Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Sun 5th Jun 2005 22:11 UTC
After News.com's Friday report that Apple is moving to Intel/x86, the respected publication Wall Street Journal and now NYTimes threw their reputation behind the rumor. Many people still remain skeptical, but I personally believe that the time is right for Apple to switch to x86-64, for two main reasons:
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"[Apple] know[s] better and they have the infrastructure to modify the stock x86 platform to lock-in Mac OS X to their modified PCs only."
I agree, Eugenia. Your above point is the one most people miss. If people think OS X is gonna run on any old PC hardware, they're dead wrong. Apple sells a complete computing solution that people are willing to pay a premium price for. Apple's not gonna jeopardize that by letting OS X run on any old PC hardware.