[quote author=“TonyC”]this piece of news… is so friggin UNnewsworthy to me… who GIVES a rats ass. just look at who uses apples (ipods): buncha hipsters, yuppies and artsy fartsy types. granted, i support the arts, i donate to orchestras/museums. But can someone just kill their PC divsion already? and let them sell their stupid ipod shuffles?

I do. 

Actually, my focus on this is the mobile aspect. I really don’t think Apple cared that much about their desktop systems. It’s the lost sales on the higher margin notebooks that they’re concerned about. Notebooks growth gains are rising by huge percentages a year while desktops plummet. Apple hasn’t been able to ship a G5 laptop and no one wants to buy a new G4 one since they’re not adding anything new.

I will find it interesting to see what Apple can do with Intel mobile technology. It’s entirely possible that Apple, with new freedom given Intel mobile technology, will be able to create a more compelling mobile platform than what we have for Windows (which I think is decent but not great). Apple’s next generation mobile platform will likely be very compelling and it will force other companies to take notice. I suspect Sony will be one of the companies keeping an eye on this since this is their turf. On the PC side, Sony has been one of few companies continuing to innovate and keep competitors imitating. I just point to XBrite (everyone has a glossy screen now), widescreen models, carbon fibre cases, long standard battery life, latchless screens, and near lightest models in every category.

I’m sure Apple will figure out some deal where they don’t have to stick a Centrino sticker on their products. Actually, it’s pretty easy since they do their own marketing and won’t necessarily want any of Intel’s marketing dollars.

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I will find it interesting to see what Apple can do with Intel mobile technology. It’s entirely possible that Apple, with new freedom given Intel mobile technology, will be able to create a more compelling mobile platform than what we have for Windows (which I think is decent but not great). Apple’s next generation mobile platform will likely be very compelling and it will force other companies to take notice. I suspect Sony will be one of the companies keeping an eye on this since this is their turf.

I dunno about that.  Being the only maker of Mac systems, Apple is saddled with the responsibility of designing systems that have to appeal to as much of what is already a niche market.  I just don’t see them with the resources or the will to bang out some paradigm-breaking new product on the risk of a flop.  Sony on the other hand has a habit of form-over-function design, and seems to have had the deep pockets to fund some projects that probably weren’t so profitable.  (I think at one point they had a combination laptop camcorder )  That might change as their financial situation hasn’t been so hot lately.

isn’t it literally easy NOT to be forced to utilize the Centrino sticker… don’t use intel’s 2100b, 2200b/g, 2915abg, etc. centrino-specd wifi card? i blv it’s already done, no?

[quote author=“jashsu”][quote author=“gr00vy0ne”]
I will find it interesting to see what Apple can do with Intel mobile technology. It’s entirely possible that Apple, with new freedom given Intel mobile technology, will be able to create a more compelling mobile platform than what we have for Windows (which I think is decent but not great). Apple’s next generation mobile platform will likely be very compelling and it will force other companies to take notice. I suspect Sony will be one of the companies keeping an eye on this since this is their turf.

I dunno about that.  Being the only maker of Mac systems, Apple is saddled with the responsibility of designing systems that have to appeal to as much of what is already a niche market.  I just don’t see them with the resources or the will to bang out some paradigm-breaking new product on the risk of a flop.  Sony on the other hand has a habit of form-over-function design, and seems to have had the deep pockets to fund some projects that probably weren’t so profitable.  (I think at one point they had a combination laptop camcorder )  That might change as their financial situation hasn’t been so hot lately.

I think they do. Apple creates a lot of stuff that never gets seen. For instance, OS X on Intel has been around for 5 years. And we all know that Apple did have working designs for a PDA and probably has prototypes for some sort of tablet based on filings with the US Patent Office. Of course, most of these never see the light of day for exactly the same reason as you mentioned…the risk. However, that doesn’t mean they aren’t creating these products in the background.

[quote author=“TonyC”]isn’t it literally easy NOT to be forced to utilize the Centrino sticker… don’t use intel’s 2100b, 2200b/g, 2915abg, etc. centrino-specd wifi card? i blv it’s already done, no?

Ha, that’s definitely true. However, Apple has never been one to go against the current wireless standard (i.e. no proprietary 802.11g, mimo, “max” technologies) so I don’t see why they wouldn’t use Intel’s wireless solutions. You know they’ll get the same good deal everyone else gets and it’s not like the 2915abg is a slouch of a product. Heck, Intel may even want to push up the release of their ABG + Bluetooth part that they’ve had in the labs for a while. It seems Bluetooth (despite it’s multiple supposed deaths) is finally gaining some traction in the US market thanks to the dearth of UWB-based products.

Interesting read on Apple and what they could do to stop users from installing OSX on a standard PC.

Erik

Good input guys..  I am really interested on this Apple in my S series.. 

Here is another interesting article..

http://www.powerpage.org/cgi-bin/WebObjects/powerpage.woa/wa/story?newsID=14652

Some guy put a Pentium 4 sticker.. I bet it’s from his Desktop PC

Articles like this are one of the main reasons I like Mac zealots. 

http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000690046419/

“Supposedly it can be installed on just about any PC box, and Rosetta and the iLife suite are fully operational”

OSX for intel hacked for PC:

Erik

Here’s a video . Sadly, without SSE3 support or a true onboard GPU, it’s not likely to run on our TRs or Ts (or S or X models either).