IBM -> Intel

[diran]

Apple moves to Intel processors in 2006 and 2007.

I'm pretty excited!  Apple laptops will once again be able to compete with everyone else on speed.  (They are using the same processors afterall)

Good news considering that laptops outsold desktops for the first time last month.

Comments

[merxyn]

I wonder if that means that all the software that I have for the Mac won't work on the new computers with the Intel chips.

Like, my current copy of Office, all my games, all my downloaded programs that I use.....

Will you have to install a new version of Tiger? Will there be separate Tiger (or whatever new OS) versions for Motorola based and Intel based systems?

Do you know 'cause I sure don't :).

[pluto_777]

Watch this and bring your koolaid.
I'm still unwilling to believe bits and pieces of it.

[merxyn]

It looked okay to me. As long as the apps work like they say they will, I don't really forsee a problem. I just hope that the network capabilities between the different processor Macs will still be seemless. If that's the case, I'm okay with it. I just hope my games will run okay :).

What do you see as the problem, El Himes?

[diran]

I am quite excited about the move to Intel. IBM has really dropped the ball on keeping the processors up to speed. By this time next year I think the difference in speed will be fairly noticable, especially in laptops. It looks like they have backwards compatibility worked out fairly well considering the scope of the changes. Your games though are unlikely to run using Rosetta and will need to be required to run on Intel chips. I don't have a link to the PDF right now, but Rosetta will not run applications that require a G4 or G5 or use Altivec. The latter is probably used by most games. Games that can run on a G3 will probably be ok.