Macworld San Francisco 10 January 2006

chanff8 SG

According to Mac Rumors, 3 hours and 10mins to Macworld Expo.

Its time to start speculating what Steve Jobs will be introducing this year. Last year, he introduced the Mac Mini and iPod Shuffle. This year, some people said the first line of IntelMacs will be released while some say the iPod Shuffle will be phased out or updated.

So far, a guy by the name of Kevin Rose posted on his blog about:

15" intel Macbook - order tomorrow, ships Feb (thinner, dual core)
{iBook or PowerBook, I have no idea. Some are guessing they may combine these 2 series, very unlikely}
iPod FM receiver
iWork/Life '06
New remote of some type
Photocasting (iPhoto)
OS X.4.4 w/new widgets

I'm waiting... Mr. Green

abnerph SG

First time in this forum, happen to stumble upon it.
Anyway, at the time of 2:35am, Apple has made the following announcements (not all are listed, dead tired now)

1. iPod (5G/Nano) FM Tuner and remote
2. Mac OS 10.4.4
3. iLife and iWork 06 (new additions like iWeb and photocasting)
4. Intel iMac!!! Using Intel Core Duo chips, suppose to be 2-3 times faster.
5. Powerbook is now dead,
now new 15.4inch MacBook Pro with Intel Core Duo chip suppose to be 4-5 times faster, with lots of new features like iSight built in, IR remote and receiver for Front Row, magsafe (eg. magnetic power cord), thinnest laptop yet.

chanff8 SG

Ok the Macworld Expo Keynote presentation is happening right NOW!

Ok, im gonna give a brief update...

Not 1, but TWO lines of systems have implemented Intel processors!!!

First! iMac G5, dual core Intel processor, benchmarking shows up to 2-3x increase in performance! Shipping TODAY!!! Each core is faster than a PowerPC G5 processor! S$ 2,388 for 17-inch 1.83GHz and S$ 3,088 for 20-inch 2GHz

Second! New MacBook Pro (Bad name, yea) is the new line of portable Macs introduced. Its dual core Intel processors. 1-inch thin (thinner than the current PowerBook models, has ATI x1600, 667 DDR bus, iSight built-in, Front Row, 5.6lbs, 15.4" LCD, 67% brighter, 4-5x faster than the previous model!!! S$ 3,688 for 1.67GHz Core Duo and S$ 4,588 for 1.83GHz! Shipping in Feb

Thats all. I'm going to bed... gotta wake up soon for school Rolling Eyes Haha...

chanff8 SG

Hi! Long time no see. Looks like you stayed up for the keynote as well Mr. Green

Båseline SG

It was somewhat surprised to see a Intel Based laptop in such a short time after it was announced last year.

It does look promising and seems that Apple has taken steps to ensure the apps designed for PowerPC works on the new Intel based MacPro as well via Rosetta. With a Intel Dual core.... it will be fast indeed (4X).

Yeh, the name sounds bad really. Not very cutting edge.

Here's the NEW Intel TV Commercial.

Parka SG

Wah lau. The powerbook is now 4x (they said) faster than my desktop!

Båseline SG

No more Powerbook loh.. It's MacPro now. Intel's Dual Core.. likened to have 2 processors running inside. More efficient, they said.

Parka SG

The more valued for money is still the iMac. Kaoz! 2 processor for same price now!

chanff8 SG

Surprisingly, they are still selling PowerBooks at the same price...

I've watched the keynote in school just now. Steve Jobs literally pwned IBM PowerPC chips... I love the ad too. "Stuck in a PC, now they will be set free" Laughing

And Apple stocks rose like mad last night. It was hovering around 79-80 and when Steve announced the IntelMacs, it zoomed to 81.67

Båseline SG

Yeh, I noticed the Apple Store Asia is still touting the 'new' Powerbooks. hahaha. Maybe they have their customer's concern in mind cos they will be folks who are not ready to move over to Intel Based MacPro. Application usability and reliability of the chip perhaps.

PowerPC by Motorola under-delivers the processing speed Jobs was hoping for, to compete head on with PC counterparts.

It's Intel chips inside but OS is still very much Tiger. The much needed speed bumps are great! Mr. Green