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MacIntel

MacIntel

English

Alternative forms

  • Macintel

Noun

MacIntel (plural MacIntels)

  1. (computing) A Macintosh computer with an Intel CPU.
    • 2003 April 7, Dvorak, John C., “How the MacIntel Will Change the Market”, in PC Magazine:
      There is no doubt that a MacIntel machine could supplant the Wintel platform. And most likely, the entire hungry Linux community could port all the x86 Linux code to the MacIntel OS within weeks, creating a huge flood of good products.
    • 2005 August 12, Baard, Mark, “Mac Hacks Allow OS X on PCs”, in Wired:
      The ADC participants also received MacIntel computers for testing and development.