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MacUser3of5:
quote: I can't imagine why they would would name it that since Aqua is not an Operating System and certainly isn't a distribution. Hmmm..
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I was referring to the interface and trolling. Damn it's so hard to be an effective troll here
ntiozymandias:
Marklar is not a rumor...... It's just Apple's backup plan in case IBM and Motorola both spontaneously combust, or Apple itself is defeated in combat....... In the former case, Apple would theoretically switch to x86 chips, and in the latter, it would release OS X as Free Software.
MacUser3of5:
As far as I knew it was unsubstantiated, or at least Apple had no offical word on it (they could NOT admit to an x86 Jag now)... It doesn't suprise me, though..
voidmain:
Well, as much as I would like to see it I find it highly unlikely that OSX would be ported any time soon. I mean Darwin is barely supported on x86 and that is the base of everything.
As soon as Darwin gets all the hardware support for all the different crappy x86 components then they might consider porting the rest of it. But the more I think about it, it still would be no easy task by any stretch. I just don't see it happening....
psyjax:
Well, from what I read the whole marklar thing is very VERY real. OSX has been steadely maintained on x86 since RHapsody.
It's there, it's just not public. I think it's Apple's ace in the hole.
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