Meanings
MacIntel1
plural MacIntels · alternative Macintel
- informalcomputingA 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 Wired1 more example
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
Macintel2
Origin
From Mac (“Macintosh”) + Intel.
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MacIntel. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/MacIntel
“MacIntel.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/MacIntel. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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