So will we still call them PowerBooks?
One rumor I had totally blown off about Apple was the potential switch from IBM’s PowerPC processors to Intel processors for their Macintosh product line. I even thought the Slashdot post may have been a hoax. I am out of town in Baltimore this week, so I will try to catch the stream of the WWDC keynote later. I will probably wait a couple of days; this is a bit of a shock to me. Perhaps after I have had a couple of days to process this the keynote will be more digestible.
This makes me even more angry with the jerk that fraudulently subverted my 17″ PowerBook auction.
Why are you angry about the INTEL Switch? I don’t understand.
crank!
Comment by crank — June 30, 2005 @ 11:48 am
It was more shock than anger. At the most selfish level, I have four PowerPC PowerBooks to sell. Their useful life has now been considerably shortened. The other element is that I had bought in on Apple’s profession that PowerPC is a better choice. I don’t know of any better alternatives, so it’s not like I will switch from Apple. There are certainly bright sides to it, though; Linux will most likely run easier on PowerBooks now.
Comment by Barry Hawkins — July 2, 2005 @ 12:02 pm