPUs, replacing the IBM G5 and the Motorola G4. So here is a quick run down of what is happening:
- First Apple computer with an Intel CPU by this time next year
- Majority of the transition within 2 years
- Developer Kits running a Pentium 4 3.6GHz PowerMac are available to developers NOW for $US999 and must be returned in 2007 (Ships with 10.4.1)
- Every operating system since OS 10.0.0 has worked internally on Intel CPUs
- Most Mac applications will work on the new CPU via a layer called "Rosetta"
- New version of Xcode (2.1) out now will compile for Intel CPUs
- Apple is not dropping support for the PowerPC
- There is nothing stopping the new Macs from running Windows, but OS X will not run on a standard PC.
Hopefully we'll see Pentium-M Laptops and NOT Celeron ibooks/imacs