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06-11-2005, 02:36 AM #1
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Apple's FIRST Mac with Intel InsideI'm surprised I didn't remember this sooner.
Over a decade ago, Apple designed and sold a Macintosh with an Intel 486SX processor. Called the Macintosh Quadra 610 DOS Compatible, it had both a Motorola 68040 and a 25MHz 486SX.
Apple sold it as a full-featured Mac that could also run DOS and Windows, and it did. Users could boot both OS's simultaneously and switch between them with a key command. It was fairly successful, and Apple made several "DOS Compatible" and "PC Compatible" Mac models. I think the last one had a 200MHz PowerPC and a Pentium-knockoff.
IIRC, Apple found that people who bought them spent most of their time using it as a Macintosh.
http://lowendmac.com/quadra/q610dos.shtml
http://www.byte.com/art/9504/sec12/art1.htm (Review of later model)
http://www.byte.com/art/9504/img/412072a1.htm (Picture from above review)
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06-11-2005, 02:40 AM #2
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That simultaneous Mac/DOS boot thing with the seperate monitors is sweet!
There is an idea they should revive... If nothing else just for kicks."If you had a friend who was a tightrope walker, and you were walking down a sidewalk, and he fell, that would be completely unacceptable." -Mitch Hedberg
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06-11-2005, 11:11 AM #3
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- MacBook: 2GHz, 2GB RAM, 120GB HD; PowerTower Pro (300MHz G3 clone): 608MB RAM, 10GB HD
Originally Posted by technologist
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06-11-2005, 09:53 PM #4
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Originally Posted by jhelm007
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