A leading figure in Apple's switch to Intel has admitted that "computationally intensive tasks will run at about 80 per cent of natively compiled tasks"- but dismisses fears that the chip switch is bad news for the Mac public. Bob Wiederhold is CEO of Transitive, the company whose Quick Transit software has made Apple's switch to Intel processors possible. Wiederhold admits that many people remain sceptical of the Intel move, but maintains that "this is probably based on a long history of this type of technology not working out", adding that "when people see the applications running they are amazed". In a recent New York Times interview Apple CEO Steve Jobs acknowledged Transitive's role in the Rosetta technology that Apple is using to allow new Intel-based Macs to run PowerPC code. If Rosetta lives up to its promise, consumers won't need to replace software when they buy an Intel Mac.
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