Re: end of intel for Mac?

Subject	Re: end of intel for Mac?
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From	Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca>
Date	2015-09-10 17:46 -0400
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On 2015-09-09 20:31, JF Mezei wrote:
> On 15-09-09 19:23, Alan Browne wrote:
>
>> Nobody outside Apple knew for sure that Apple would head to intel  until
>> Apple announced it.  And at that announcement Jobs confirmed that OS X
>> had been compiled for intel for several years.
>
> I remember the period. Rumours were rampant that Apple was negotiating
> with IBM/Motorola and with Intel, pitting them against each other to get
> the best bargain. (Motorola wasn't good are delivering laptop class
> chips, and Apple tiurned to IBM as final negotiations).
>
> Apple going Intel was not a surprise, how quickly Apple annoucned it and
> delivered it was.
>
> Much has been said about OS-X being on multiple platforms.  Free BSD was
> available on multiple platforms and had compilers for multiple platforms.
>
> What people don't know is just how far did Apple go to maintain OS-X on
> the 8086 during those years.
>
> Was Apple generating a "productized" version of OS-X with kernel, unix,
> and all the GUI frameworks and GUI apps and utilities ? Or did it just
> compile and test the kernel and unix stuff to ensure it remained
> compatible with FreeBSD ?  We don't know that.

I'd took it to mean it was "complete" with perhaps edge case exceptions. 
  But the secret lab chronicle has never been let loose.

When we say OS we usually mean the deeper stuff (kernel/Unix) and not 
the "label" stuff (Desktop/GUI), etc.

Vice Linux where the "desktop" is a clean and separate part from the 
underlying OS (Linux proper).  Maybe I'm oversimplifying that.

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end of intel for Mac? Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-09-09 13:55 -0400
  Re: end of intel for Mac? Alan Baker <email@domain.com> - 2015-09-09 11:14 -0700
    Re: end of intel for Mac? Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-09-09 15:34 -0400
      Re: end of intel for Mac? Alan Baker <email@domain.com> - 2015-09-09 12:50 -0700
        Re: end of intel for Mac? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-09-09 15:55 -0400
          Re: end of intel for Mac? Alan Baker <email@domain.com> - 2015-09-09 13:21 -0700
            Re: end of intel for Mac? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-09-09 16:33 -0400
            Re: end of intel for Mac? Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> - 2015-09-09 14:29 -0700
              Re: end of intel for Mac? Alan Baker <email@domain.com> - 2015-09-09 14:57 -0700
                Re: end of intel for Mac? Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-09-09 18:14 -0400
                Re: end of intel for Mac? Alan Baker <email@domain.com> - 2015-09-09 15:24 -0700
                Re: end of intel for Mac? Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-09-09 18:32 -0400
                Re: end of intel for Mac? Alan Baker <email@domain.com> - 2015-09-09 15:43 -0700
                Re: end of intel for Mac? Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-09-09 19:23 -0400
                Re: end of intel for Mac? Alan Baker <email@domain.com> - 2015-09-09 16:51 -0700
                Re: end of intel for Mac? Don Bruder <dakidd@sonic.net> - 2015-09-09 18:39 -0700
                Re: end of intel for Mac? Alan Baker <email@domain.com> - 2015-09-09 18:53 -0700
                Re: end of intel for Mac? Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-09-10 17:57 -0400
                Re: end of intel for Mac? Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-09-10 17:38 -0400
                Re: end of intel for Mac? JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-09-09 20:31 -0400
                Re: end of intel for Mac? Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-09-10 17:46 -0400
          Re: end of intel for Mac? JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-09-09 17:11 -0400
            Re: end of intel for Mac? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-09-09 17:15 -0400
            Re: end of intel for Mac? Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2015-09-09 22:39 +0100
              Re: end of intel for Mac? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-09-09 17:43 -0400
        Re: end of intel for Mac? Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-09-09 15:56 -0400
          Re: end of intel for Mac? Alan Baker <email@domain.com> - 2015-09-09 13:21 -0700
            Re: end of intel for Mac? Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-09-09 16:35 -0400
        Re: end of intel for Mac? Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> - 2015-09-09 14:28 -0700
          Re: end of intel for Mac? Alan Baker <email@domain.com> - 2015-09-09 14:56 -0700
            Re: end of intel for Mac? Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-09-09 18:13 -0400
              Re: end of intel for Mac? Alan Baker <email@domain.com> - 2015-09-09 15:23 -0700
                Re: end of intel for Mac? Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-09-09 18:29 -0400
                Re: end of intel for Mac? Alan Baker <email@domain.com> - 2015-09-09 15:43 -0700
              Re: end of intel for Mac? thomas.e.elam@gmail.com - 2015-09-13 08:38 -0700
                Re: end of intel for Mac? Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2015-09-13 16:17 +0000
                Re: end of intel for Mac? Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-09-13 13:16 -0700
                Re: end of intel for Mac? nmassello@yahoo.com (Neill Massello) - 2015-09-13 11:27 -0600
  Re: end of intel for Mac? Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> - 2015-09-09 14:21 -0700
    Re: end of intel for Mac? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-09-09 17:24 -0400
    Re: end of intel for Mac? Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-09-09 17:35 -0400
      Re: end of intel for Mac? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-09-09 17:43 -0400
        Re: end of intel for Mac? Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-09-09 18:12 -0400
          Re: end of intel for Mac? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-09-09 18:19 -0400
            Re: end of intel for Mac? JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-09-09 20:23 -0400
              Re: end of intel for Mac? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-09-09 22:05 -0400
                Re: end of intel for Mac? JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-09-10 01:10 -0400
                Re: end of intel for Mac? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-09-10 01:17 -0400
                Re: end of intel for Mac? JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-09-10 01:33 -0400
                Re: end of intel for Mac? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-09-10 10:24 -0400
                Re: end of intel for Mac? Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-09-10 17:54 -0400
                Re: end of intel for Mac? JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-09-10 20:11 -0400
                Re: end of intel for Mac? Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-09-11 12:36 -0400
                Re: end of intel for Mac? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-09-10 18:20 +1200
            Re: end of intel for Mac? Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-09-10 17:40 -0400
    Re: end of intel for Mac? JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-09-09 20:19 -0400

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