When OS X led a secret life on Intel
back in 2005 @ wwdc, steve jobs revealed in dramatic taste, how os x developed processor agnostic inception. hints of can found in developer previews of os x, let developers target either powerpc or intel development. ancestor of os x, nextstep , openstep available intel x86. interest though surrounds apple's maintenance of os x, marketed product on intel in secret. there story on quora posted apple developers wife, hacked working version on intel 18 months, without apple knowing seems. became known marklar, never officially acknowledge due secrecy. when steve said every version of os x recompiled intel, dramatics or actual behind scenes strategy? because seemed have been 1 man, experimental project; on home machines suggested program manager @ apple; , wasn't of interest apple until higher level folks such bertrand serlet, steve jobs saw working system running it. also, there not detail whether 'when see it, want lick it' aqua based ...