...as reported on:
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050606/sfm142.html?.v=9
Apple to Use Intel Microprocessors Beginning in 2006
Monday June 6, 1:30 pm ET
WWDC 2005, SAN FRANCISCO, June 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- At its
Worldwide Developer Conference today, Apple® announced plans to
deliver models of its Macintosh® computers using Intel®
microprocessors by this time next year, and to transition all of its
Macs to using Intel microprocessors by the end of 2007. Apple
previewed a version of its critically acclaimed operating system, Mac
OS® X Tiger, running on an Intel- based Mac® to the over 3,800
developers attending CEO Steve Jobs' keynote address. Apple also
announced the availability of a Developer Transition Kit, consisting
of an Intel-based Mac development system along with preview versions
of Apple's software, which will allow developers to prepare versions
of their applications which will run on both PowerPC and Intel-based
Macs.
"Our goal is to provide our customers with the best personal
computers in the world, and looking ahead Intel has the strongest
processor roadmap by far," said Steve Jobs, Apple's CEO. "It's been
ten years since our transition to the PowerPC, and we think Intel's
technology will help us create the best personal computers for the
next ten years."
[...]
This may have come out already but just to be on the safe side:
Internet Jun 16, 2005 10:00 AM - 11:15 AM
LIVE WEBCAST: Mac OS X and Mac OS X Server for High Performance
Computing
For General Audiences
Learn about the technical underpinnings of Apple's latest OS, and how
new features and updates will benefit users of Mac OS X-based
clusters and grids.
For more details:
http://seminars.apple.com/goToEvent.html?id=34901&s=300
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Internet Jun 23, 2005 10:00 AM - 11:15 AM
LIVE WEBCAST: Cost-effective Storage Deployments for Research Computing
For General Audiences
Learn how to achieve better data accessibility and faster storage
retrieval in a more cost-effective way with industry-leading solutions.
For more details:
http://seminars.apple.com/goToEvent.html?id=35928&s=300
Wayne
Sorry for not pointing this out before (or perhaps you know of it
already) but Apple has a number of online discussion forums aimed at
supporting their hardware and software. The main index is at:
http://discussions.info.apple.com/
...which takes you to a page with the following forums:
Computing Hardware
Apple Displays
eMac
iMac
Mac mini
Power Mac G4 and G5
iBook
PowerBook
Digital Life
AirPort and AirPort Express
iPod
iSight
QuickTime
Bluetooth
.Mac
iLife
iTunes
iPhoto
iMovie
GarageBand
iDVD
Windows Compatible Technology
Airport for Windows
Bonjour for Windows
iPod
iTunes for Windows
Quicktime for Windows
General Windows Compatibility
Special Interest Areas
User Tips Library
Announcements
Mac OS X and Related Software
Mac OS X v10.4 Tiger
Mac OS X v10.3 Panther and earlier
Mac OS X Technologies
Mac OS 9
Applications
iCal
iChat AV
iWork '05
iSync
Mail and Address Book
Safari
AppleWorks
Pro Digital Production
Compressor
DVD Studio Pro
Final Cut Pro & Final Cut Express
Logic Pro and Express
Motion
Qmaster
Soundtrack Pro & Soundtrack
Server Products
Mac OS X Server
Xserve
Xserve Raid
Xsan
Apple Remote Desktop
Older Apple Products
Older software products
Older hardware products
I've found them to be useful upon occasion. The trick, as usual on
the internet, is maximizing the signal to noise ratio.
Wayne
