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Developer Transition Kit
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<p>The Developer Transition Kit is the name of two prototype <a href="/facts/Macintosh/8GhnXTK0">Mac</a> computers made available to software developers by <a href="/facts/Apple_Inc./oTJYta3k">Apple Inc.</a> The first Developer Transition Kit was made available in 2005 prior to the <a href="/facts/Mac_transition_to_Intel_processors/uJTbuLvM">Mac transition to Intel processors</a> to aid in the Mac's transition from <a href="/facts/PowerPC/DqmM9y50">PowerPC</a> to an Intel-based <a href="/facts/X86-64/cyWvUFlP">x86-64 architecture</a>. A second Developer Transition Kit was made available in 2020 prior to the <a href="/facts/Mac_transition_to_Apple_silicon/66tIrRs2">Mac transition to Apple silicon</a> as part of its initiative to transition the Mac away from Intel to Apple's <a href="/facts/AArch64/bauXRos7">ARM64</a>-based <a href="/facts/Apple_silicon/A8RgouDB">Apple silicon</a>. </p>