[Panerai]

Also, Apple Posts Intel Mac Ad Voiced by Kiefer Sutherland "The Intel chip: for years, its been trapped inside PCs, inside dull little boxes, dutifully performing dull little tasks, when it could have been doing so much more. Starting today, the Intel chip wlll be set free and get to live life inside a Mac. Imagine the possibilities."

[usafsk]

Dull jobs like running enterprise applications for the entire world, something that Mac users wouldn't understand. Keifer (and Apple) might want to consider that Intel chips are in a lot of computers other than Windows PCs. And certainly you can do more things, including complex things, with the bounty of software available for a Windows PC. More drivel from the Jobs-lovers. Check the market share for Macs. Apple is a music player company that sells a few PCs. Having a convention about Macs is like having a soda convention for Tab.

[goldstategop]

Some user may come up with a hack to dual boot the new Macs. However, Apple will likely decide to have the Intel chips designed so they are bound to read only an OSX install code.

(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie. Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")

[Swordmaker]

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[6SJ7]

Attention to detail is what I like with Apple. A small, but very cool feature on the new MacBook is the magnetically connected power adaptor cord to prevent animals, kids, and other critters from accidentally snagging the cable and towing your laptop off the desk and onto the floor. Simple, neat. One of those items that when you see it you think, "why didn't I think of that"?!

[Right Wing Professor]

Phil Schiller maintains that Apple will not prevent users from booting Windows on the new machines, though no first hand reports whether or not this is easily accomplishable.

They won't prevent users from throwing them from the room of a tall building either. But why buy a great computer and then destroy it?

[Sir_Ed]

We're about to order a G5 quad, and am wondering if Apple will go to 2.7 or even 3.0 ghz in the next month or so...

Also, does anyone have experience with the Quadro 4500 card on the Mac? I understand it's drivers are poorly written so 3d apps can't take full advantage of them...

Ed