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iMac's New Brain

Apple gets Intel inside

PodcastsAt first glance, and even after you have used it for a while, the newest iMac seems almost identical to the version released last fall. The similarity is amazing for a machine that has undergone a brain transplant, going from an IBM PowerPC G5 to an Intel Core Duo. Because the Intel chip uses entirely different instructions than the G5, Apple had to work some software magic through a remarkable technology called Rosetta. Its not perfect, but it comes pretty close

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