Posts Tagged Intel

More post-MWSF 2006

It would seem that one blog was right on the dot when it came to predicting what Jobs was announcing on the keynote address. Kevin Rose’s blog entry on January 9, 2006 correctly predicted the coming of the MacBook Pro (“15-inch MacBook, thinner, dual core”), the Apple Remote with FM tuner (“iPod FM receiver” and [...]

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Slow Weekend News

First up, let’s get into boredom, as in “people are bored with all the MacIntel rumors.” Next, let’s get into reality, and that people sometimes don’t know what they are getting into. Especially when it comes to buying iPods. Good thing there was a good-looking guy available to enlighten the confused masses ready to shell [...]

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Macs here. There. Everywhere! More rumors, too!

Apple’s key events for 2005. No mention of Aperture release. Apple just keeps on trouncing them. From the iPod to the iMac to proposed digital media hubs. Using Linux isn’t all that Thurott trumpets Macs. Says photo and video editing is better than Windows. Someone got the boot because shes uses Macs, and they add [...]

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News of the week recap

The week for me was slow and boring. It really didn’t gave me much of a reason to post news about Apple. So what did the web have for me going towards the weekend? Is it the right time to buy a Mac? (he says it’s ok even amidst the launching of the MacIntels on [...]

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Rumors rumors rumors

This reminds me of the 80′s song “I heard a rumor.” Yep. I’m that old. Forget about the MacIntel or MacTel Mac minis on January 2006 at MWSF, think about something smaller and more colourful. At least that’s what Apple Insider sees for the shuffle. After reading yesterday about how the shuffle will be discontinued, [...]

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Switch!; MWSF 2006; *gasp!* Windows!

Switchers and switching A Needham & Co. financial analyst said that a considerable number of Windows users have switched over to Macs. The ‘halo effect’ might have something to do with it, but there’s also the perception by switchers that Mac PCs suffer “less from the daily irritants of viruses, spyware, and worms.” “Less?” Why [...]

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Intel mini?; Apple retailer map; simplicity by itself; sue Sony instead

UBS predicts that come January 2006, Apple will have more video content and probably will release the first of its Intel based Macs in the form of the Mac mini, much earlier than the June 2006 schedule that Steve Jobs have set. This is not surprising anymore since Jobs likes to pull off things like [...]

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Mac and Windows news

Mac mini update imminent. But Apple seems to have problems with getting Intel chips early. UBS raises target price on Apple Computer and thinks that the nano could be the 2006 key product. $500 reward for a Mac virus. But before that happens, a Computeractive writer thinks the Apple Mac is back and cites that [...]

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Apple News

Rumor: new hardware at Apple Expo Paris. Steve Jobs says they are on track in shipping Intel-based Macs by June 2006. Jobs also vows to stand firm against greedy music companies (can you say ‘Sony’ and ‘Warner’?). This is in light of the fact some music companies want Apple to raise the $0.99 price tag [...]

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Miscellanews

Is there a 16GB iPod nano in Apple’s crystal ball? Maybe, since Samsung will be shipping 16GB flash memory on 2006. Will the nano take over? Aside from clearly losing to Apple in the digital music player and online music services market, Sony also has other problems as well. So it has decided to implement [...]

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