To my memory, it was known that Apple had been maintaining an x86 build of OS X for some time, so it wasn't completely out of left field. But, it still felt su

To my memory, it was known that Apple had been maintaining an x86 build of OS X for some time, so it wasn't completely out of left field. But, it still felt surprising, if only for their intense marketing painting Intel processors as slow and their PowerMacs as "supercomputers," which still hits for its brazen absurdity. Then to turn the narrative on its head in one keynote! That's marketing for you.