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Apple Planning Intel iBook Debut for January?

Posted by Zonk on from the apple-christmas dept.

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."

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  1. Apple Product Cycle by kevin_conaway · · Score: 0, Troll

    So what stage are at in the Apple Product Cycle? My money is on Stage 2.

  2. Re:All right by Mr.+Underbridge · · Score: 1, Troll
    Not only that, they're only up about 30% in speed since the January of *last* year. Seems Dr. Moore has forsaken poor Apple.

    And let me tell you, my 1.25 GHz, 512MB RAM PB is really feeling it when it tries to run Tiger.

  3. Re:How many? by ciroknight · · Score: 0, Troll

    Truthfully, I'm not sure Adobe will ever be ready. They've made their opinion quite clear as of recent that they couldn't care less about the direction Apple is moving, so I dunno if they're even going to waste their time becoming ready. Though, a good chunk of their money anymore comes from Photoshop, I wouldn't be surprised to see them pulling some wine-variation and just making the Windows version run on Mac (if they care that much).

    Apple has also made their position quite clear that they don't care which direction Adobe is going, and if Adobe stops making tools for their systems, they'll simply pick up the pieces and start off in their own direction (Note: Final Cut Pro, Aperture [though not a direct competitor, I'm sure it peaked a few eyebrows over at Adobe], etc).

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  4. Re:How many? by Randall311 · · Score: 0, Troll

    I think what you ment to say is that Photoshop is the bread and butter of Adobe systems, and that it is by far the greatest photo editing software in existance to date. Aperture doesn't even come close to it (but that's ok, because like you said, Aperture wasn't even designed to compete with Photoshop anyway).

  5. Taking it up the rear by Universal+Indicator · · Score: 0, Troll
    From TFA:

    "Consumer notebook buyers don't want less than 15-inches, " he said.

    I think this is because Apple customers by now are accustomed to taking it up the rear.