[OS X TeX] PPC to Intel

[Jon Breitenbucher]

On Jun 8, 2005, at 5:57 PM, mark oilcan wrote:

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> --- Maarten Sneep <maarten.sneep at xs4all.nl> wrote:
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>> On 8 Jun 2005, at 12:25, Gerben Wierda wrote:
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>>>> ...and so the question, for those who know best, will the
>>>>
>> transition
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>>>> from PowerPC to Intel be painless, as far as TeX (and all the
>>>>
>> related
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>>>> apps that we so cherish) is concerned?
>>>>
>>>
>>> Regarding the backend most people use on Mac OS X: I have already a
>>>
>>
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>>> report
>>> that TeX Live compiles fine on an Intellimac.
>>>
>>
>> I would expect the 'Intellimac' (first time I hear this name) to be
>>
>
> Personally, I would prefer Macintel as I don't particularly see any
> reason to associate the word "intelligent" with a Mac using an Intel
> cpu. Not that it's a big deal or anything....
>
> Mark A

I vote for Xtel, since it is all about the OS.
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