What’s behind Apple’s announcement that future Macs will use Intel processors “is so baffling and staggering that it isn’t surprising…
Month: June 2005
Apple and 7-Eleven announce Slurpee Summer Prize Fest iTunes Music Store song sweepstakes
Apple and 7-Eleven convenience stores are teaming up to give away up to 8 million songs in the U.S…
Fortune: Apple’s switch to Intel processors to accelerate Windows users switching to Mac OS X
In the long run, [Apple Computer’s] move [to Intel processors] could make a big difference for Apple. It could substantially increase the company’s…
Apple Mac OS X Tiger Spotlight spells the end of organizing files in nested folders
User-interface experts at one of the world’s top design houses say Mac OS X Tiger is the beginning of the end for the Macintosh Finder…
BusinessWeek’s Burrows still loves the ‘MHz Myth’
Jobs has chosen to launch the migration to Intel as the Mac is enjoying its best growth spurt in years. Mac sales are expected to soar 26% this year…
Is it sensible or folly to wait for an Intel-powered Mac?
To revisit an old saw: There are three certainties in life: Death, Taxes and Apple’s plummeting market share. The first to are well worn…
Apple-bound Intel ‘Yonah’ processor prices revealed
Intel dual-core notebook processors, (codenamed Yonah), will be priced similarly to the current prices for the 700-series Pentium M processors…
Rush Limbaugh: ‘I am the hottest thing in podcasting’
The nation’s No. 1 radio host says Steve Jobs doesn’t know what he’s talking about…
Mossberg: Switch to Intel will strengthen Apple and the Mac
In the long term, the change [to Intel processors] will strengthen Apple and the Mac, which is good news for anyone devoted to that platform…
Analysts think ‘Yonah’ Pentium M may power Apple’s first Intel-based Mac
Apple may choose Intel’s Pentium M to become the first Intel chip inside a new generation of portables and small desktop computers…
Apple releases Security Update 2005-006 for Mac OS X
Apple today released Security Update 2005-006 via Software Update which delivers a number of security enhancements…
BBC News analyst: Microsoft Outlook needlessly complicates migration to Apple Mac
Last month I bought a shiny new Apple PowerBook to replace an ageing Windows laptop. It is faster, has a clearer screen, does a lot more…
Will developers stop writing Mac applications if Apple’s Intel-powered computers can run Windows?
Apple’s startling announcement that it will begin a transition away from PowerPC chips to Intel-made processors has left Mac fans’ heads…
Advenio offers Transition Service to create Universal Binaries for Apple Mac developers
With the recent announcement of Intel-based Macintosh computers many developers, particularly smaller shops, are left with the question of how…
Apple’s Intel switch will allow company to offer faster portables with much longer battery life
The research firm Current Analysis [recently reported] that notebooks had outsold desktop computers in May, the first time that has happened…
ITworld columnist doesn’t get it; worries about PowerPC-based Macs becoming ‘orphaned’
The Macintosh. Different. Exciting. Trailblazing. Enigmatic. The source for some of Microsoft’s best ideas…
Why buy a Dell when Apple’s Intel-based computers will run both Mac OS X and Windows?
With the announcement that Apple will switch from PowerPC to Intel processors in Macs, many have wondered if the new Apple Macintel machines…
Apple’s Intel shift could result in market share gain
Though the switch from IBM to Intel processors may offend some customers, Apple will probably gain more than it loses…
MAXON announces Cinema4D Universal Binary for Apple Intel- and PowerPC-based Macs
Following the recent official disclosure of the industry’s best-kept secret, 3D software specialist MAXON Computer today announced…
Apple iPod ad campaign wins Grand Effie Award for Most Effective Campaign
TBWA\Chiat\Day took the Grand prize at the Effie Awards last night for its global ‘Silhouettes’ campaign for the Apple iPod…
Transitive lies at heart of Apple’s Rosetta translation tech for upcoming Intel-based Apple Macs
Apple Computer is making the leap to Intel thanks in part to a software translation technology from a 65-person company in Los Gatos…
BusinessWeek serves up one last blast of ‘MHz Myth’ for old times’ sake
While computer outfits must upgrade to new chips every decade or so to remain competitive, it’s a hugely treacherous endeavor…
Ars Technica: What the switch to Intel means for Apple
The headline of Apple’s press release reads, ‘Apple to Use Intel Microprocessors Beginning in 2006.’ How did it come to this?
Switch to Intel processors unlikely to threaten Apple Mac’s security
Apple Computer’s switch to Intel chips is no reason to raise the security alarm, experts say…
UBS analysts: Mac users ‘unlikely to witness a significant difference’ as Apple transitions to Intel
Analysts at UBS maintain their “buy” rating on Apple Computer Inc. with their target price set to $54…
Apple posts $999 ‘Developer Transition Kit’ hardware and software information
Apple has posted information and a purchase link for the ‘Developer Transition Kit’ which brings together all the components needed…
Windows users who try Apple’s Mac OS X Tiger might not want to go back
In a previous column, I shared my thoughts about what it was like to suddenly become a Mac user after using Linux and Windows…
Report: Apple iTunes Music Store more popular than most peer-to-peer file sharing services
iTunes is proving to be a formidable competitor against free peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing services, The NPD Group reported today…
Banc of America: Intel deal ‘a net positive for Apple’
After Steve Jobs grabbed headlines Monday confirming that Apple Computer will switch to Intel chips, Banc of America Securities looked ahead…
Apple+Intel news is no reason not to buy a new PowerPC-based Mac today
There is nothing that would stop us from purchasing a new Mac today. For years, software will be shipping as Universal Binary products…
Enderle: IBM leaked Apple+Intel story to the media
Given IBM was the beneficiary of the leaks we believe they are the most likely to have leaked the story and over the next several years…
Apple’s iTunes Music Store passes 430 million downloads, market share increases to 82-percent in May
During Apple’s Worldwide Developer’s Conference (WWDC) 2005 Keynote Presentation, Apple CEO Steve Jobs said that Apple’s…
Microsoft and Dell must have a lot of bricks lying around today
Make a note of this date, Monday 6 June 2005. It may well become logged in the annals of commercial computing as a turning point for Microsoft and Dell…
Associated Press: Apple Mac switch to Intel a ‘risky move’ for the ‘niche player’
In a risky move that could further shrink its minuscule slice of the PC market, Apple Computer Inc. announced plans today to switch…
Dvorak: Apple’s move to Intel could kill Linux
Steve Jobs’ announcement Monday will be analyzed to death by the likes of me and every technology watcher and blogger out there…
Microsoft CEO Ballmer: Apple’s moved to Intel? Ho hum
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer’s reaction to Apple Computer’s decision to use Intel processors can be summed up in two words: ‘What’s changed?’
Apple to unleash Leopard on Microsoft’s Windows Longhorn; Mac OS X 10.5 due late 2006 – early 2007
Steve Jobs announced Mac OS X 10.5 “Leopard” during his World Wide Developers Conference keynote presentation yesterday…
Dvorak: ‘Apple should be stronger, but Mac mystique will wane’ in wake of Intel switch
Apple Computer’s move from PowerPC to Intel processors was a necessity, according to John Dvorak…
Apple posts QuickTime video of Steve Jobs’ WWDC 2005 Keynote Address online
WWDC (Worldwide Developers Conference) is Apple’s most important annual event for hardware and software developers to receive…
AP: Apple ‘more trouble than it was worth’ for IBM; Intel move to have ‘indiscernible impact’ on IBM
While Apple Computer Inc.’s new embrace of Intel Corp. microprocessors leaves IBM in the cold, the news really isn’t bad for Big Blue…
Apple unveils Preview Release of QuickTime 7 for Windows; nearly billion QuickTime copies downloaded
Apple today delivered a preview release of QuickTime 7 Player and QuickTime 7 Pro for Windows, the industry’s first mainstream…
Forbes: Apple’s move to Intel could ‘drive loyal customers away from Mac platform’
Mark your calendars. Today is the day that Apple Computer killed the Mac as we’ve known it…