Intel Macs Coming in January June
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Rumors. You can’t trust ‘em and you can’t get enough of ‘em. Mac fans are frantic to know when the Intel Mac’s are coming. Enough of this monkey business, just give us our x86 based Tiger and unleash us! Let us show the Windows community a real operating system on an Intel chip (…with a beautiful GUI — to head off you Linux fans.)
We keep hearing about how it’s coming in January and how the Mac mini will be the first to show off the Santa Clara based chips of gold in them and you’ll be able to do everything from docking your iPod to flipping the bird to Microsoft with the new Mac’s. But now new information is coming from the Far East telling us that we’re getting our Samurai bandannas all bunched up in front our eyes and we’re not seeing clearly. Nope, these famed Mac’s ain’t coming until June, just like Stevie boy told us last summer. So there!
Apparently there are some insiders over in Taiwan saying they have a ship date of June 6th for not just the Mac mini but also for the iMac and iBook…with Intel chips in them. Now why an export release date would have any bearing on the good ‘ol U.S. of A., I’m not sure. In times past, Apple doesn’t release hardware world-wide simultaneously. But, it also doesn’t wait months for the rest of the world to enjoy in the fun, either.
So what does this all mean? What I’ve been saying for months: new Intel stuff coming to Macworld this January. Look, Apple rarely has any of it’s new stuff on sale the day of release. Even software like Safari was a “put your pants back on” and wait thing. Remember when the aluminum PowerBooks were all over Moscone center a couple of years ago? Ya, it was a few months before anyone in masses got those. It’ll be the same here with the Intel stuff, too. I still stand behind by prediction of PowerBook’s being released, too. These babies are hurting in speed and the iBook is just fine where it’s at for an entry model. PowerBook’s need speed!
So what should you look for early next year? New Mac mini’s and new PowerBook’s. No doubts on my end. Maybe an iPod with 120GB drive(s), t0o. That’s a bit of a stretch, but I’m thinking if Apple got the 5G 60GB so thin, adding a second drive into the guts of it all shouldn’t be too hard with little fat added.
Bookmark this entry to see if I’m wrong…or right! :)
