by , 10:00 AM EST, October 27th, 2003
Last week, we pointed you to a C|Net article in which Intel's CEO, Craig Barrett, said that while OS X could run on an Intel processor, Apple just doesn't seem interested to have it happen. In a new article from PC World titled, "Intel CPU Could Run Macs," Mr. Barrett points out that Intel's new processor design would allow a user to run multiple concurrent OSes. According to the article, he also said that one of those could OSes could be OS X, but, again, Apple has shown no interest in the project. The comments attributed to Mr. Barrett appear to be from the same source as last week's comments, but PC World adds new details. From the article:
Intel Chief Executive Officer Craig Barrett says the Macintosh OS could run fine on Intel equipment--the tough part is convincing Apple Chairman Steve Jobs that it's a good idea.
Barrett briefly described the company's Vanderpool project, a new processor design capable of supporting multiple operating systems at a processor level, rather than in emulation mode.
"If you are able to, say, have two OSes running simultaneously, you won't have to rely on a single OS for everything," Barrett says. "So you could have Mac OS and Longhorn on the same system, using Longhorn for business stuff and Mac OS for personal stuff. But first you'd need to convince Steve Jobs that it's a great idea."
Read the full PC World article for more information.
It could be that Mr. Barrett has a product looking for a need. Unfortunately for Intel, that need won't be addressed by Apple.