At MacWorld 2006, the new PowerBooks MacBooks and iMacs were released. Both are powered by Intel processors alongside DDR2 RAM and have integrated iSight cameras (new for the MacBook). Take a look at the new goods at the Apple Store and have your credit card near by. No word on an Intel Mac Mini, which was widely thought to be the first Mac to switch to Intel. In addition, Steve Jobs released iLife ‘06 and iWork ‘06 with a new version of .Mac as well. I could bore you with the detail but looking at Cabel’s (co-founder Panic Inc. software) sleek images is probably much more appealing. Watch the keynote here.
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I was really hoping they were going to unveil the Intel Mac mini or Intel iBook. I’ve been wanting to make the switch to Apple and I’ve been holding out for the new Intel processors. Well, I guess I’ll just have to wait some more (probably until March when most apps are Universal Binary) unless Steve Jobs has one more thing…
Steve Jobs said ALL Macs will be running on Intel by the end of 2006 and what I read so far on another website is that all the iMacs now 17 inch and 20 have dual Intel core processors and are about 2 to 3 times faster then the G5 iMacs AND they are staying the same price…:)
Yeah, I was hoping for an Intel Mini as well. Right now I’m waiting to see what the PowerMac line will look like.
I don’t know why everyone was thinking mini before laptop… I wish the mini was announced as well but in terms of selling, the laptop is more of a needed item in todays world. It’s an ideal platform to get switchers over as desktop sales are slowing. Yes the mini is portable but not in a business/personal manner.. coffee shop etc.
I’ve got the spot picked for my mini ;)
I was originally planning on the macbook being my next mac, but now that I have a 20″ ACD I’d like to use it as well, so a PowerMac might be in store for me in a year or two.
I was hoping for a hot new look for the pro notebooks from Apple… there were rumors of a black shiny Intel powerbook but apparently they wanted to rush an Intel mac out and ended up using the same aluminium casing…
Looking forward to hearing how well these things perform though!
You can add me to that list of “hoping for the Intel mini to be announced”. Was quite disappointed that it wasn’t, but still hoping for it’s release sometime in the coming 3 months – perfect time for a “self-purchased” birthday gift ;)
MacBook.. Interesting name.. :-/
I wonder if the iBook will keep its name when it goes Intel.. I thought I heard that the PowerBooks are MacBook Pro’s and the iBooks would then become just MacBooks. We’ll see.
I heard that the PowerBooks are called MacBooks now so we will just have to wait and see. We can go to the Apple store right now online and see what the PowerBooks are called right now.
I was torn between bawling my eyes out or glad that I got myself a stable and mature product, having picked up the Powerbook G4 18 hours before the keynote (I was expecting Intel iBooks and Mac minis too).
It was a traumatic 48hours.