> Apple had to create a 32-bit version of the OSX operating system for Intel’s x86 architecture before quickly phasing it out because Intel was late releasing i

> Apple had to create a 32-bit version of the OSX operating system for Intel’s x86 architecture before quickly phasing it out because Intel was late releasing its 64-bit Core 2 architecture designs. I've read before that internally, OSX always had a working x86 port, to ensure the OS is actually portable should the need for a switch arise. Like it did in the past with older macos versions. So in that case they even got lucky because it was the very architecture they switched to.