Just think about it: A year ago, Steve Jobs promised that Macs would switch to Intel before the end of 2007. To think that this daunting process is nearly all done 18 months early. Right now, in case you tuned in late, everything but the Power Mac and Xserve have been upgraded, and since Intel’s […]

STORY #1: When Apple was considering just where to take its processor business, is it possible that it was planning to go with a startup company that had never released a single product? That’s what the stories say, that PA Semiconductor of Santa Clara, CA, was developing a PowerPC-compatible processor and that Apple had expressed […]

They say if you repeat a logical rumor long enough, it’ll come true. So many of you awoke to learn that the iBook is history, replaced by a 13.3 widescreen MacBook. Starting at $1,099, $100 more than its predecessor, it sports a 1.83GHz Intel Core Duo Processor, 60GB drive, gigabit Ethernet, iSight camera, Front Row […]

All right, you know the score. Apple blasted earnings estimates out of the water last quarter with sales of $5.7 billion, which included 14 million iPods and one-and-a-quarter million Macs. Both were ahead of the previous year, although the increase in computer sales was relatively modest. But in a universe where expectations of Apple sales […]