yep, i think it would be a new device that is Intel powered
To port OS X and the whole Apple platform to intel would be hard to
imagine at this point..
could be the biggest Red Herring we've seen
or
His Steveness could just wheel out Paul Otellini and make *the*
announcement
imagine the Crowd at the Moscone center if its the later scenario..!
Natas
On 06/06/2005, at 8:17 PM, Rod wrote:
All I know is that the story was first floated on CNet, which in the
past has been a traditional Mac hater. They love spreading stories
like this one, as it really gets the mac zealots fired up :-)
And as for Intel making PPC chips, I think they would have to swallow a
lot of pride to do that (or be thrown oodles of cash).
My money is on a new digital hub hardware device, much like the EyeHome
device from El Gato. iTunes has slowly evolved from a music app to the
centre of entertainment on the Mac. First it was Soundjam, that just
played and encoded MP3s. Then came the iPod, which required iTunes to
pass music to it. Apple strikes a deal with the music companies and
incorporates a music store within iTunes. With the latest iteration of
iTunes, you can watch Quicktime movies from the net (movies trailers
and music videos), plus quicktime content on your hard drive. And it
allows you to play full screen, which in the past required a Quicktime
Pro purchase (which most people complain about if all that want to do
is watch their movies in full screen).
I see iTunes being the centre of the software digital hub (either Mac
or PC). The next step will be video purchases from iTunes, and
eventually the name changed to something else. This will either
download to your computer, or streamed to your computer or tv (via the
digital hub hardware device). With broadband2 rolling out, the speeds
are getting to the point where streaming is possible.
I think Apple have realised that the next battleground is not in front
of the computer screen, but in front of the tv.
Seeya
Rod!
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