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#9851 by preiffer
10 Jan 2006, 21:46
Well, the day has finally arrived.

Announcing the Intel Powerbook (Now called "MacBook") and the Intel iMac (Called the, ahem, iMac!)

MacBook is now benchmarked at 4x faster than my (latest) 1.67Ghz PowerBook [:0]


Personally, going to hold off until v2 (not keen on playing guinea pig), but looks promising to say the least!

[y]


(On a side-note, iLife '06 has just been launched, too)

#91382 by sunny
10 Jan 2006, 21:51
I'm now trying to save the pennies to make the 'switch' to Mac from PCs ;)[}:)] It just looks, feels, sounds and responds more smoothly than XP [n]

#91393 by p17blo
10 Jan 2006, 22:53
But it is still going to run on OSX right and not WINDOWS!?

Paul

#91396 by preiffer
10 Jan 2006, 22:59
Yes, they run OSX Tiger. The only change to software is that people will have to start looking out for the "Universal" logo on it - meaning it works on both PowerPC and Intel based processors.

It actually ships with 10.4.4 + Front Row, neither of which are yet available for existing users to patch/upgrade to.


Because OSX now uses Rosetta, it's able to run both types of coded programs no problem. I think Steve Jobs would stuggle to even consider running Mr. Gate's **** on one of his beloved developments anytime soon.

#91414 by p17blo
10 Jan 2006, 23:27
Do you mean that the application designed to run on the new OS will need to say Universal. So for instance I have a lot of mac apps such as Office and some Movie Edited stuff that currently work on OS X (whatever I am running now, forget off the top of head the actual version)

Paul

#91416 by preiffer
10 Jan 2006, 23:30
No - any existing apps will work fine on the new Intel Macs. New applications, however, will gradually be coded more and more for Intel-only operation.

During the transition period (likely to be around 2-3 years), applications that work on both processor technologies will be identified with either "PowerPC" (ie: only IBM/Motorola chips) "Intel" (ie: only Intel chips) or "Universal" (ie: both chips).

#91419 by Scrooge
10 Jan 2006, 23:36
Originally posted by preiffer
Well, the day has finally arrived.

Announcing the Intel Powerbook (Now called "MacBook") and the Intel iMac (Called the, ahem, iMac!)

MacBook is now benchmarked at 4x faster than my (latest) 1.67Ghz PowerBook [:0]




At last an Apple computer thats as quick as a PC....Oh hang on it is a PC running Apple software...guess it was the only way to keep up,after the release of the quickest home computer (G5) was proved to be...well slow [B)]....So does this mean that Tiger will be able to run on any Pc?

#91421 by preiffer
10 Jan 2006, 23:42
Hmm... Not quite a fair comparison.

A 1.25GHz PowerPC is proven to operate in Photoshop at 1.5x faster than a 3.8GHz x86 processor...

So now it's an Intel chip at 1.83GHz (and dual core) - well, it wipes it's behind with Wintel toys...

#91423 by p17blo
10 Jan 2006, 23:47
Originally posted by preiffer
No - any existing apps will work fine on the new Intel Macs. New applications, however, will gradually be coded more and more for Intel-only operation.

During the transition period (likely to be around 2-3 years), applications that work on both processor technologies will be identified with either "PowerPC" (ie: only IBM/Motorola chips) "Intel" (ie: only Intel chips) or "Universal" (ie: both chips).


Thanks Paul, I maybe a WINTEL IT Professional but I am a MAC USER!

Paul

#91424 by Scrooge
10 Jan 2006, 23:50
Well as we know I dont use photo shop :D I use Ez Viewer which wipes the behind of photoshop :D.

So now that Apple is pc based it comes down to OS's?..im trying to get my head around this and figure if I can drop tiger onto my pc? at least till I get a copy of vista [:w],guess a triple boot system isn't to far out of line...

btw...my pc is a 4.200+ dual core...isn't a mac in the world that can touch me in ANYTHING [V][y]

#91426 by preiffer
10 Jan 2006, 23:53
Originally posted by p17blo
Thanks Paul, I maybe a WINTEL IT Professional but I am a MAC USER!

Snap [y]

Originally posted by jetwet1
btw...my pc is a 4.2 dual core...isn't a mac in the world that can touch me in ANYTHING [V][y]
Oh, you're on... [}:)][ii];)

#91432 by Scrooge
11 Jan 2006, 00:07
Originally posted by preiffer
Originally posted by p17blo
Thanks Paul, I maybe a WINTEL IT Professional but I am a MAC USER!

Snap [y]

Originally posted by jetwet1
btw...my pc is a 4.2 dual core...isn't a mac in the world that can touch me in ANYTHING [V][y]
Oh, you're on... [}:)][ii];)


download This and post your score,this little thing test EVERYTHING on your system

3dmark score of 6732
cpu score of 7325

#91434 by preiffer
11 Jan 2006, 00:11
Originally posted by jetwet1
download This and post your score,this little thing test EVERYTHING on your system

3dmark score of 6732
cpu score of 7325
Would love to, but it's a Windows only application. So not only can we not run it, it's also fundamentally flawed...[:w]

;)

#91438 by Scrooge
11 Jan 2006, 00:21
Crap...[:I] didn't check that [B)]

Take a Read and here
but the one you want to read is here

may well have to edit this..got to talk to HP

here's the edit I was looking for

Of course the fact that I want to put Tiger on my system should tell you something [?]

#91441 by Scrooge
11 Jan 2006, 00:45
well just as a note,we can and have gone back and forth about the PC v Apple thing,we could keep going on about it,but what it will end up being is a Apple v MS battle.

In the end each company will keep trying to one up the other and use the ad budgets to make them look like the best...kind of like the airline biz.

#91458 by VS-EWR
11 Jan 2006, 03:23
My computer sucks. I was hoping Apple was going to release a 500 dollar notebook, like lots of the rumors were saying, so that I could finally dump this PC. I must say though, I have pumped a lot of money into upgrades, so I may still want to get some life out of it.

I think I like the word powerbook more than macbook...

#91467 by AlanA
11 Jan 2006, 08:57
Mac users (Shakes his head)

I just imagine Mac users houses, full of equipment like Sony Betamax video playes, Laser dic players, with 8 tracks in their Toyota hybrid cars.

:D:D

#91468 by preiffer
11 Jan 2006, 08:59
Not quite, Alan... Excluding the Prius, all of those items are extinct.

I'd say that PC on your desk is about 1000 times more likely to be classified as defunct/"end of life" sooner than any Mac that we're using right now... ;)

#91474 by AlanA
11 Jan 2006, 10:47
Originally posted by preiffer
Not quite, Alan... Excluding the Prius, all of those items are extinct.

I'd say that PC on your desk is about 1000 times more likely to be classified as defunct/"end of life" sooner than any Mac that we're using right now... ;)


majority of people think Macs are extinct as well [:o)]
Ah what you mean is that IBM type computers will evolve, whereas Mac's will become err, "classics" :D

#91487 by VS-EWR
11 Jan 2006, 12:41
Originally posted by AlanA

majority of people think Macs are extinct as well [:o)]


Just because they think it, doesn't mean it's true! [:?]

#91493 by AlanA
11 Jan 2006, 14:13
Originally posted by VS-EWR
Originally posted by AlanA

majority of people think Macs are extinct as well [:o)]


Just because they think it, doesn't mean it's true! [:?]


It is interesting how the two countries look at Macs. In the USA there is more personal use of them, so I am told, wheras in the UK they are perceived as a desktop publishing setup for professional use.

We have both and I hate the mac system, its just personal choice I suppose.

#91513 by fozzyo
11 Jan 2006, 15:19
I've read on various blogs and websites about the new iPod remote and radio wossname. But can I find the bugger on the Apple website ... did they actually do it?

Mat xxx

#91548 by AlanA
11 Jan 2006, 17:30
Originally posted by fozzyo
I've read on various blogs and websites about the new iPod remote and radio wossname. But can I find the bugger on the Apple website ... did they actually do it?

Mat xxx



All the ones I saw in the Apple shops in Florida were from other companies (Belkin etc..)

#91551 by preiffer
11 Jan 2006, 17:37
Yes, they did it - but it's not been released for shipping yet. My guess is it'll hit the Apple Store over the next week or so...
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