Monday, June 6, 2005

Apple Confirms Intel Switch -- 1:15 pm CST, Update by The Master

According to an official press release, Apple to Use Intel Microprocessors Beginning in 2006. This confirms the speculation from my Friday post.

At its Worldwide Developer Conference today, Apple® announced plans to deliver models of its Macintosh® computers using Intel® microprocessors by this time next year, and to transition all of its Macs to using Intel microprocessors by the end of 2007. Apple previewed a version of its critically acclaimed operating system, Mac OS® X Tiger, running on an Intel- based Mac® to the over 3,800 developers attending CEO Steve Jobs' keynote address. Apple also announced the availability of a Developer Transition Kit, consisting of an Intel-based Mac development system along with preview versions of Apple's software, which will allow developers to prepare versions of their applications which will run on both PowerPC and Intel-based Macs.

My take: this makes for a cheaper processor source for Apple, with a much larger base of mainstream software tools. Game developers will now only have to implement to one math vector environment. What would be really cool is if this would eventually mean Apple would sell a version of OS/X for PC-class hardware. I doubt that will ever happen.

News for 06/06/2005

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