Whats New from Apple?
“What’s an Intel chip doing in a Mac? A whole lot more than it’s ever done in a PC.” This was Apple’s provocative slogan for Macworld this year, posted all over the conference venue and forming the mainstay of Steve Job’s keynote presentation. It comes from Apple’s recent partnership with Intel, which was only announced last summer but has already resulted in two new Macs that were unveiled at Macworld. The first is a new iMac featuring Mac OS X running on the new Intel Core Duo processor, delivering performance that is up to twice that of its predecessor. The second is a new MacBook Pro notebook computer, also featuring the new Intel Core Duo processor, which delivers up to four times the performance of the PowerBook G4, the product it replaces. Both computers also feature a built-in iSight video camera for video conferencing out-of-the-box, and a new media experience using the Apple Remote with the Front Row application that turns the computer into a portable theatre, allowing users
