STORY #1: When Apple was considering just where to take its processor business, is it possible that it was planning to go with a startup company that had never released a single product? That’s what the stories say, that PA Semiconductor of Santa Clara, CA, was developing a PowerPC-compatible processor and that Apple had expressed […]

Night Owl Rating: After spending roughly 10 days with Apple’s latest professional desktop, my opinion stands: This is a superb note-book computer and desktop replacement. But let’s look at the details. Apple’s transition to Intel processors is moving at a fever clip, and the biggest MacBook Pro shipped roughly three weeks after the 15.4-inch version. […]

Call me an optimist, but I think Apple has done an excellent job transitioning its note-book computers to Intel processors. Yes, I know some of you readers remain upset that the earliest production runs of the MacBook Pro weren’t quite as reliable as you hoped. But all in all, Apple has done what some might […]

Back in December, folks who like to talk about possible new Apple products speculated that the first round of MacIntels would be confined to the consumer computer lines. I’m not sure where these ideas came from, and I’ll be charitable and suggest that “informed sources” were involved in at least a few of these cases. […]