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Subject: Re: apple moving to x86
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Jared <krod77@gmail.com> writes:

> I have heard rumors of this, I hope they do, at least make the mac x86
> compliant.

That's their plan.  It was in the business section of my morning paper
today.  

It's pretty much a question of being able to get enough chips; IBM had
really struggled on delivery of new PowerPC CPUs (especially low-power
ones for laptops).