The iMac goes first

wtd · **Posted:** Tue Jan 10, 2006 1:19 pm

The iMac will be the first Mac to go Intel. Externally identical to the old iMac, no features have been added, but it now sports an "Intel Core Duo" processor. Steve Jobs and an Intel rep are onstage demoing speed increases of roughly 3x over the G5.

wtd · **Posted:** Tue Jan 10, 2006 1:38 pm

The PowerBook follows. Now the "MacBook Pro" it's four to five times faster than the Powerbook G4, thinner, features an improved 15.4" display and integrated iSight camera.

Hikaru79 · **Posted:** Tue Jan 10, 2006 4:15 pm

I'm foaming at the mouth. Any and all scholarships I get will be entirely forwarded to buying one of these Very Happy

Martin · **Posted:** Tue Jan 10, 2006 6:26 pm

Fascists. My iMac is already obsolete. Well, not really - I do have 1500mb of RAM. Although I have to say, I'd trust Apple with benchmarking about as far as I'd trust a homeless guy with my watch.

And 'MacBook'? Come on Apple, where's that creative department? That sounds like something my mom say.

All and all, pretty cool though.

rizzix · **Posted:** Tue Jan 10, 2006 6:28 pm

no kidding Martin Laughing

anyway watch it here: http://macworld.apple.com.edgesuite.net/mw/index.html

wtd · **Posted:** Tue Jan 10, 2006 6:35 pm

I've heard in places that Jobs said something about "We're done with Power". Makes sense considering they're accelerating their Intel transition plans.

The other "MacBook" consideration is that Apple almost certainly plans to merge the iBook and PowerBook lines. For too long now it's been an artificial distinction.

rizzix · **Posted:** Tue Jan 10, 2006 6:40 pm

Haha ipods can be moded with an fm-tuner/remote controller.

wtd · **Posted:** Tue Jan 10, 2006 6:58 pm

There goes one of the most consistent complaints with regards to missing features.

Martin · **Posted:** Tue Jan 10, 2006 7:01 pm

I think the MacBook name is Apple saying 'Trust us, this is still a Mac and not just a PC.'

It'll be sweet to triple boot Windows, Linux and OSX on one of those. Smile

wtd · **Posted:** Tue Jan 10, 2006 7:13 pm

Martin wrote:

I think the MacBook name is Apple saying 'Trust us, this is still a Mac and not just a PC.'

It'll be sweet to triple boot Windows, Linux and OSX on one of those. Smile

This is not what people are hoping for. What they're hoping for is Windows and Mac OS X (and Linux possibly, though OS X already gives people a lot of the Unix-y goodness, so there's less demand for that) running at the same time.

Martin · **Posted:** Tue Jan 10, 2006 7:22 pm

How does that work?

I think I like PC laptops better than Apple's hardware though. Not that it'll really matter. I imagine release builds of OSX will be on them in no time...

rizzix · **Posted:** Tue Jan 10, 2006 7:29 pm

iWeb is a lot like RapidWeaver, but it adds in a lot more features (as in automatic RSS and AJAX), no irritating progress dialogs and a lot more themes. Cool app!

I'm likeing the new iLife'06. Some major improvements here. Quality apps!

wtd · **Posted:** Tue Jan 10, 2006 7:34 pm

Martin wrote:

How does that work?

It's over my head, but I know Intel's been working on it for quite some time.

rizzix · **Posted:** Tue Jan 10, 2006 7:37 pm

Martin wrote:

I imagine release builds of OSX will be on them in no time...

I don't believe this will happen. Apple's gonna use intel's DRM technology to tie their OS to their own hardware.

wtd · **Posted:** Tue Jan 10, 2006 7:39 pm

If there's enough demand, it'll be broken.

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