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?

[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!

MOD PARENT DOWN

[pv2b]

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

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! :-)

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: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.