{"id":1180,"date":"2006-01-10T15:33:07","date_gmt":"2006-01-10T20:33:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2006\/01\/10\/the-first-intel-macs\/"},"modified":"2018-06-26T09:47:02","modified_gmt":"2018-06-26T13:47:02","slug":"the-first-intel-macs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2006\/01\/10\/the-first-intel-macs\/","title":{"rendered":"The First Intel Macs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/daringfireball.net\/2006\/01\/mwsf_predictions\">John Gruber<\/a> says:\n<\/p>\n\n<blockquote cite=\"http:\/\/daringfireball.net\/2006\/01\/mwsf_predictions\">\n<p>\nReleasing Intel-based Macs now might be popular with the keynote crowd\nand the tech press, but it would come at the expense of a bit of\nApple&rsquo;s credibility with developers. \n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p>\nsince the developers had been told they had until June, and he&rsquo;s not\nwrong. However, I have to say that from the very moment Steve Jobs\nannounced the June date at WWDC 2005 I expected that the first Intel\nMacs would ship this January. I don&rsquo;t know exactly why&mdash;something about\nhis word choice and intonation, I guess, combined with the expectation\nthat Apple would want to start the transition as soon as possible.\n<\/p>\n\n<p>\nI can&rsquo;t think of an Apple product name that&rsquo;s worse than &ldquo;MacBook Pro.&rdquo;\nThe product itself sounds great, though. Interestingly, the screen is\nslightly larger than the 15-inch PowerBook&rsquo;s (but lower resolution). Also unlike the\nPowerBook, there&rsquo;s no FireWire 800, dual-layer burning, or internal\nmodem, and no estimated battery life is quoted.\n<\/p>\n\n<p>\nOriginally, I planned to buy the first Intel-based iBook, however no\niBook has been announced yet. The MacBook Pros aren&rsquo;t shipping until\nFebruary, and they&rsquo;re not 12-inch.\n<\/p>\n\n<p>\nSo I&rsquo;m getting a 20-inch iMac Core Duo, and there&rsquo;s a good chance that\nit will become my primary Mac. If I understand Apple correctly, each 2\nGHz <em>core<\/em> is faster than a 2 GHz G5 (for non-vector stuff), so the iMac should be\nfaster than my dual-processor G5 tower. To my surprise, this iMac comes\nwith a DVI port for a second monitor, and it&rsquo;s advertised as supporting\nextended desktop (no <a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.rutemoeller.com\/mp\/ibook\/ibook_e.html\">Screen Spanning\nDoctor<\/a> required). Alas, the 500 GB model isn&rsquo;t shipping for 3&ndash;4 weeks, and Apple&rsquo;s developer hardware discount is only around 10%&mdash;I thought it used to be close to 20%.\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Gruber says: Releasing Intel-based Macs now might be popular with the keynote crowd and the tech press, but it would come at the expense of a bit of Apple&rsquo;s credibility with developers. since the developers had been told they had until June, and he&rsquo;s not wrong. 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