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What is the Intel Switch Costing Apple?

Posted by Zonk on from the best-atm-interface-ever dept.

SenseOfHumor writes "A Business Week article says that it costs Apple $898 for an Intel iMac before loading it with software and packaging. From the article: 'But for Apple, the switch to Intel chips is less about saving money in the short term, and more about hitching its wagon to Intel's longer-term product road maps, particularly in the area of notebooks. IBM's chips are power-hungry and generate a lot of heat, and therefore not suitable to notebook computers.'"

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  1. G5 held back new laptops! by MikeLRoy · · Score: 0, Redundant

    We all know the simple reason why apple made the switch: they could not build the next generation of laptops with IBM chips (G5's). Too much heat. And that's been going on for a while now. Laptop's are probably apple's most successfull non-iPod product. That makes them a development priority.

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