RMG151 - Intel Inside
It looks like the regular press was right and most of the rumor bloggers got it wrong, but none-the-less, it's true. Apple is transitioning to the Intel platform. The announcement was made at the World Wide Developers Conference keynote address by Apple CEO Steve Jobs.
Even more interesting was the revelation that every version of Mac OS X released (from the 10.0 beta to Tiger) has had an Intel version developed "just in case".
For many developers, this will be an easy transition. These are the developers who have been writing native OS X applications and using Apple's tools and programming standards. For other developers, the task will be more difficult.
For users, this is not going to be a big deal, except for those folks running legacy OS 9 and earlier systems. These folks had better buy a few extra computers for spare parts, or move their enterprise into the OS X world.
Jobs keynote included an announcement that the iTunes music store will soon include the ability to subscribe to podcasts. During the keynote address, a short segment of Adam Curry's The Daily Source Code.
Also announced was the code name of the next version of Mac OS X. It's called "Leopard" and is due out around the time of the 2007 MacWorld Expo.
In other WWDC news, database developer, MySQL has released two visual tools for Mac OS X machines.
Today's Garageband.com tune is from Mesa Arizona fiddler, Buck Stud.
Tonight's podcast weighs in at 23 minutes.
Have all the fun,
Dave
Even more interesting was the revelation that every version of Mac OS X released (from the 10.0 beta to Tiger) has had an Intel version developed "just in case".
For many developers, this will be an easy transition. These are the developers who have been writing native OS X applications and using Apple's tools and programming standards. For other developers, the task will be more difficult.
For users, this is not going to be a big deal, except for those folks running legacy OS 9 and earlier systems. These folks had better buy a few extra computers for spare parts, or move their enterprise into the OS X world.
Jobs keynote included an announcement that the iTunes music store will soon include the ability to subscribe to podcasts. During the keynote address, a short segment of Adam Curry's The Daily Source Code.
Also announced was the code name of the next version of Mac OS X. It's called "Leopard" and is due out around the time of the 2007 MacWorld Expo.
In other WWDC news, database developer, MySQL has released two visual tools for Mac OS X machines.
Today's Garageband.com tune is from Mesa Arizona fiddler, Buck Stud.
Tonight's podcast weighs in at 23 minutes.
Have all the fun,
Dave
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