Wither Wintel?

5 June 2005 : chips, mac, windows

Word from CNET that Apple will “officially” announce on Monday that it is dumping IBM’s chips for Intel’s processors in future machines.

This got me thinking. What will happen to the epithet Wintel that Mac users used to hurl at Windows users? Is Mactel around the corner? If both operating systems share the same processor family what will Mac and Windows geeks have to argue about into the wee hours of the morning?

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Of the semiconductor variety.

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