Gelsinger: Steve Jobs secretly ported four Mac OS releases to x86
Pat Gelsinger · Former Intel CEO on What Went Wrong, What's Next + Lovable CEO on the Real Promise of Vibe Coding · Jul 15, 2026 · at 7:00
Former Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger recalls offering Intel's help to port Apple's operating system to x86, only to learn Steve Jobs had already ported the past four releases.
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“And I remember that Steve said, I've been working on that the last four releases. He had been preparing the core technologies inside of Apple For something that might happen in the future, you know, and he was already, you know, to me, I just remember, I was just shocked. I, you know, I've ported the last four releases to the x. I think we got this.”
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