OSX on Intel? No really, its "marklar"

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in macOS edited January 2014
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<a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,496270,00.asp"; target="_blank">http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,496270,00.asp</a>;



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looks like its just a hedge, "just in case" sort of thing...
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  • Reply 1 of 26
    ghost_user_nameghost_user_name Posts: 22,667member
    OMG ROFL ROFL



    teh eweek pwnz j00, APPEL!!!



  • Reply 2 of 26
    keyboardf12keyboardf12 Posts: 1,379member
    ?
  • Reply 3 of 26
    ghost_user_nameghost_user_name Posts: 22,667member
    That's my generic response to this, considering that this kind of subject is likely bring overzealous comments from people of three camps: those that say Apple does no wrong, those that say Apple does nothing right, and the "CONFIRMED: 3GHz POWER4 at MWSF03!!" folk.



    Now do you get my dumb-founded comment?
  • Reply 4 of 26
    keyboardf12keyboardf12 Posts: 1,379member
    ahh.. gotcha.
  • Reply 5 of 26
    aquaticaquatic Posts: 5,602member
    Brad can you please add those smilies?
  • Reply 6 of 26
    ghost_user_nameghost_user_name Posts: 22,667member
    'tis out of my power. Just go to <a href="http://www.mysmilies.com"; target="_blank">www.mysmilies.com</a> for them.



    ...but back to this heated discussion about Mac OS X being ported to work on POWER4 chips!



    Is there anything in that article that hasn't been said a hundred times here at AppleInsider?
  • Reply 7 of 26
    overhopeoverhope Posts: 1,123member
    Does the appearance of the words "Nick dePlume" have any bearing on the value of this article?



    Anyway, the important questions: will Marklar run on my existing marklar, or will all us marklars have to buy a new marklar? <img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[Laughing]" />
  • Reply 8 of 26
    low-filow-fi Posts: 357member
    [quote]Originally posted by Overhope:

    <strong>Does the appearance of the words "Nick dePlume" have any bearing on the value of this article?



    Anyway, the important questions: will Marklar run on my existing marklar, or will all us marklars have to buy a new marklar? <img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[Laughing]" /> </strong><hr></blockquote>



    ROTFWL

  • Reply 9 of 26
    ghost_user_nameghost_user_name Posts: 22,667member
    Actually, Overhope, Nick dePlume is the pen name of the guy who contributes so much to Think Secret. He does have credibility. If I recall correctly, he used to also contribute to the old AppleInsider when there was still a front page -- back when AI had *really* good articles.
  • Reply 10 of 26
    keyboardf12keyboardf12 Posts: 1,379member
    yep between mr. rothenburg and him, its good info.



    what if apple sells boxes with marklar and it only runs cocoa apps. that would stop canibation of mac sales and still give a windows option..



    moki hinted that somthing like this is possible.
  • Reply 11 of 26
    spartspart Posts: 2,060member
    Pen name?



    I thought it was his real name... <img src="confused.gif" border="0">
  • Reply 12 of 26
    keyboardf12keyboardf12 Posts: 1,379member
    Maybe this whole marklar thing should be called:



    Star Trek: The NeXT Generation!



    [ 08-30-2002: Message edited by: keyboardf12 ]</p>
  • Reply 13 of 26
    rogue27rogue27 Posts: 607member
    Stuff we've heard a billion times before. Nothing too far fetched.



    Of course, they do use the phrase "sources..." quite often. I hope their "sources" aren't SpyMac and MOSR!
  • Reply 14 of 26
    keyboardf12keyboardf12 Posts: 1,379member
    we have heard it speculated before. IMO since mat rothenberg (sp) put his name on it, I'd say its gold and a fact.



    apple has jaguar running on intel machince.



    for a backup plan yes. but its a fact nonetheless..
  • Reply 15 of 26
    shawnpatrickjoyceshawnpatrickjoyce Posts: 2,417member
    you mean it's not going to happen?
  • Reply 16 of 26
    fotnsfotns Posts: 301member
    I would like to put on the record that I always believed this was the case. So, to all you doubters, I told you so.
  • Reply 17 of 26
    fran441fran441 Posts: 3,715member
    [quote]I thought it was his real name... :confused: <hr></blockquote>



    Nope. Nick de Plume is his nom de plume (aka pseudonym / pen name). Notice the creativity here.
  • Reply 18 of 26
    davegeedavegee Posts: 2,765member
    Just my 2¢ but this isn't exactly the hardest thing to believe... Cept for the part about carbon running that is... I know the article SAYS carbon apps would need to be re-written in cocoa but if they expect you to believe that report then one could only conclude that CARBON Apps are running on x86 **OR** Apple went ahead and re-wrote the finder in COCOA.



    Can't have it any other way...



    The rest of the story 'X running on intel' isn't really much of a shock given much of the code base used to build X was already running in the land of x86 to begin with. Apple would have been TOTALLY NUTS to break with that functionalty.



    Dave



    [ 08-31-2002: Message edited by: DaveGee ]</p>
  • Reply 19 of 26
    airslufairsluf Posts: 1,861member
  • Reply 20 of 26
    engpjpengpjp Posts: 124member
    It's not THAT much of the OSX code base which derives from the x86 subterrainian world.... <img src="graemlins/hmmm.gif" border="0" alt="[Hmmm]" />
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