Apple debuts Intel-powered Macs
Apple has started selling the first iMac computers that are powered by Intel‘s dual processor chip.
The announcement about the availability of the Intel-powered computers was months ahead of the schedule Apple announced in 2005 for the new range.
Apple boss Steve Jobs also launched a newly branded laptop called the MacBook Pro
The new generation of iMac would be two to three times faster than the current iMac G5
The MacBook Pro would be four to five times as fast as the current PowerBook G4
The new laptops will not ship until February but the iMacs are available immediately and the price – starting at $1,299 (£929) – will remain the same.
It was widely expected that Apple would use the Macworld platform to announce that Intel-based computers would ship.
The rest of the Mac family will shift to the Intel dual-core Duo chip during the course of the year. It represents the culmination of a fast-moving collaboration between Apple and Intel, and both Steve Jobs and Intel chief executive Paul Otellini were on stage to pat each other on the back.
The shift to Intel was first revealed last year. Previously, Apple machines were powered by PowerPC chips mae by IBM and Freescale.
Source: BBC.
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