Intel Apple Notebooks in January

zippyjuan · 11-21-2005, 08:57 PM

http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/mobile/...118201853.html

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Intel-Based Apple Notebooks to Emerge in January – Web-Site.
First “Intel Inside” iBook to Surface Shortly

Category: Mobile

by Anton Shilov

[ 11/18/2005 | 08:20 PM ]

Apple Computer may release notebooks running Intel Corp.’s processors as early as in the course of the following weeks, according to a report. The news comes shortly after an analyst from UBS investment bank said that Apple would release Intel-based Mac mini computer in January.

According to an article from ThinkSecret web-site, at Mac World Expo in January Apple will debut its iBook computer featuring Intel’s code-named Yonah processor that will be sold under “Core” trade-mark. While it is not known exactly what processors or price points the new models will debut at, but it is believed that the company may cut the pricing of its iBook by up to $200.

While Intel’s dual-core Yonah processors are likely to offer generally better performance compared to the current Apple G4 processors used in today’s iBook and PowerBook laptops, given that majority of software developed for Mac OS X was designed for PowerPC processors, they will require a special translation layer called Rosetta to run on x86 chips, which is likely to lower performance, which would be critical to users of professional computers and unlikely to be very important for consumers.

Currently Apple’s Mac mini, iBook and PowerBook computers use IBM G4 processors at up to 1.67GHz. Potentially, Apple could replace those chips with Intel Yonah processors, providing mobile and entry-level users with a processor that features two processing engines, thus, works faster in case numerous applications are running. However, Apple recently updated its iMac with IBM G5 (PowerPC 970FX) and PowerMac with dual-core G5 (IBM PowerPC 970MP), thus, the company may decide not to give its entry-level Mac mini serious processing power and initiate transition from other products. A possibility for Apple would be to transit all of its desktop products to the G5 chips and either to do this with the mobile lineup as well, or to begin offering Intel Inside laptops.

Apple announced plans to deliver models of its Macintosh computers using Intel microprocessors by mid-2006, and to transition all of its Macs to using Intel microprocessors by the end of 2007. The computer maker did not comment on the news-story.

shocky123 · 11-22-2005, 07:34 AM

cool cool.
which chips are they planning on using now??

~Kyle

zero2dash · 11-22-2005, 08:31 AM

(shocky, you might know the answer to this)

Does anyone know if these Yonah cpus are 64 bit?
Just curious...

It's nice to see a price drop, but only $200? That's not much more than a kick in the pants IMHO...especially if we're talking about a performance drop. Guess I'll be keeping an eye out next year to get one of the end model dual processor G5s...2.7g or whatever they're up to at that point.

shocky123 · 11-22-2005, 08:52 AM

I havent looked into the Yonah cpu's yet, but they will likely support EM64T, which is quasi-64bit. It seems that Intel is pumping the EM64T up to it's 'mainstream' cpu's nowadays, as every new cpu is tending to use it.

~Kyle

11-22-2005, 07:34 AM	#2
shocky123 Lieutenant Commander Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Ames, Iowa Posts: 828	cool cool. which chips are they planning on using now?? ~Kyle __________________ "me awaits onslaught of estrogen fury." -CornMonkey "5. When your friend dates a woman that is absolutely terrible for him, and she's wrecking his life, it's your duty to openly hate her, and point out how evil she is." -ialsohaveadream

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11-22-2005, 08:31 AM	#3
zero2dash Commander Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Fenton, MO - but I wish I was at the beach. ANY beach. Posts: 1,367	(shocky, you might know the answer to this) Does anyone know if these Yonah cpus are 64 bit? Just curious... It's nice to see a price drop, but only $200? That's not much more than a kick in the pants IMHO...especially if we're talking about a performance drop. Guess I'll be keeping an eye out next year to get one of the end model dual processor G5s...2.7g or whatever they're up to at that point.

11-22-2005, 08:52 AM	#4
shocky123 Lieutenant Commander Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Ames, Iowa Posts: 828	I havent looked into the Yonah cpu's yet, but they will likely support EM64T, which is quasi-64bit. It seems that Intel is pumping the EM64T up to it's 'mainstream' cpu's nowadays, as every new cpu is tending to use it. ~Kyle

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