Intel PowerBook Rumor Mill

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?"

Comments

1984?

[Bananatree3]

with his heart set on making 2006 the next 1984.'

Hmm, I wonder what Orwell would think about that.

Re:1984?

[Anonymous Coward]

What they meant was that 2006 will be like 1984 but won't be like 1984.

Re:1984?

[AgNO3]

This is funny? who mods this stuff? The analogy they are mis-useing in the sysnopis is to the apple ad of 1984 that launched the Macintosh, which reference the book. SO besides the fact that apple is not even hyping it like the 1984 Mac launch ad, has made no references to that launch or ad. Who writes these synopsis? What's worse then a fanboy? The hater.

Re:1984?

[3770]

Hmm, I wonder what Orwell would think about that.

My guess is "double plus good"!

Re:1984?

[tsa]

How dare you speak like that on /.? Apple != M$, therefore Apple == Good (TM). You should be modded down, you.., you... Halfbaked Plan!

Re:1984?

[Anonymous Coward]

"Apple uses Intel chips in its computers. Apple has always used Intel chips in its computers."

As long as it's faster than my P-P-P-Powerbook

[saskboy]

http://www.zug.com/pranks/powerbook/
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:As long as it's faster than my P-P-P-Powerbook

[BandwidthHog]

Yeah!

And really, who needs system-wide spell check anyway?

Re:So THAT'S the reason?

[pv2b]

No shit, Spotlight.

MOD PARENT DOWN

[pv2b]

Insightful?! Wtf! How about bleeding-frigging-obvious. Don't waste your mod points on this crap I wrote.

Re:"exhaustive, yet fruitful pace"

[jftitan]

I think it means...

"We're tired, but guess what... I got Quake3 to run at 120fps"

WHO SAID Another 1984?????

[AgNO3]

I have NEVER seen that kind of emphasis put on this transition. Way more emphasis was placed on the 68k to PPC transition and the OS 9 to OS X transition. I don't recall reading anywhere that this transition would be the evolutionary step the synopsis makes it out to be.

Re:Apple Intel Switch

[mattkime]

>>I have been travelling more and even the 12in Powerbook, which has been the best laptop I've ever owned, is starting to be cumbersome.

You must be a true geek...most people get STRONGER as they lug something around.

Re:It's a reference to the Mac commercial.

[MooseByte]

"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 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:Yawn - more unsubstantiated speculation

[bradbeattie]

Tell me about it. Next thing you know, people will be spreading rumours about some kind of video iPod. Pfft. Lunatics.

Re:What about applications?

[Wesley Felter]

No pro user will rely on Rosetta.

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:

[ad68]

put the following in order and win a prize!

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:Altivec

[Reaperducer]

I'm sorry, sir. You seem very intelligent and well informed. We'll have to revoke your Slashdot posting permit.

Re:Altivec

[martinX]

This is the Apple Slashdot Forum. We're all intelligent, well informed and snappily dressed with nicely decorated apartments.