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IIRC when introducing switch to Intel processors Jobs told that each version OS X was running on Intel since day one.

I love how polar opposite HN can be regarding Steve Jobs/Apple. When it comes to Steve saying something is revolutionary and fantastic everyone trots out examples saying he is wrong or that it was already done, but when something he says can be used to break an argument it is used as gospel.

How about we chalk that up to marketing. I don't think the original Mac OS X ran on X86 nor would I be inclined to believe it.

Rhapsody as a Developer Preview was shipping in 1997 or 1998, within 2 years of Apple buying NeXT. Yes, it ran on x86.

You can see the timeline here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhapsody_%28operating_system%29

Rhapsody was the first OSX.

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