MacIntel

English

Alternative forms
  • Macintel

Etymology

Blend of Macintosh +‎ Intel

Noun

MacIntel (plural MacIntels)

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

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