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p2p news / p2pnet: Could an Apple Mac be the centre of your life?
Steve Jobs hopes so and, if reports are accurate, in an astounding Macworld dog-and-pony show that out-glitzed Sony boss Howard Stringer’s CES performance, he launched both a new iMac, and the MacBook Pro laptop, with Intel chips.
“Jobs & Co. even persuaded Intel Chief Executive Paul Otellini to help usher in the new era,” says the San Jose Mercury News.
“Arriving in a cloud of smoke wearing a clean-room ‘bunny’ suit, Otellini declared, ‘Steve, I want to report that Intel is ready.’ The setup harkened back to Intel commercials in the 1990s, in which clean-room workers danced to disco music.”
And according to Jobs, every Mac will have Intel inside by the end of the year.
Focusing on computers, “was an attempt by Jobs to show the company hasn’t become all-iPod, all-iTunes, all the time,” says the story.
Or as Apple itself sums it up:
Apple Unveils New iMac with Intel Core Duo Processor
Apple Introduces MacBook Pro
Apple Announces iLife ‘06
Apple Announces iWork ‘06
Apple Announces the iPod Radio Remote
Intel unveiled the Core Duo chip, which powers the iMacs and MacBooks, at the Consumer Electronics Show and, “Though the change to Intel has occurred faster than expected, it still poses some risks,” says the Chicago Sun-Times.
“Besides potentially alienating a fan base that’s accustomed to doing things differently, Apple’s move opens up the issue of backward compatibility and the possibility that PC users might run pirated versions of Mac OS X, Apple’s critically acclaimed operating system, on their generally cheaper non-Apple computers,” it says, going on:
“During his speech, Jobs demonstrated software that will make older software work on older Macs with a minimal performance hit. But he did not comment on how the company will lock its operating system to its hardware.”
Meanwhile, it’s clear more announcements will come later this year, adds the Mercury news. “Analysts speculate the new offerings could include a plasma TV, a new iPod shuffle and a living-room device to bring music and video from the Internet to the television.”
The i(ntel)Macs come with with 17-inch and 20-inch screens for $1,300 and $1,700, and the new 15.4-inch display MacBook Pros start at $2,000.
Also See:
San Jose Mercury News - The Mac is back, January 11, 2006
Chicago Sun-Times - Full speed ahead for Apple chip change, January 11, 2006
