> >Also, I do not believe January is the date, it is June. Apple said the >first Intel machines will be out mid 2006. I'd also make a strong guess >that the first machines will be laptops. The Powerbook/iBook line has not >seen a serious upgrade in a while, and that is mostly due to the fact >that the G5 is not energy efficient enough to make a decent laptop with >it. Intel on the other hand has some blazingly fast, super low energy >processors out there specifically geared towards the portable market.
All emailer lovers, get your last classsic hardware soon. What is for sale now is the last of each product line for Classic, IMO. I suspect Chris and many others are going to be shocked in January. I think this time the rumor mills are correct about a mini Mac with Intel, and perhaps even an iBook running intel. I particularly like the rumor about the iPod dock built into the new Mini. I think Apple is going to make the switch incredibly fast. Intel hardware works, and both intel and Apple are going full speed. The clues about developer releases point to a near finished product. Note that Apple has nothing new out - don't tell me speed bumps are going to keep the PPC line alive, so Apple must have a major announcement at MacWorld. Who knows what, but it will not be a minor announcement. Prediction: Apple is going to stop supporting older OS versions incredibly fast. It will be like how you could run iTunes on Wintel or OS X, but not OS 9. All the new Apple applications will be made to be Mactel only. Job's history points to it, he is obsessive about completing a switch quickly and getting everyone onto the "next greatest thing". Apple is obviously negotiating movie rights, and they are going to implement some very hollywood friendly DRM into the hardware/software. On one hand, it will be an incredible home entertainment network, but the direction will be towards pay per view. The current dual core G5's will be the last for us Classic-ees'. Too bad, I think Apple was finally getting the hang of G5 hardware design. But Intel will make for a product line that can be sold/used anywhere in the computer world, just like cars. OS X/Linux/Windows all on the same box. If Apple can figure out how to make simultaineous multiple OS booted hardware, imagine the sales at all the tech support centers, what more can they ask for but a computer which can run two or three OS's at the same time! If I were Apple I would certainly be trying to make that feasible, even if I charged more for multi-boot hardware. The sales would be huge. "I picked up a Magic 8-Ball the other day and it said 'Outlook not so good.' I said, 'Sure, but Microsoft still ships it.'" Mark James SoftRAID, LLC mjames@ softraid.com ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe send a mail message with a SUBJECT line of "unsubscribe" to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
