The news that Apple(AAPL Quote) plans to switch the processor at the heart of its Macintosh to chips made by Intel(INTC Quote) has set the computer world abuzz because it opens up the possibility of Apple's hardware being more compatible with computers running Microsoft's(MSFT Quote) dominant Windows operating system.
The computers that Apple is sending to developers working on programs for the new Intel-based Macintoshes run on an Intel Pentium 4 chip, apparently the same one used in Windows systems offered by Dell (DELL Quote) or Hewlett-Packard (HPQ Quote). Meanwhile, analysts and computer users have speculated that Apple computers could have both the Macintosh and Windows operating systems installed.
That guesswork was taken to a new level last week when Dell's chairman, Michael Dell, told Fortune that his company would be "happy" to sell computers running the Mac OS. ...
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