Intel PowerBook Rumor Mill 362
catdriver writes "AppleInsider has an article guessing about Apple's new Intel portable offerings in early 2006. 'With the initiation of the Intel Power Mac project last month, all five of Apple's Intel Macintosh projects are now said to be underway and moving at an exhaustive, yet fruitful pace. It should come as no surprise that Apple chief executive Steve Jobs is reportedly leading the charge, with his heart set on making 2006 the next 1984.' With Mac OS X for x86 now catching up to its PPC sibling, is Apple ready to take the plunge?"
1984? (Score:4, Funny)
Hmm, I wonder what Orwell would think about that.
Re:1984? (Score:4, Funny)
As long as it's faster than my P-P-P-Powerbook (Score:2, Funny)
I've been considering a laptop as my next upgrade, since it will use less power, have wireless built in, and be quieter than my desktop with 3 hard drives in it. It will work better as my entertainment center, if it has a TV capture device in it. And I need to upgrade my P-P-P-Powerbook anyway, the screen is cracked.
Re:So THAT'S the reason? (Score:1, Funny)
MOD PARENT DOWN (Score:5, Funny)
Re:"exhaustive, yet fruitful pace" (Score:2, Funny)
"We're tired, but guess what... I got Quake3 to run at 120fps"
WHO SAID Another 1984????? (Score:4, Funny)
Re:1984? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Apple Intel Switch (Score:5, Funny)
You must be a true geek...most people get STRONGER as they lug something around.
Re:It's a reference to the Mac commercial. (Score:5, Funny)
"You know, the girl with the sledgehammer breaking that giant screen with Big Brother in it.
Only this time around the girl is the stoner chick [ellenfeiss.net] from the Switch campaign.
She wanders into the room looking dazed, sees the giant talking face on the screen, then cocks her head like a confused cocker spaniel while trying to use her iPod as a remote to change the channel.
Eventually she wanders out a side exit.
Re:1984? (Score:5, Funny)
My guess is "double plus good"!
Re:Yawn - more unsubstantiated speculation (Score:5, Funny)
Re:What about applications? (Score:5, Funny)
These kids today and their universal binaries; back in the 68K->PPC transition we ran the entire OS under emulation -- and we liked it!
roadmap of steve jobs' mind: (Score:2, Funny)
1) port an operating system from x86 to powerpc (or do it concurrently)
2) release proprietary boxes using new operating system.
3) watch competitor sell os only that run on generic boxes. (wait, couldn't I install nt3.51 on powerpc?)
4) take os and port it (back) to x86 (it was always there anyway)
5) offer a (relatively) virusless experience for the HUGE install base of x86 users for (I'll bet a dollar) very cheap. christmas '07's big gift for mom? an osx install disk that sniffs everything, converts everything, and puts in almost back for her.
6) linger with the x86 support for a few years, while the PA Semi boxes (oh please oh please oh please let it be true) roll out of cupertino for a couple hundred bucks. goodbye big heater boxes, all boxes are small now.
7) insert favorite company that apple takes away from here.
8) oh, and one more thing.
Re:1984? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:1984? (Score:1, Funny)
Re:As long as it's faster than my P-P-P-Powerbook (Score:4, Funny)
And really, who needs system-wide spell check anyway?
Re:Altivec (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Altivec (Score:4, Funny)
This is the Apple Slashdot Forum. We're all intelligent, well informed and snappily dressed with nicely decorated apartments.