12 Post No:Macintosh hardware

Selling more than a million Macs a quarter.

Intel processor Macs in June 06 said would ship Mac on Intel.
Intel CEO Paul Otellini comse on stage in clean room outfit and announces Intel is ready. Jobs says Apple is ready too. “Its been incredible how engineers have bonded, Jobs said. “It’s been energizing, challenging and fun…over 1000 people working on it, Otellini said.

Roll out first Mac with an Intel processor, first of a new generation of Macs.
iMac…no major clapping…disappointed crowd that would have preferered laptops. Same features and same prices and PowerPC version, but Intel processor—the Intel Core Duo– is two to three times faster than the iMac G5 chip. All the applications (iLife) and OS are running natively on Core Duo. “Everything we are doing are universal—run on both PowerPC and Intel,” Jobs said. Entire demo was done on new iMac Duo Core system. Pro applications will be available in March—upgrade $49.

$1299 17-inch iMac
$1699 20-inch iMac

Quark announcing next version of Express will be completely universal and is in beta.
Until developers get all apps universal, shipping Mac with Rosetta, which is a bridge until all the application are universal, working on both Intel and IBM PowerPC Macs.

Roz Ho, manager of the Microsoft Office Mac division, comes on stage. “I am happy to say we are on track to deliver universal binaries for Office and Messenger.” New features are also in the works adding synch service for handhelds and Entourage, smart card and spotlight support for Entourage, as well as another update to Messenger 5. The new features will be available as a free download from Web site in March. Up to 50 percent off Office when buy a new Mac.

Ho announces an official agreement to ship Office for Mac for a minimum of five years. “2005 has been the best year for Mac Office business–we are here to stay and in it for the long term.”

Jobs demos Office and Photoshop running on Rosetta, hoping to calm the minds of those who view Rosetta, an emulator, as too slow.

Transitioning entire product line this year, Jobs said.

Jobs shows new TV ad. Intel chip trapped…now set free and live life in a Mac.

Jobs puts up the one more thing slide—talks about problems in performance for watt with PowerPC chips, the G4 and G5 chips. The Intel Core Duo is four times better than the G4 and four and a half times better than the G5.

Introduces the MacBook Pro with the Core Duo—one-inch thin, 5.6 pounds. The numbers tell us four to five times faster than the PowerBook G4, Jobs says. “It’s the faster notebook Mac ever..obviously…and the thinnest.” It has a 15.4-inch widescreen display as bright as cinema display, with iSight camera built in.

Jobs demos the MacBook Pro. Video conferences with Apple marketing head Phil Shiller, who is sitting in the audience. Not much of a demo. MacBook Pro has the Frontrow remote control and MagSafe (patent pending)—if the power cord gets yanked, it pull right off, so the notebook doesn’t fly off the table.

Two models that will ship in February…taking orders today. The 1.67GHz model will sell for $1,999, including 512MB of memory, an 80GB hard drive and X1600 ATI graphics card, as well as a SuperDrive. The $2,499 model includes more memory and a faster Duo processor.