Apple's latest greatest
"What's an Intel chip doing in a Mac? A whole lot more than it's ever done in a PC." -- Apple's new slogan
Steve Jobs' keynote at MacWorld Expo yesterday was the platform for launch of the first Intel Macs, both built on Intel's brand new Core Duo processor: the MacBook Pro (a 15" PowerBook successor with a built-in iSight camera billed as 4x faster than the fastest PowerBook), and new iMac (which wasn't updated all that long ago -- this one's reportedly 2x faster than the prior iMac).
Apple also updated iLife (including a podcast composer in GarageBand) and iWork (new spreadsheet tables), and its .Mac web services with the addition of iWeb -- the easy way to publish blogs, photos, movies, and podcasts to the Web.
With Intel inside Macs, there's speculation that the Apple OS may soon be able to run on PC boxes, or that Windows may be able to run natively (without emulation) on Macs. We'll see.
I'm a Mac addict (since 1984 and the original Macintosh). Nearing its 30 year anniversary (1 April), Apple Computer has been through a lot of twists and turns. But in recent years, it is clearly established as the coolest computer and software company. Microsoft lumbers sluggishly behind, and Windows PC boxes are borrrring.
Long live Apple!
Steve Jobs' keynote at MacWorld Expo yesterday was the platform for launch of the first Intel Macs, both built on Intel's brand new Core Duo processor: the MacBook Pro (a 15" PowerBook successor with a built-in iSight camera billed as 4x faster than the fastest PowerBook), and new iMac (which wasn't updated all that long ago -- this one's reportedly 2x faster than the prior iMac).
Apple also updated iLife (including a podcast composer in GarageBand) and iWork (new spreadsheet tables), and its .Mac web services with the addition of iWeb -- the easy way to publish blogs, photos, movies, and podcasts to the Web.
With Intel inside Macs, there's speculation that the Apple OS may soon be able to run on PC boxes, or that Windows may be able to run natively (without emulation) on Macs. We'll see.
I'm a Mac addict (since 1984 and the original Macintosh). Nearing its 30 year anniversary (1 April), Apple Computer has been through a lot of twists and turns. But in recent years, it is clearly established as the coolest computer and software company. Microsoft lumbers sluggishly behind, and Windows PC boxes are borrrring.
Long live Apple!
posted by Barney at 10:46 PM
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