Selling more macs every quarter. Steve showing new Intel logo. Steve produced an Intel moon man, Paul Otellini, from a smoke screen. Started a partnership with Intel less than a year ago, and Apple is ready to go. Relationship with Intel is going very well. Over 1,000 people at Intel working on this project.
Rolling out first Mac with an Intel processor ("a little ahead of schedule"). First of a new generation of macs.
First one is the iMac! Same sizes, same design, same features (built-in iSight, Front Row, remote, etc.), same price. 2-3X faster than iMac G5. Using Intel's latest, CoreDuo chip (dual core!). 2Mb L2 cache. Each processor is faster than the G5, but there is 2 of them inside. Processor is clocked at 2.0 Ghz.
Mac OS X Tiger 10.4.4 is Intel native. Including all bundled applications. New iLife and iWork are universal (one CD). Steve has been using a new Intel-based iMac all morning (that might be why it was so fast). :(
Pro apps will be universal in March. Crossgrade is $49 (trade in ppc disk for intel disk).
Quark announced that next version of Express will be universal. Beta program today, and that is universal.
Microsoft is committing to Office for mac for minimum of 5 years. Wow!
New iMacs have faster graphics too. Radeon x1600. Shipping today!
Going to transition entire product line this calendar year. Whoa!
-Andy.
Stunning stuff. I think march may be a good time for me to upgrade my (much loved) powerbook. $200 worth of RAM and a $150 OS or a $2000 machine? Its going to be a tough call.