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Macworld to Bring Updates to Laptop Lines?

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the pure-speculation-and-idle-discussion dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Reuters is reporting on the breathless anticipation that leads up to Macworld every year. Many analysts are hedging their bets that this year will bring a long overdue update to the Mac laptop family. From the article: 'We think the iBook, PowerBook, Mac Mini, and potentially Xserve are areas that are going to move to Intel first,' said Shaw Wu, an analyst at American Technology Research."

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  1. Doutful on X86 Xserves (for a while) by csoto · · Score: 5, Insightful

    First, they don't move that platform very quickly. Secondly, their real cluster sales go towards SciViz, which have a particular fondness for the G5 platform.

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  2. My predictions... by doormat · · Score: 3, Insightful

    iBook (all with 13.3" widescreen display and integrated graphics - 945GM MCH)
    $799: Intel Centrino Solo 1.66Ghz
    $999: Intel Centrino Duo 1.66Ghz
    $1199: Intel Centrino Duo 1.83GHz

    Mini
    $499: Intel Centrino Duo LV 1.5Ghz
    $599: Intel Centrino Duo LV 1.66Ghz
    $699: Intel Centrino Duo LV 1.66Ghz (but with included DVD+DL burner, bluetooth, etc)

    Plus the MacTV annoucement (42" and 50" Plasmas with Minis built in), and the new 1GB shuffle replacement (possibly the 1GB Nano).

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    1. Re:My predictions... by dr.badass · · Score: 4, Insightful

      iBook (all with 13.3" widescreen display and integrated graphics - 945GM MCH)

      I dobut you'll see any Apple system with Intel's graphics. They've put a lot of energy into Core Image, which requires programmable pixel shaders, and if I remember correctly, Intel's pixel shader support is laughable, with hardly any hardware accelleration. Given that current iBooks do support Core Image, it would be a step backwards. (This, and laughable graphics performance in general.) Not completely impossible, but unlikely.

      Also, the main reason to use Intel's graphics support would be to cash in on "Centrino" marketing. I don't think Apple needs or wants to overrun their very strong brands (iBook, PowerBook) with Intel's. The same reason I wouldn't expect to see an "Intel Inside" sticker.

      Mini $499: Intel Centrino Duo LV 1.5Ghz

      If it's going to be plugged into a wall, there's no reason for the low-voltage version of the chip. The current Mini form factor has plenty of room to disperse the heat of the normal version. I would expect to see the LV version in some kind of ultraportable, if anything.

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  3. Re:Waiting for the big dissapointment... by burris · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Apple was planning to introduce intel Macs at this Macworld all along. They just said it would be "a year and a half" (i.e. Macworld 2007) to avoid the so-called "Osbourne Effect." People are supposed to think "Well, I really can't wait another year, so I'll buy a new computer now."

  4. Re:Dual boot laptop by Slashcrap · · Score: 3, Insightful

    We have less games but we also have less crap games as a result. Next time you troll make sure you try a little harder.

    Are you going to apologise to shut_up_man for that? Because any normal person can see that wasn't a troll. He was saying that Mac laptops don't meet his requirements at the moment but it looks like they will in future, so he may well buy one. That's all he said.

    The trouble is you seem to be so blinded by love for your platform of choice that you're prepared to insult people that dosn't yet own one, but would like to. To me that seems pathetic, incredibly immature and totally counter-productive.

    In summary, you are the main reason that myself and many others will never own a Mac. I bow before your advocacy skills.

    One of the other reasons is that this post will be marked as flamebait, while your post which actually does insult somebody for no reason at all will get modded +5 Interesting. I really can't understand how Apple have failed to increase their market share with advocates like you lot on their side.