Apple WWDC 2005-The Intel Switch Revealed
Why Hacker News recommends it
Cited in threads about Apple's chip transitions as the primary source for the Intel switch announcement and the secret x86 builds.
What it is
Steve Jobs's WWDC 2005 keynote segment announcing Apple's move from PowerPC to Intel processors, and revealing that Mac OS X had been secretly built for Intel all along.
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What Hacker News said
Cites baldfat · 2015-04 · on “Wi-Fi hack creates 'no iOS zone' that cripples iPhones and iPads”
A dad know no end of petty. I have an Anti-Apple bias due to their business practices. Your to young but... The fastest computers are computers with PowerPC CPUs. than.... [this video] The rest of the tech people were like how can a PowerPC CPU be faster? It is plain 1 and 0 and the more 1 and 0 you get through the faster the processor. It ended up being 4 to 6 times faster. The Apple fanboys were famous for this time of Apple history. Also Apple knew the truth since they were always running an x86 OS X for 5 years and knew the numbers and just were fine spreading "Apple Truths." Sorry I digressed...
Cites cybermancy · 2017-11 · on “iMac Pro Appears to Include A10 Fusion Chip for Always-On ‘Hey Siri’”
Will be interesting to see if native iOS apps will be able to run for development or regular use. This is a good sign for the convergence of the Mac and "i" products. For fun here's the "transitions" talk Steve Jobs gave announcing the switch from PowerPC to Intel processors. [this video]
Cites linguae · 2018-05 · on “OS X is as old as the classic Mac OS was when it came out”
When Steve Jobs announced the transition from the PowerPC to the x86 architecture in 2005, he mentioned that the transition from Mac OS 9 to Mac OS X which took place between 2001 and 2003 set Apple up for the next 20 years. [this video] It's 2018, 20 years since Apple first announced Mac OS X at WWDC 1998 as a change from their original Rhapsody strategy. The 20th anniversary of the actual release of Mac OS X for consumers is approaching in a few years. Now, I still believe that there is plenty of life in Mac OS X, and I could see it easily being usable at least throughout the 2020s, provided that Apple maintains it in the meanwhile. However, I definitely wouldn't mind a new desktop OS. Let's fa
Cites bredren · 2020-06 · on “Apple Plans to Announce Move to Its Own Mac Chips at WWDC”
Fwiw, Apple had been building OS X on x86 for five years prior to announce of the last shift. [this video] Not sure how this impacts theory of neglect. Is it correct that the best folks from any given team at Apple are assigned to new, big initiatives?
Cites MangoCoffee · 2020-07 · on “Apple Silicon: The Passing of Wintel”
i feel like i saw this movie before. ah yes, PowerPc. Steve Jobs reveal transition to Intel: [this video] i don't know if the history will repeat itself but it will be interesting to watch.
Cites Kwpolska · 2021-02 · on “M1 Macs have another hidden boot mode”
Apple mentioned the secret x86 build of OS X during the keynote when they announced that transition [1], I think they alluded to it in one of last year’s keynotes too. That said, you would expect them to have booting, installation, and wiping as one of the first things built in the macOS-on-ARM porting process. [1]: [this video]