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Apple to Announce Switch to the Dark Side Monday

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Posted by Steve 2005-06-06 09:42|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 By wrestling away Apple's business from IBM, Intel tightens its stranglehold on the PC processor business.

Got you in a stranglehold, baby
You best get out of the way ...

Posted by Ted Nugent 2005-06-06 11:57|| 2005-06-06 11:57|| Front Page Top

#2 Is Steve Jobs a reckless fatalist or what?

Posted by bigjim-ky 2005-06-06 12:01|| 2005-06-06 12:01|| Front Page Top

#3 Hey, just in time for the new dual-core processors with DRM built in.

What a coincidence.

Posted by mojo">mojo 2005-06-06 12:51|| 2005-06-06 12:51|| Front Page Top

#4 "I've just made a deal that will keep the Empire out of here for a long time"

Posted by gromky">gromky 2005-06-06 12:55|| 2005-06-06 12:55|| Front Page Top

#5 The new cell chips that will be in the new XBOX and SPS are so much faster than the new intel processors its not even funny. They are amazing. Also.. its been rumourded the ones that are shipping in the SPS and the XBOX are triple core. They are already faster than everything else and on top of that triple core. These are going to be multiteraflop processors (btween 1.5 and 3) which means they will be roughly 100 or 200 times faster than a P4 3.0

Posted by robi 2005-06-06 13:07|| 2005-06-06 13:07|| Front Page Top

#6 WWDC 2005, SAN FRANCISCO, June 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- At its Worldwide Developer Conference today, Apple(R) announced plans to deliver models of its Macintosh(R) computers using Intel(R) microprocessors by this
time next year, and to transition all of its Macs to using Intel microprocessors by the end of 2007. Apple previewed a version of its
critically acclaimed operating system, Mac OS(R) X Tiger, running on an Intel-based Mac(R) to the over 3,800 developers attending CEO Steve Jobs' keynote address. Apple also announced the availability of a Developer Transition Kit,
consisting of an Intel-based Mac development system along with preview versions of Apple's software, which will allow developers to prepare versions of their applications which will run on both PowerPC and Intel-based Macs.
"Our goal is to provide our customers with the best personal computers in the world, and looking ahead Intel has the strongest processor roadmap by far," said Steve Jobs, Apple's CEO. "It's been ten years since our transition
to the PowerPC, and we think Intel's technology will help us create the best personal computers for the next ten years." "We are thrilled to have the world's most innovative personal computer company as a customer," said Paul Otellini, president and CEO of Intel. "Apple
helped found the PC industry and throughout the years has been known for fresh ideas and new approaches. We look forward to providing advanced chip technologies, and to collaborating on new initiatives, to help Apple continue
to deliver innovative products for years to come."
"We plan to create future versions of Microsoft Office for the Mac that support both PowerPC and Intel processors," said Roz Ho, general manager of Microsoft's Macintosh Business Unit. "We have a strong relationship with Apple and will work closely with them to continue our long tradition of making great applications for a great platform." "We think this is a really smart move on Apple's part and plan to create
future versions of our Creative Suite for Macintosh that support both PowerPC and Intel processors," said Bruce Chizen, CEO of Adobe.
The Developer Transition Kit is available starting today for $999 to all Apple Developer Connection Select and Premier members. Further information for Apple Developer Connection members is available at developer.apple.com. Intel plans to provide industry leading development tools support for Apple later
this year, including the Intel C/C++ Compiler for Apple, Intel Fortran Compiler for Apple, Intel Math Kernel Libraries for Apple and Intel Integrated Performance Primitives for Apple.

Posted by Steve ">Steve 2005-06-06 13:46|| 2005-06-06 13:46|| Front Page Top

#7 Soooo, who's gonna buy a Mac until the new Intel models are available?

Posted by Steve ">Steve 2005-06-06 14:27|| 2005-06-06 14:27|| Front Page Top

#8 Fred - Here's one for your Apple-related image collection.

Posted by .com 2005-06-06 14:28|| 2005-06-06 14:28|| Front Page Top

#9 kinda lookerin like my pc

nise pic .com :)

Posted by muck4doo 2005-06-06 15:14|| http://meatismurder.blogspot.com/]">[http://meatismurder.blogspot.com/] 2005-06-06 15:14|| Front Page Top

#10 Hmmm... They've certainly changed since the 68020 days...

Posted by Fred 2005-06-06 16:25|| 2005-06-06 16:25|| Front Page Top

#11 I reckon they'll use the Pentium D or a variant. Why? I spell D-R-M. (Digital Rights Management)

Here's a write up from Ars Technica.

Posted by eLarson 2005-06-06 18:54|| http://larsonian.blogspot.com]">[http://larsonian.blogspot.com] 2005-06-06 18:54|| Front Page Top

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