Apple’s sub rosa Mac OS X-on-x86 efforts

MacEdition : Naked Mole Rat Report : November 12, 2002
Thanks to amdzone for this one. (why no permalinks?)

[...] observers report that Apple has been serious enough about its ace in the hole to seed a few lucky civilians with prototype boxes – delivered heavily swaddled in layers of cloak-and-dagger security, natch. Specifically, recent testers report taking delivery of Athlon-powered boxes that Apple had assiduously welded shut to prevent prying eyes from ogling whatever other gremlins might be lurking inside these nondescript beige chassis.