SHARE

Intel Inside Apple Now

SAN FRANCISCO — Apple’s Steve Jobs earns a well-deserved reputation for hype, but he also gets less credit for a tendency to under-promise and over-deliver. This was evident in Job’s big announcement at Macworld today where the rumored Intel-based Macs were announced with greater performance specs and well ahead of schedule. The iMacs are shipping […]

Written By

David Needle

Jan 11, 2006

Datamation content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More

SAN FRANCISCO — Apple’s Steve Jobs earns a well-deserved reputation for hype, but he also gets less credit for a tendency to under-promise and over-deliver.

This was evident in Job’s big announcement at Macworld today where the rumored Intel-based Macs were announced with greater performance specs and well ahead of schedule. The iMacs are shipping today, and notebooks in February.

When Jobs announced the shift to Intel chips at Apple’s developer’s conference last Spring he said the first Macs with Intel chips would be delivered in June 2006. But the new models are shipping today, and include both iMacs and a new MacBookPro, all based on the latest Intel Core Duo dual processors.

As is his habit, Jobs saved the biggest news, the Intel-based Macs, for the end of his 90-minute presentation, which featured several significant upgrades to its iLife creativity suite, as well as iWeb to help simplify the creation of personal Web sites. He also launched what may become a new application category called “photocasting,” a kind of cousin to podcasting that broadcasts pictures instead of audio.

Microsoft briefly shared the spotlight with good news for corporate and other users of its Microsoft Office suite. Roz Ho, Microsoft’s Macintosh business unit manager, announced that Microsoft had signed a formal agreement to provide new versions of Office for a minimum of the next five years.

“Office for Mac is an incredibly successful product, and 2005 was the best year ever,” said Ho. “This should leave no doubt in anyone’s mind that we’re here to stay an it for the long term.”

Macworld crowds have not always been friendly to Microsoft, but Ho’s statement brought a hearty round of applause. But since this is Macworld Expo, the crowd was mostly anxious to hear about new Macs, and Jobs didn’t disappoint.

Intel CEO Paul Otellini emerged dramatically from a cloud of smoke on stage to present Jobs with a silicon wafer representing completion of its job.

This article was first published on InternetNews.com. To read the full article, click here.

Ethics and Artificial Intelligence: Driving Greater Equality

FEATURE | By James Maguire,
December 16, 2020
AI vs. Machine Learning vs. Deep Learning

FEATURE | By Cynthia Harvey,
December 11, 2020
Huawei’s AI Update: Things Are Moving Faster Than We Think

FEATURE | By Rob Enderle,
December 04, 2020
Keeping Machine Learning Algorithms Honest in the ‘Ethics-First’ Era

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE | By Guest Author,
November 18, 2020
Key Trends in Chatbots and RPA

FEATURE | By Guest Author,
November 10, 2020
Top 10 AIOps Companies

FEATURE | By Samuel Greengard,
November 05, 2020
What is Text Analysis?

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE | By Guest Author,
November 02, 2020
How Intel’s Work With Autonomous Cars Could Redefine General Purpose AI

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE | By Rob Enderle,
October 29, 2020
Dell Technologies World: Weaving Together Human And Machine Interaction For AI And Robotics

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE | By Rob Enderle,
October 23, 2020
The Super Moderator, or How IBM Project Debater Could Save Social Media

FEATURE | By Rob Enderle,
October 16, 2020
Top 10 Chatbot Platforms

FEATURE | By Cynthia Harvey,
October 07, 2020
Finding a Career Path in AI

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE | By Guest Author,
October 05, 2020
CIOs Discuss the Promise of AI and Data Science

FEATURE | By Guest Author,
September 25, 2020
Microsoft Is Building An AI Product That Could Predict The Future

FEATURE | By Rob Enderle,
September 25, 2020
Top 10 Machine Learning Companies 2021

FEATURE | By Cynthia Harvey,
September 22, 2020
NVIDIA and ARM: Massively Changing The AI Landscape

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE | By Rob Enderle,
September 18, 2020
Continuous Intelligence: Expert Discussion [Video and Podcast]

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE | By James Maguire,
September 14, 2020
Artificial Intelligence: Governance and Ethics [Video]

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE | By James Maguire,
September 13, 2020
IBM Watson At The US Open: Showcasing The Power Of A Mature Enterprise-Class AI

FEATURE | By Rob Enderle,
September 11, 2020
Artificial Intelligence: Perception vs. Reality

FEATURE | By James Maguire,
September 09, 2020

SEE ALL
ARTICLES

David Needle

David Needle is a veteran technology reporter based in Silicon Valley. He covers mobile, big data, customer experience, and social media, among other topics. He was formerly news editor at Infoworld, editor of Computer Currents and TabTimes, and West Coast bureau chief for both InformationWeek and Internet.com.

Intel Inside Apple Now

David Needle

Recommended for you...

Company

Categories

Intel Inside Apple Now

RELATED NEWS AND ANALYSIS

David Needle

Recommended for you...

Company

Categories