Mac expo in 5 days >> osx for intel??

[halik]

They say its gonna be BIG (beeek) , so im thinking intel osx would be as big as it gets

 

[Rakkis]

wow
*that* would be interesting

i'd give it a try

 

[NakaNaka]

whats the intel osx?

 

[Killbat]

They also said the iPod would be "revolutionary".

 

[spazntwich1]

The day OSX comes out for X86 is the day I begin my migration from windows. I'd probably still dual boot for a while though, while the kinks get ironedout of X.

Of course, they'll have to also let us mess around with drivers/hardware more than OSX currently lets you. My friend's got a GF3 in his dual g4 Mac, but he can't even change any driver settings like FSAA or Aniso. Stupid...

 

[LethalWolfe]

The "big" thing is going to be new computer lines. Most people see G5's being unvieled, and the current G4's being put into iMac's that will be flat panel instead of CRT.


Lethal

 

[thomsbrain]

I'd love to see X on x86, but I doubt that's ever going to happen. Why would anyone buy a Mac if they could run X on a x86 box?

 

[NakaNaka]

damnit whats the Intel OSX!?!?!?!

 

[Czar]

Thats where the Mac users come and prais there god, right?

 

[BigToque]

If they make OSX run on x86, will the old Mac software work on the PC as well? It damn well better.

 

[Mr.IncrediblyBored]

<< damnit whats the Intel OSX!?!?!?! >>


Its the name of the latest Mac operating system. OSX means Operating System version 10. I was fiddling around with a Mac at Circuit City a couple days ago, and OSX was pretty cool. If it was competitively priced, I'd pick it up.

 

[Nemesis77]

OS X for Intel? That would be nice. I wouldn't get one, but it would be sweet!

Personally, I think the "big" news is a new line of Macs that use the new PowerPC G4 ("Apollo") CPU (running at 1GHz+). Motorola has confirmed that the new CPU ships early this year. So they will propably introduce the machines and demo them to the public, and they become avazilable in month or two.

 

[The Stigenator]

the day it comes out I will make my system dual boot..
and then eventually convert all teh way to the new system.

 

[Rison]

Most mac users see steve "8L0W" Jobs as the coming Messiah.

 

[Martin]

<< Thats where the Mac users come and prais there god, right? >>


And sacrifice poor PC users who happen to walk by.



Don't people realize that OSX will NEVER come out for the X86??? (no, I dont mean Darwin, I mean everything)

 

[goob2k]

Apple relies too much on its hardware for income. If they release OSX on anything other than more expensive, Apple hardware, people would use the cheaper, non-Apple hardware and Apple wouldn't get the money from the hardware.

I've also heard arguments of whether all that new snazzy interface stuff could even effectively run on an x86, though I'm not sure how you could substantiate such a claim.

Ages ago, Apple tried PPC clones (or was it before Apple made the jump to PPC?) and they got hurt badly for it.

 

[kgraeme]

So let's see, Apple can't even get full OS X compatibility with their own hardware, and people actually think that they are going to release an x86 version of OS X?

Care to explain where all the hardware support is going to magically come from?

 

[Dark4ng3l]

Steve Jobbs @$$ of course

 

[notfred]

<< osx for intel?? >>



not gonna happen.

 

[DevilsAdvocate]

agreed - no chance in hell of that happening. But if it did, I'd buy it.

 

[RSI]

Linux is available for the Mac - so why not have Mac OS available for the PC?

-RSI

 

[Eug]

<< damnit whats the Intel OSX!?!?!?! >>


Take a look at my OS X screenshots:

Word and iTunes Virtual Windows 2000 and OGR Palm Desktop 4

It would be nice to have OS X on my Intel box. However, for the time being I'll have to settle for Virtual PC (see above) on my Mac.

By the way, Darwin for x86 works, but I don't expect to see a working version of OS X (or OS XI) for x86 for several years.