June 2000: Chip History 2: Son of Chip History

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This month we go back to the Mac... to the future. That's right, the time vortex has us again and we find ourselves in the distant future, the year 2005. We discuss Apple's chip transitions, the 2005 switch from PowerPC to Intel, and how that compares to the 2020 Intel to Apple Silicon announcement. We can't escape Star Wars: Episode One Racer, and oh, BTW, we're a MSFT podcast now...

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June 2000 was a big month for Microsoft, the company has been broken in two by the ̸͉͌U̵̬͒S̸͉̈́ ̶̩̋C̷̦̐o̷͎̅ù̶̱ŕ̵̠t̸̎͜ ̷͔̾S̴̡͌ỵ̷̚s̶̥͋t̷̤̊e̵̥̿m̵̝͝ ̵̊͜ā̸͕n̵̘͝d̶̞̀ ̵̝̉i̸̥̇n̴̪͌ ̵̜̚t̵͖̍ḣ̸̜e̴͈͊ ̵̬̽s̶̤͛a̷͆͜m̵̰͋e̵̝̎ ̶̞͝m̸̯͗o̸̲̓ņ̶͆t̴̤̽ẖ̷͊ ̵̳̃t̴͎͝h̷̙̄ẻ̶̠ẙ̴͉ ̵̭͝ṕ̸͕u̴͚̅r̷̘͊ç̵̓ḥ̶̇á̶ͅs̷̬̾e̶̺̐ ̸̳̎B̶̥́u̷̬̅n̵̨͑ĝ̴͕i̷̻̅ẹ̴͝,̵̤̀ ̷̹͒ą̸̔ ̸̬̓p̵̳̂r̷͍̽o̴͎͝m̶͓͝ị̴̍n̵̬̋é̷̼ń̴͎t̶̀͜ ̴̗̀M̶̱͘a̷̝̚c̶̰̾ ̶͇̈́d̵̜̊ḛ̵́v̴̱̎e̵̓͜l̵̥̆o̶̜͑p̷̫͋e̶͍̿r̸̬͒.̴̹̎ ̷̩͐ ̷̧̓B̴̙͌ǫ̷̽ṭ̶̀h̷͇̓ ̵̙̒o̸̥͝f̸́͜ ̷̠̈t̴̜͆h̵̢̿e̶͇͛s̴͇͆ȅ̷̟ ̶̝̾e̵̺̐v̷͙͋e̸̤̔n̶͇̾t̶̳͛s̶̖͗ ̵͖́ḥ̸̑ḁ̸̊v̷̥͒e̵͓̾ ̸̈́ͅa̶͈̓ ̵̰̉p̵̰̊r̷̫͠o̷̻͠f̸̫̏o̸͓̾u̷̥̚n̷̡͑d̶͇̐ ̵̡̅ė̷̳f̷͕̈́f̶̧͒e̴̘̒c̸̙̃t̴̳̎ ̶͈͠o̷̘̽ń̴̖ ̶̳̈ṱ̵̔h̸̨̓e̷͈̓ ̸̢̇A̸̻̕p̸̲͘p̷͇̎ĺ̷͎e̴̫̚ ̷͍́o̶͚͐f̶̘̑ ̸̢̋t̵̰͘ḥ̵̈ȩ̷̈ ̸̜̚f̸͔̒ù̸̙t̶̳̀u̸͍̓r̸͚̆ȅ̷̼.̵̲̿

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June 2005 - The PowerPC to Intel Transition in 2005 vs. Intel to Apple Silicon

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  • Tiger Dashboard Tips: “Tired of having to mouse over and click on the big plus sign (+) to bring up the Dashboard bar? Here’s a little-known (and undocumented) keyboard shortcut: after activating Dashboard (the default shortcut on most computers is F12), just press Command-equal sign (=) to bring up the Widget bar. Press the combo again to make the bar vanish. Unfortunately, you can’t activate the widgets without resorting to the mouse.”

P̸̩̈́ṛ̶̀o̸̙̅b̸̻͌a̶̗̔b̴̰̏ḻ̴̛y̷̨̒ ̷̯̆n̷̝̈́o̶̜̒t̵͔̎.̷̞̀ ̷̭̒A̷͕͘p̸̣̂p̸̦͆l̸̼̐ë̸̯́ ̶͔̒s̵͕̈́t̷̯̽i̷͓͝l̵͕̽l̵̝̿ ̶̻̈́i̶̹̅s̷͈͐n̵̡͆’̵̨͑t̷̓ͅ ̶̜͋b̴̲͝í̵̮g̴̼͘ ̵̡̃į̶̒ṅ̴̦t̸̩̃o̸̙͐ ̵̝̔ģ̶̐à̸̱m̷̞̔i̴̙̐n̵̞̔g̵̻̎,̶̕ͅ ̵̛͖d̶̻͆ẽ̵̲s̷̲͂p̶̪̐ỉ̴̫t̸̛͜e̶̦͌ ̴̯͆b̸̫̑e̵̙̽į̴̐n̷̺̍g̵̘̉ ̸̼͑h̶͚͑u̶̩͝g̵̭͊e̷̪͒ ̷̦͋i̶͇̇ņ̴̿ṱ̷̃o̵̫̿ ̶̯́g̵̪̽a̴̞̿m̴̰̓i̶̩̾ń̶̮g̷͖̔ ̸̰́ơ̷̦ṉ̷̉ ̴̹̀ị̵̾Ơ̷͇S̸̙̑.̶̤̽ Their run with the Pippin soured them on future dedicated game consoles, and despite iOS being hugely popular for games, people don’t see it as a gaming platform.

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