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MacIntel en · NOUN

Etymology

Blend of Macintosh + Intel.

Meanings

  1. (informal) A Macintosh computer with an Intel CPU.
    • The ADC participants also received MacIntel computers for testing and development. 2005 August 12, Mark Baard, “Mac Hacks Allow OS X on PCs”, in Wired:
    • 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. 2003 April 7, John C. Dvorak, “How the MacIntel Will Change the Market”, in PC Magazine:

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