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Apple Planning Intel iBook Debut for January?
axonis writes "Apple is planning to release its first entry-level iBook laptops with Intel processors next January at Macworld Expo in San Francisco, highly reliable sources have confirmed to Think Secret." From the article: "Apple will almost certainly tap Intel's forthcoming Yonah processor for the iBooks, a successor to the company's Pentium M. It is unknown whether Apple will go with a dual-core version of the processor, slated for release in January, or a single-core version, which Intel announced in August would be delivered shortly after the dual-core version. The dual-core Yonah chip could very likely deliver performance greater than Apple's current G4-based PowerBooks."
Wow, not only bad spelling but not even first post. I'm impressed. Can't wait for Intel iBooks... how long till Apple release a review version, eh? :)
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Well nice try: would have been funny if you actualy got the first post...
What does "biting at the chops" mean? Is it similar to "champing at the bit"? I am simply curious. Even though I consider myself reasonably well read, at least in sci-fi and fantasy, I have never heard of this "biting at the chops" metaphor. Please supply the meaning (other than the obvious one that is clear from the context). Also, if you know the history of this metaphor, I would like to hear it as well. I did google for your metaphor and found 73 hits. For "champing at the bit" I found 120,000 hits. Could "biting at the chops" be a new metaphor? Where did it come from? Who used it first? Which legitimate metaphor was mangled in order to give birth to this "biting at the chops"? Frankly, I don't care for this new metaphor, it doesn't make a great deal of sense to me. Please let me know where you first heard it and why you think it appropriate to use here on /. Thanks!
American Independence = Motivated by high taxes on tea
Indian Independence = Motivated by high taxes on salt
Black civil rights = Motivated by limited seating on buses
These were all business transactions, weren't they? Are these civil rights movements, commercial rights movements or something else?
As it turns out, oppression often takes the form of economic activity. Saying you can't call it civil rights doesn't take away from the fact that people are trying to keep from being oppressed. Note that Rosa Parks paid for her bus ride. She much preferred riding the bus to walking. That doesn't mean forcing her to the back was simply a kind of commercial rights issue.
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