Not a Rumor Anymore: Apple WILL move to Intel (Was: Re: Rumor Mill: Apple explores use of Intel chips)

[Alan]

Andrew Lentvorski wrote:
> 
> 
> I don't know how they expect to stop people, though (see iTunes, for 
> example).  You would actually have to use some non-standard part to do 
> that.  Now that they are going to x86, the business pressures will all 
> mitigate against doing that.
> 

Work with Intel to produce an "Apple Only" Pentium X with a different 
vendor_id (IntelApple rather than GenuineIntel or whatever).
Code OS X so it will only boot on processors with that vendor_id.
Use DMCA as club to enforce the restriction.

Sure, people will get around it, but you only need to make it difficult 
enough to stop 95% of the people.

-ajb