> On Jun 5, 2005, at 10:36 PM, Kyle DePasquale wrote: > > > Wouldn't such a major architecture change cause most of the > > programs currently written for mac to not function at all? If > > that's the case, then switching to an x86 architecture *could* ruin > > apple. My guess is that they're not changing architectures, but > > that they're just going to have intel produce PPC chips, or > > something that is fairly compatible. > > > > Here's the most plausible possibility I've read so far. > <http://www.wired.com/news/mac/0,2125,67749,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_1> > > Still, it causes us some consternation. I guess we'll find out tomorrow.
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