November 3, 2003: No Need for Intel

At an investors’ conference Steve Jobs was queried about moving OS X to Intel. While he admitted such a thing was possible, he was dismissive of the notion, to wit:

"Right now we don't see a compelling need to switch processor families. We have all the options in the world, but the PowerPC road map looks very strong."

In retrospect, the comment seems purposely ambiguous, but at the time it was seen by many to be the death knell to Intel rumors. The people who believed that OS X would never go Intel had a shining moment this week in 2003.