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There's a greater story here tho...

http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20050609.html

Intel buying Apple - smoooth.

No wonder MS's Balmer had his face all over the place the next day.

His reponse about the "merger", "Whatever...."

I like the last paragraph of the above link:

"This scenario works well for everyone except Microsoft. If Intel was able to own the Mac OS and make it available to all the OEMs, it could break the back of Microsoft. And if they tuned the OS to take advantage of unique features that only Intel had, they would put AMD back in the box, too. Apple could return Intel to its traditional role of being where all the value was in the PC world. And Apple/Intel could easily extend this to the consumer electronics world. How much would it cost Intel to buy Apple? Not much. And if they paid in stock it would cost nothing at all since investors would drive shares through the roof on a huge swell of user enthusiasm.

That's the story as I see it unfolding. Steve Jobs finally beats Bill Gates. And with the sale of Apple to Intel, Steve accepts the position of CEO of the Pixar/Disney/Sony Media Company.

Remember, you read it here first."

At MacWorld San Francisco in January, there seemed to be a big rapprochement between Apple and Sony, with Sony's President Kunitake Ando onstage with Steve. In March, Ando was replaced as president by Ryoji Chubachi, previously COO for electronic compoents and manufacturing.

The Apple-Sony link disappeared even along with the Apple-IBM link. Apple-Intel has quickly changed everything.

By the way, PowerMac and PowerBook don't seem likely to last long as names for Apple's products, now that PowerPC is on the way out. What will the corresponding Intel versions be called?

The Apple-Sony link disappeared along with the Apple-IBM link. Apple-Intel has quickly changed everything.

By the way, PowerMac and PowerBook don't seem likely to last long as names for Apple's products, now that PowerPC is on the way out. What will the corresponding Intel versions be called?

>And with the sale of Apple to Intel, Steve accepts the position of CEO of the Pixar/Disney/Sony Media Company

Well, heck-- If Intel
buys Apple, they should buy Sun,
too! That would give them

everything that's not
Microsoft . . . But I don't think
the rumor's for real.

Interesting article but perhaps the battle field is somewhere else. I hadn't considered that until I read this:

http://www.sharewatch.com/story.php?storynumber=72442

Here's the section I found most interesting:

"The first move in the complex industry realignment now taking place was made more than a year ago when Microsoft broke with Intel and said that it would use an I.B.M. processor chip, similar to the one used by Apple for its Macintoshes, in the second version of its Xbox video game machine.

What Microsoft has made clear recently is that the new Xbox, to be called the 360, will be much more than a video game player when it reaches store shelves this fall. It will perform a range of home entertainment functions, like connecting to the Internet, playing DVD movies and displaying high-definition television shows as well as serving as a wireless data hub for the home.

Microsoft's decision to build its own computer hardware, with help from I.B.M., was a direct assault on a market that Intel was counting on for future growth. It is likely that Intel forged the alliance with Apple in an effort to counter the powerful home entertainment and game systems coming from Microsoft and Sony."