Intel-based Mac

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Macintosh computer personal computer

An Intel-based Mac is an Apple Macintosh computer model that uses Intel x86 processors instead of Apple’s earlier PowerPC chips or later Apple silicon.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Intel-based Macs 2
Intel x86-64 MacBook Pro 1
Intel-based MacBook Pro 1

Statements (56)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Macintosh computer ⓘ
personal computer ⓘ
canNativelyRunOperatingSystem Linux NERFINISHED ⓘ
Microsoft Windows NERFINISHED ⓘ
canRunOperatingSystem Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger (Intel version) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard NERFINISHED ⓘ
OS X 10.10 Yosemite NERFINISHED ⓘ
OS X 10.11 El Capitan NERFINISHED ⓘ
OS X 10.7 Lion NERFINISHED ⓘ
OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion NERFINISHED ⓘ
OS X 10.9 Mavericks NERFINISHED ⓘ
macOS 10.12 Sierra NERFINISHED ⓘ
macOS 10.13 High Sierra NERFINISHED ⓘ
macOS 10.14 Mojave NERFINISHED ⓘ
macOS 10.15 Catalina NERFINISHED ⓘ
macOS 11 Big Sur NERFINISHED ⓘ
macOS 12 Monterey NERFINISHED ⓘ
macOS 13 Ventura NERFINISHED ⓘ
finalPhaseOutBeganYear 2020 ⓘ
finalPhaseOutContext introduction of Apple silicon Macs ⓘ
firstAnnouncementDate 2005-06-06 ⓘ
firstProductsReleaseYear 2006 GENERATED ⓘ
lastNewModelIntroducedYear 2019 ⓘ
manufacturer Apple Inc. ⓘ
notableChangeFromPredecessor transition from PowerPC to Intel x86 processors ⓘ
notableFeature ability to dual-boot macOS and Windows via Boot Camp ⓘ
notableImpact improved performance-per-watt compared to PowerPC-based Macs at time of transition ⓘ
precededBy PowerPC-based Mac NERFINISHED ⓘ
productLineIncludes Mac Pro (Intel) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mac mini (Intel) NERFINISHED ⓘ
MacBook (Intel) NERFINISHED ⓘ
MacBook Air (Intel) NERFINISHED ⓘ
MacBook Pro (Intel) NERFINISHED ⓘ
iMac (Intel) NERFINISHED ⓘ
replacedArchitecture PowerPC NERFINISHED ⓘ
succeededBy Apple silicon Mac NERFINISHED ⓘ
supportsBootCamp true GENERATED ⓘ
supportsFirmwareType EFI GENERATED ⓘ
UEFI GENERATED ⓘ
supportsGraphicsInterface PCI Express GENERATED ⓘ
supportsInstructionSet Intel 64 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Intel SSE3 NERFINISHED ⓘ
supportsPortType FireWire (on some models) GENERATED ⓘ
Thunderbolt GENERATED ⓘ
USB GENERATED ⓘ
supportsVirtualizationSoftware Parallels Desktop GENERATED ⓘ
VMware Fusion GENERATED ⓘ
VirtualBox GENERATED ⓘ
supportsWirelessStandard Bluetooth NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wi‑Fi ⓘ
transitionCompletedYear 2007 ⓘ
usesProcessorArchitecture Intel x86 NERFINISHED ⓘ
x86-64 ⓘ
usesProcessorFamily Intel Core NERFINISHED ⓘ
Intel Xeon NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Carbon → targetPlatform → Intel-based Mac ⓘ
Developer Transition Kit → relatedTo → Intel-based Mac ⓘ
subject surface form: Developer Transition Kit (Intel)
this entity surface form: Mac transition to Intel processors
Apple Silicon MacBook Pro → predecessorArchitecture → Intel-based Mac ⓘ
this entity surface form: Intel x86-64 MacBook Pro
Apple Silicon MacBook Pro → contrastWith → Intel-based Mac ⓘ
this entity surface form: Intel-based MacBook Pro
dyld → platform → Intel-based Mac ⓘ
macOS Sequoia → supportsPlatform → Intel-based Mac ⓘ
this entity surface form: Intel-based Macs
MacTeX → platform → Intel-based Mac ⓘ
this entity surface form: Intel-based Macs
Power Macintosh → successor → Intel-based Mac ⓘ
this entity surface form: Intel-based Macintosh