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Richard Bluestein's Weblog[Richard Bluestein's Weblog] Maybe they see the future as Apple primarily becoming a software only house - after all what would the iPod be without iTunes? Or maybe becasue of the success of the Mac mini they think they can take on the PC manufactures at their own game?

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[360east.com] 360east | Ahmad Humeid’s blog and podcast » Blog Archive » Mac-Intel?: If you know your personal computer history you would most probably remember how much Anti-IBM Apple was since it started in the late 1970s. In 1984 when the Macintosh was launched in front of a crowd of journalists, the Mac told the audience (through its speech synthesizer) “Never trust a computer you can’t lift”, referring to an IBM mainframe.

Digg.comhttp://digg.com [Digg.com] Apple IS GOING TO ditch IBM, switch to Intel chips: Plus, I wouldn't doubt if the Intel chip is dubbed the G6 and we start seeing 3-4GHz lines of Apple processors. Not to mention that with Intel building the chips, we can expect to see some Hyperthreading and Dual-core action, as well as a mobile chip that will allow Apple to create a centrino-size laptop for people.

Macworld.comhttp://www.macworld.com [Macworld.com] Editors' Notes Weblog: Apple on Intel?: The console processors that IBM has revealed so far are highly specific processors that aren't attractive to Apple because they have stripped a lot of circuitry out that is essential to complex software programs these days. Even console watchers are criticizing these moves because the chips seem tailor-made to produce shiny graphics, but have actually removed a lot of the circuitry that is designed to make computer enemies behave intelligently, rather than simply run forward in a straigh line shooting wildly.

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