Intel and Apple, total DRM control?

[Zeus_Hunt]

Following Steve Jobs’s announcement at the WDC on June 6, we all know now that Apple will use Intel CPUs in its computer systems.

This IT earthquake leaves room for a lot of assumptions, and we’ll try to discuss them briefly.

First of all, does the fact that Mac OSX is being ported to Intel CPUs mean it will also run on AMD processors? After all, they share the same x86 architecture, so natively running Mac OS X on regular PCs may become more than a dream. :rolleyes:

Another statement Jobs made was that Apple will completely move to Intel processors before 2007, sometime during 2006. This means an x86-compatible Mac OSX version will be released in the same year, which, strangely enough (or not), coincides with Microsoft’s new operating system’s launch date (codenamed Longhorn). The reader should draw further conclusions.

And last but not least, considering Apple is such a big fan of DRM (Digital Rights Management) and Intel chips are now implementing this technology is it possible that Jobs is planning to control all the Mac users’ music and video files?

Earthquake alright