I wonder if anyone's bothered to point out to him that leopards, panthers, and jaguars are all the same animal?

I was really hoping it would be called "Liger."

Leopards and jaguars aren't the same species.

I'm just hoping there will be a version of OS X called "House Cat."

No, but they're close enough that many so-called jaguars are technically leopards, and vice versa. Panthers can be either.

Huh. I thought jaguars were new world and leopard/panthers old world.

::googles::

Encyclopedia Britannica agrees with me, and adds "Leopard: formerly pard or pardus , also called panther (Panthera pardus), large cat closely related to the lion, tiger, and jaguar"

A summary of what Steve has said:

Moving to Intel processors from PowerPC. Why the transition - want the best computers for end users and we haven't been able to deliver what we wanted. PPC products still to come, future roadmap 2006 and beyond - intel roadmap is exceptional

eta:

transition isn't going to be overnight, this time next year plan is to ship macs with intel processors, complete transition by end of 2006.

eta:

Jobs introduced the president/CEO of Intel on the stage....

and...

two major challenges - making OS X think on intel procs. Every release of OS has been compiled for intel x86 for the last 5 years - cross platform by design. All demos up to this point have been done on an intel proc.

I see it's official. [link]

In reverse order:

[1:34 PM] Steve confirmed all this, BTW, by saying the rumors have been true about how Apple had an Intel project. - posted by Dave

[1:33 PM] Today's demonstration has been done entirely on an Intel Mac. Steve is showing us how everything works. - posted by Dave

[1:33 PM] Every project done at Apple has been mandated to work on PowerPC and Intel. - posted by Dave

[1:33 PM] "This has been going on for the last five years." Every release of OS X has been compiled and run on Intel processors. - posted by Dave

[1:32 PM] "Mac OS X has been leading a secret double life. There have been rumors to this effect...(laugh). We've had teams working on the just in case scenario." - posted by Dave

not done yet, will put in dev hands soon. How to make it work with your apps - separate code, xcode will compile for all, cocoa with minor tweeks and a recompile will work without a hitch - can be ready in a few days. Carbon will still take a few weeks to recompile but xcode makes things faster. Xcode 2.1 released, builds universal binary (one binary works on both PPC and intel)

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not every app will be easy to convert, so translate PowerPC code inline into tel - dynamic binary translator. Photoshop plugins for PPC binary translate without a hitch. Developer transition kit - 3.64Ghz P4, for select and premier developers only $999.

Heh, Tommyrot X-Post.