Apple WWDC 2005-The Intel Switch Revealed

JoshuaG · 904.2K views · 2007-05-17 · 8:15

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Steve Jobs's WWDC 2005 keynote segment announcing Apple's move from PowerPC to Intel processors, and revealing that Mac OS X had been secretly built for Intel all along.

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Cited in threads about Apple's chip transitions as the primary source for the Intel switch announcement and the secret x86 builds.

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Tech pioneers & interviews Tech company stories & documentaries Computer architecture & CPUs

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Kwpolska · 2021-02 · Reference
Apple mentioned the secret x86 build of OS X during the keynote when they announced that transition [1], I think they alluded to it in one of last year’s keynotes too. That said, you would expect them to have booting, installation, and wiping as one of the first things built in the macOS-on-ARM porting process. [1]: [VIDEO]
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MangoCoffee · 2020-07 · Reference
i feel like i saw this movie before. ah yes, PowerPc. Steve Jobs reveal transition to Intel: [VIDEO] i don't know if the history will repeat itself but it will be interesting to watch.
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bredren · 2020-06 · Reference
Fwiw, Apple had been building OS X on x86 for five years prior to announce of the last shift. [VIDEO] Not sure how this impacts theory of neglect. Is it correct that the best folks from any given team at Apple are assigned to new, big initiatives?
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