thestreet.com — "Citi expects Apple to complete its transition to Intel-based microprocessors in August with the introduction of a new, dual-core PowerMac, with Intel-based iBooks coming as early as April. The brokerage also expects Apple to release a new video iPod in April."
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laughingman11Mar 14, 2006
I don't thnik that Apple will be finished transitioning their entire product line by August. By August, they may have the next version of their pro desktop with a Conroe processor in it, but people have to remember that Apple has a line of 1U servers, the Xserve.Xserve may get Conroe, but more than likely they'll get a Xeon... perhaps Woodcrest when it ships. On top of that, the server software needs to be brought over, and there's been no word how the Mac OS X Server has been going for the Intel switch. My prediction: don't expect new Intel Xserves until after Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard.
manosMar 14, 2006
It will be a while till Apple comes up with a match for the Quad G5 "64 bit Computer". Even when the intel versions come out pro users will probably want to stick with their G5 native versions of their software for some time.I still think it's a shame the conversion to Intel aims to be complete. Intel would make sense for laptops and mac minis, ok even iMacs. But for pro workstations Power simply rocks. At least they could try AMD 64.
rblinneMar 14, 2006
Are any of these 64-bit? One of the markets for PowerMacs are 64-bit scientific and engineering apps. Are these going to be left behind?
chaos86Mar 14, 2006
if you dont like digg anymore, f**k off, dont stay here just to bitch about it.that said, I do think digg needs a system where users can select only the catagories they want to see, and not be shown the others.
flyindutchmanMar 14, 2006
Foresight? I think you mean hindsight. Foresight would have required the switch to happen before all the notebooks were obsolete compared to PC counterparts. Not a year after.
johnnysoftwareMar 21, 2006
"Citi expects Apple to..."If investment analysts were almost always right, we would all be millionaires.When Apple announces it, I dig. When a Wall Street firm "predicts" it, without listing any supporting facts or logic, they are asking for one huge leap of faith.