Highly Illogical, Captain (11/22/00)
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We admit it; as far as long-standing Apple rumors go, the "Mac OS on Intel" one sort of leaves us cold. Sure, the PowerPC is hideously behind x86 on the clock speed front (if not necessarily in terms of performance), and it's undoubtedly hurting Apple's sales. Sure, there's a ton of info revealing that an Intel port of Mac OS X would be a cakewalk, and there's plenty of evidence that Apple has indeed been keeping Intel builds of Mac OS X relatively current in its secret underground bunkers. But frankly, we just never saw all that much evidence that Apple was actually planning to move to the Intel platform (or ship a boxed version of Mac OS X for x86-compatible hardware), instead of just keeping the project warming on the back burner in case the PowerPC completely craters or Apple needs a bigger stick with which to smack Motorola.

Until now. You're aware, of course, that the original secret project to port System 7 to the x86 architecture was code-named "Star Trek"? (The project succeeded, though it was never released for political reasons.) You may also be aware that rumors of a "Star Trek: The NeXT Generation" project have been floating around for over three years now, ever since Steve's return to Apple. Well, against the backdrop of Mac OS X's Intel-compatible NeXT pedigree and its imminent release sometime within the next six months or so, faithful viewer David Gardner unearthed some startling evidence that the "Star Trek: The NeXT Generation" project is real and approaching at warp factor 7.

Check it out: the next Star Trek movie is, suspiciously enough, the tenth in the series-- and it's currently going by the title "Star Trek X"-- that's "X" as in "Roman numeral 10." Not enough evidence for you? Then take a gander at the Star Trek X logo and tell us that its glowing blue "X" doesn't look a whole heckuva lot like Apple's glowing blue "X." Suddenly the pieces all fall into place! Hopefully we're not looking at a simultaneous release, though, because STX only just signed a writer-- it's probably years from release, while Mac OS X is due by May at the latest. Then again, given the title of the porting project, maybe it's just the Intel version of Mac OS X that'll ship alongside STX's release. Yeah... That's it...


 
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The above scene was taken from the 11/22/00 episode:

November 22, 2000: Chicago surfaces as the latest city lucky enough to host an Apple retail store. Meanwhile, Apple launches a new commercial pushing the iMac as the best way to give the Internet to that certain special someone this holiday season, and an astute viewer uncovers undeniable proof of Apple's project to release Mac OS X for Intel...

Other scenes from that episode:

  • 2694: Big Shoulders, Retail Macs (11/22/00)   Okay, so the cat's out of the proverbial translucent bag on this whole Apple-operated retail store deal, and Uncle Steve's probably none too pleased about one of his Macworld Expo keynote surprises being spoiled...

  • 2695: The Mystery Of Dog Face (11/22/00)   Last night we got to experience that rare joy once again-- the surprise sighting of a brand spankin' new Apple commercial on broadcast TV. There we were, tuned in to Buffy as per the usual sacred Tuesday night ritual, when Jeff Goldblum's inimitable presence commandeered our set and proceeded to tout the Internet as the ideal holiday gift, and the iMac as the ideal way to give it...

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