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Apple Planning Intel-Ready iBook Debut for January(rumor)
Think Secret ^
| November 17, 2005
| Ryan Katz
Posted on 11/17/2005 2:15:22 PM PST by Halfmanhalfamazing
Apple is planning to release its first entry-level iBook laptops with Intel processors next January at Macworld Expo in San Francisco, highly reliable sources have confirmed to Think Secret. It is not known exactly what processors or price points the new models will debut at, but it is thought Apple will expand the iBook line with one additional model and will lower prices—in some cases possibly $200 or more—to entice current Windows users and prove to the market it will be more competitive with the likes of Dell, Gateway, HP and Sony.
(Excerpt) Read more at thinksecret.com ...
TOPICS: Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: apple; competition; ibook; intel; mactel; os10; oswars; osx; windows; windowsfear
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Good Luck Apple, Steve Jobs, and the Mac Community.
Here it comes................. The war.
To: Halfmanhalfamazing
I like the competition from Apple and Linux. I will never buy an Apple computer but will install OS X on a Wintel box sometime in the future when others smarter than I have ironed out the kinks and done the hacks
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posted on
11/17/2005 2:19:53 PM PST
by
dennisw
(You shouldn't let other people get your kicks for you - Bob Dylan)
To: Swordmaker
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posted on
11/17/2005 2:24:47 PM PST
by
solitas
(So what if I support an OS that has fewer flaws than yours? 'Mystic' dual 500 G4's, OSX.4.2)
To: dennisw
Why don't you just buy a mac if you support their products?
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posted on
11/17/2005 5:52:13 PM PST
by
Halfmanhalfamazing
(Linux, the #2 OS. Mac, the #3 OS. Apple's own numbers are hard to argue with.)
To: N3WBI3
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posted on
11/17/2005 6:04:42 PM PST
by
Halfmanhalfamazing
(Linux, the #2 OS. Mac, the #3 OS. Apple's own numbers are hard to argue with.)
To: Halfmanhalfamazing
Only their OS X is worth a fling. The rest is commentary as in the rest is easily assembled from off the shelf PC components. Apple chose to go the Wintel route
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posted on
11/17/2005 6:05:23 PM PST
by
dennisw
(You shouldn't let other people get your kicks for you - Bob Dylan)
To: dennisw
Why bother jumping through hoop after hoop?
That was one of the reasons I jumped to linux, hoopjumping gets old after a while.
At least to me.
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posted on
11/17/2005 6:09:24 PM PST
by
Halfmanhalfamazing
(Linux, the #2 OS. Mac, the #3 OS. Apple's own numbers are hard to argue with.)
To: Halfmanhalfamazing
They should have went with AMD. Far superior processors. They even beat out Intel in desktop sales last year.
To: Halfmanhalfamazing
Apple news should go to SwordMaker for ping list.. but I appreciate the ping, I was jsut finishing up qemu on my wifes powerbook...
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posted on
11/17/2005 6:29:20 PM PST
by
N3WBI3
(If SCO wants to go fishing they should buy a permit and find a lake like the rest of us..)
To: Bush2000; antiRepublicrat; Action-America; August West; eno_; Glenn; gmill; BigFinn; backslacker; ..
Intel iBook in January? Rumor has it so... PING!
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posted on
11/17/2005 10:56:18 PM PST
by
Swordmaker
(Beware of Geeks bearing GIFs.)
To: N3WBI3
Apple news should go to SwordMaker for ping list.. Thanks.. done did Ping...
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posted on
11/17/2005 10:57:41 PM PST
by
Swordmaker
(Beware of Geeks bearing GIFs.)
To: Andrew_Kalionzes
Limited production capacity, no serious laptop solution - if Jobs considered AMD, it wasn't for very long.
To: Swordmaker
Yea I saw the ping to you so I did not attach you to that, I knew you would get to it..
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posted on
11/17/2005 11:15:36 PM PST
by
N3WBI3
(If SCO wants to go fishing they should buy a permit and find a lake like the rest of us..)
To: Swordmaker
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posted on
11/17/2005 11:40:58 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Down with Dhimmicrats! I last updated my FR profile on Wednesday, November 2, 2005.)
To: dennisw
..."but will install OS X on a Wintel box sometime in the future when others smarter than I have ironed out the kinks and done the hacks"
So the real question here is if you (and likely many others) will just pirate OS X off of BitTorrent or will you buy it?
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posted on
11/18/2005 5:36:31 AM PST
by
opticks
To: opticks
I'm not good at using bit torrent. Is OX X available there?
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posted on
11/18/2005 5:48:04 AM PST
by
dennisw
(You shouldn't let other people get your kicks for you - Bob Dylan)
To: Swordmaker
I hope Jobs isn't rushing this just for the show...
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posted on
11/18/2005 5:58:00 AM PST
by
tubebender
(Chris Matthews suffers from "IRRATIONAL EXUBERANCE"...)
To: dennisw
Apple views itself as a HARDWARE company first, so I doubt you'll be able to (easily, without a hacked version) install OSX on a non-apple machine...
Besides, the new machines will be comparably priced, why not enjoy the full experience?
A great UI AND beautiful industrial design...
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posted on
11/18/2005 10:28:24 AM PST
by
Barney59
(I've had a perfectly wonderful evening. But this wasn't it.)
To: Barney59
Apple views itself as a HARDWARE company first, so I doubt you'll be able to (easily, without a hacked version) install OSX on a non-apple machine...I like to build my own and the install information is all over the internet. I half understand how to install OS X on a non-apple machine... I'm not in a hurry. Perhaps in 6 months I'll get a Sempron or Celeron that's compatible with hacked OS X. I don't have such a setup as of now
If it will run on one of the new T6100 Nvidia nforce motherboards then I'm definitely going to do it
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posted on
11/18/2005 2:34:12 PM PST
by
dennisw
(You shouldn't let other people get your kicks for you - Bob Dylan)
To: Barney59
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posted on
11/18/2005 2:35:53 PM PST
by
dennisw
(You shouldn't let other people get your kicks for you - Bob Dylan)
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