Hell freezing over? Apple in talks with Intel

[Fluff]

I doubt they will allow OSX to run on a non apple intel machine. Since I seriously doubt they will use a bios like the ones we use now. It's going to be all that TPM b*ll*cks. And make it quite tricky.

[GT98]

Another thing I just thought of, is what is going to stop people buying a low end model (provided they are the same socket etc) and upgrading the CPU or whatever to bring it up the higher end models if buying the PC compents are cheaper?

[schmosef]

Maybe the Mac CPUs will be in a different packaging and you'll have to it buy it from Apple or Apple dealers.

[TnT]

I guess PearPC's development is okay because they are emulating PPC architecture. Running OS X on it is just a side issue that EULA breakers can do

[Kurt]

They might simply solder the CPU on the board. I wonder what they'll use for VGA port/bus?

About the game devs: they overestimate the will of ppl to dualboot. Some simply have no clue how to do it while others don't WANT to dualboot (or are too lazy to do it). The ones that do it probably have some alterative OS installed on their Mac already... Mac users will keep on wanting Mac games. The Mac gaming market might just expand thanks to the (possible) availability of many more titles.

[schmosef]

Back when I was a Mac Head, my fav games were the Dark Castle series. Is that series still around? The stuff they did with b/w gfx on my Mac Classic was awesome!

[Sasq]

I wonder what they'll use for VGA port/bus?

Probably the same as they use now. onboard gfx for lower end machines, or agp/pci(insert flavor here)

[Kurt]

Yes, or they'll probably use PCI-E. Even the Centrino now has it.

[KeiFront]

Anandtech has posted a follow up article regarding the bad mysql performance of osx No More Apple Mysteries, Part Two. Interesting read.