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==History==

===1980s===

Apple's efforts to move to Intel hardware began in 1985. AAfter proposalJobs wasleft floatedthe aftercompany Jobsan departedinternal butproposal was quickly disapproved by management.,<ref name="LowEndMac1">{{cite web |last1=Hormby |first1=Tom |title=Star Trek: Apple's First Mac OS on Intel Project |url=https://lowendmac.com/2014/star-trek-apples-first-mac-os-on-intel-project/ |website=LowEndMac |access-date=24 June 2020 |date=27 April 2014 |archive-date=January 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115071539/https://lowendmac.com/2014/star-trek-apples-first-mac-os-on-intel-project/ |url-status=live }}</ref> which also declined a late-1980s proposal by [[Andy Grove]] of Intel for Apple to migrate to x86.{{r|forbes20031009}}

===1990s===

In the 1990s, Intel often took out ads in ''[[Macworld]]'' convincing Macintosh users to switch to PCs powered by Intel CPUs.<ref>{{cite magazine | url=https://archive.org/details/MacWorld_9312_December_1993/page/n3/mode/2up | title=Intel advertisement |magazine=[[MacWorld]] | date=December 1993 }}</ref>

The first known attempt by Apple to move to Intel's platform was the [[Star Trek project]], a code name given to a secret project to run a port of [[Classic Mac OS]] [[System 7]] and its applications on an Intel-compatible personal computer.<ref name="LowEndMac1"/> The effort began on February 14, 1992, with the blessing of Intel's then-CEO [[Andy Grove]].<ref name="LowEndMac1"/>

Apple leaders set an October 31 deadline to create a working prototype. The team met that deadline, and had a functional demo ready by December. [[John Sculley]]'s departure during the Star Trek project was a factor in the project's termination. [[Michael Spindler]], who took over as Apple's CEO, devoted most of Apple's resources to moving to PowerPC instead,<ref name="LowEndMac1"/> thus initiating Apple's first processor transition.