Today in Apple News…
I wanted to cover two stories today, and they both invovle Apple, so let’s have at it.
Rumors about a switch from IBM to Intel have been running amuck for a couple of weeks or so, now. Yesterday, C|Net’s News.com ran a story confirming the validity of the rumors by saying Apple will be making the switch from IBM’s PowerPC series of processors to Intel’s x86 processors, and Apple will announce this at this year’s WWDC so developers have time to make the transition. However, if you look at the story, it’s filled with lines such as “sources familiar with the situation said.” That sounds like more rumors to me, and I find it hard to believe Apple and Jobs would make a move like this considering the current success of Mac OS X. That’s just my view on the matter, though. We’ll see at WWDC what happens here.
Apple recently set-up another deal in Cobb County, Georgia, to provide students there with iBooks, the largest such initiative in terms of the number of iBooks. However, they have hit a legal brick wall, as, so the person filing suit claims, the citizens weren’t informed that a 1% tax hike was put in place for the purpose of buying the iBook. I feel sorry for the students in Cobb County. The iBook initiative here has been nothing but wonderful for me. I hope it works out for them.
Apple announced that they are, indeed, switching to Intel.
Cam said...
happy? i un-screwed with your layout. umm… yeah, those losers, i’m moving to georgia!
June 06, 2005 @ 10:39 AM