Intel Inside?
I could hardly call myself a mac enthusiast or self respecting blogger without at least giving a nod to the MacWorld convention that is happening this week, or Apple's traditional parade of new products.
The most ground breaking "revolution" Apple has made this year would probably have to be the switch to Intel processors. Now, I'm not going to pretend that I'm very hardware savvy OR that I remember Apple "back in the day," but I at least knew enough to realize this was a big deal when it was announced last year. Me, I'm just happy as long as my Macs stay reliable and I get the clean powerful operating system that Apple geeks have come to know and love.
With that said, this machine is still an amazing feat:
It may LOOK a lot like mine on the outside, but the fact of the matter is: this is an entirely different machine. That small dot at the top of the frame is a video camera, built into the computer so that you can have real-time video conferencing with people all over the globe. Under the hood, so to speak, lies hardware that puts my sleek PowerBook to shame. If I'm reading the numbers right and doing the math correctly, the new "MacBook" as Apple is calling it, is 10 to 12 times as fast as my PowerBook.
Apple made several other updates today that I feel will be somewhat dwarfed by these new "super" computers. One of my favorite new updates includes new features that have been added to iLife '06. I'm pleased to see that you can now order cards and calendars with your photos on them from iPhoto, and adding podcasting to GarageBand is a nice touch. My favorite new thing is the software, iWeb, which was added to the package today. It will allow people to easily create webpages, which is a feature that has long been missing from the repoirtoir available to Mac addicts. Gone are the days of mid-90's GeoCities websites, because people can now easily create polished looking websites from their Mac without having to learn a lot of code. Even more than faster computers or new greeting cards featuring your cat, I think that this was a gap in Apple's multimedia software that truly needed addressing.
Welcome to 2006.
The most ground breaking "revolution" Apple has made this year would probably have to be the switch to Intel processors. Now, I'm not going to pretend that I'm very hardware savvy OR that I remember Apple "back in the day," but I at least knew enough to realize this was a big deal when it was announced last year. Me, I'm just happy as long as my Macs stay reliable and I get the clean powerful operating system that Apple geeks have come to know and love.
With that said, this machine is still an amazing feat:
It may LOOK a lot like mine on the outside, but the fact of the matter is: this is an entirely different machine. That small dot at the top of the frame is a video camera, built into the computer so that you can have real-time video conferencing with people all over the globe. Under the hood, so to speak, lies hardware that puts my sleek PowerBook to shame. If I'm reading the numbers right and doing the math correctly, the new "MacBook" as Apple is calling it, is 10 to 12 times as fast as my PowerBook.
Apple made several other updates today that I feel will be somewhat dwarfed by these new "super" computers. One of my favorite new updates includes new features that have been added to iLife '06. I'm pleased to see that you can now order cards and calendars with your photos on them from iPhoto, and adding podcasting to GarageBand is a nice touch. My favorite new thing is the software, iWeb, which was added to the package today. It will allow people to easily create webpages, which is a feature that has long been missing from the repoirtoir available to Mac addicts. Gone are the days of mid-90's GeoCities websites, because people can now easily create polished looking websites from their Mac without having to learn a lot of code. Even more than faster computers or new greeting cards featuring your cat, I think that this was a gap in Apple's multimedia software that truly needed addressing.
Welcome to 2006.
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