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Comraddict
Jun 06, 2005, 05:48 PM
:lol:
http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2005/jun/06intel.html
What else is to say?
Historical day when YTD mac lies fell down.

Some pages are already missing

http://www.apple.com/g4/myth/
http://web.archive.org/web/20030409201338/http://www.apple.com/g4/myth/


Also interesting part from macworld article:
Jobs then confirmed a long-held belief that Apple was working on an Intel-compatible version of Mac OS X that some have termed “Marklar.”

Mac OS X has been “leading a secret double life” for the past five years, said Jobs. “So today for the first time, I can confirm the rumors that every release of Mac OS X has been compiled for PowerPC and Intel. This has been going on for the last five years.”

vbraun
Jun 06, 2005, 06:16 PM
Eh. So the PowerPC shall disappear...

Serutan
Jun 06, 2005, 06:19 PM
Don't think they may be playing around with a way to run
Windows programs under the Mac OS, do you? :mischief:

vbraun
Jun 06, 2005, 06:24 PM
If Mac OS will still be based off of Unix, there is several Windows emulation programs out there.

Comraddict
Jun 06, 2005, 06:34 PM
it won't be emulation anymore. Such program clearly states : wine - Wine Is Not Emulator.
Why not? regardless of OS, such programs are running processor native code. Emulation in its full degree is from one platform to another.

http://www.winehq.com/site/myths#slow

vbraun
Jun 06, 2005, 06:38 PM
I was reffering to wine. It is commenly called an emulator even though it isn't.

Comraddict
Jun 06, 2005, 06:42 PM
I bet wine authors must be really pissed off on that misconception. I mean, they even had to state it in project name.

Chairman Meow
Jun 13, 2005, 08:02 AM
it won't be emulation anymore. Such program clearly states : wine - Wine Is Not Emulator.
Why not? regardless of OS, such programs are running processor native code. Emulation in its full degree is from one platform to another.

http://www.winehq.com/site/myths#slow
True... in fact I've found that the pi calculation program I have, which is compiled for Windows, actually runs faster under Linux+Wine than under Windows XP. :crazyeye:

Aphex_Twin
Jun 13, 2005, 11:56 AM
They're not surrendering, they're getting to their senses. Mac has long been considered superior not only through better software, but powerful hardware. Mac risked turning into the "blonde babe" of computers