Apple on Intel

✎ Published: May 23, 2005

Rumors suggest Apple may transition to the X86 platform, sparking discussion about its implications. This speculation arises despite the PowerPC's growing usability, evident with Microsoft’s new Xbox and Sony’s PlayStation employing modified PowerPC processors. The renewed interest reflects ongoing debates about performance and compatibility in the tech community.

Apple on Intel

There’re once again blurbs about Apple moving onto the X86 platform making the rounds; Sounds like some sort of rumor-cycle to me :) I guess it would be pretty stupid to do something like this now, as it seems that PPC finally overgrows X86 usability-wise: Even Microsofts new Xbox2 uses a (modified) G5 Cpu (and the new Playstation3’s Cell processor is sorta ppc too). However, funny to see that so many people are once again eagerly discussing the + / - of this matter…