-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 It's feeling a bit chilly - excerpted from the Wall Street Journal: Apple Eyes Shifting Macintosh Line To Intel Chips By DON CLARK and NICK WINGFIELD Staff Reporters of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL June 4, 2005 5:04 p.m. SAN FRANCISCO -- Apple Computer Inc. is expected to announce Monday that it will begin shifting its Macintosh computer line next year to Intel Corp. chips, people familiar with the situation said. The move is a major change in strategy by Apple, a high-profile win for Intel, and a potential blow to International Business Machines Corp. and Freescale Semiconductor Inc., suppliers of the PowerPC chips that Apple has long used in its Macintosh systems. Apple's decision, which comes after years of industry speculation and behind-the-scenes lobbying by Intel, could cause disruptions for users of the Macintosh. Among other things, application programs will have to be adapted to run on Intel's x86 chips, the calculating engines used in most personal computers that run Microsoft Corp.'s Windows operating system. Steve Jobs, Apple's chief-executive and co-founder, is expected to explain the shift Monday during a keynote speech to attendees at the company's annual conference for software developers in San Francisco, the people familiar with the situation said. The Wall Street Journal reported on May 23 that the companies were in talks that could lead to Apple adopting Intel microprocessors. The article reported that two industry executives with knowledge of recent discussions between the companies said Apple will agree to use Intel chips, and indicated that the announcement could come as soon at the Monday, June 6 conference. CNET on Friday reported that Apple would announce the transition plan June 6. It reported that Apple would move lower-end computers such as the Mac Mini to Intel chips in mid-2006 and higher-end models such as the Power Mac in mid-2007. An industry executive familiar with the matter, contacted Saturday, verified that schedule. Spokesmen for Apple, Intel, IBM and Freescale said their companies had no comment. At a recent technology conference hosted by the Wall Street Journal, Mr. Otellini described the idea of supplying microprocessors to Apple as "the Haley's comet of rumors," because of its frequent recurrence over the years. On Jun 4, 2005, at 5:24 PM, Dr Trevor J. Hutley wrote: > > Steve Jobs is switching the Macintosh to Intel hardware, > with an announcement due Monday in the WWDC 2005 keynote > > I can hardly believe what I am reading. > Does anyone have any confirmation that such an incredible transition > is going to occur? > > regards, Trevor - -- Dale Gardner drgardner at mac.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP 8.1 iQA/AwUBQqIolK5YCRMyP+EsEQJqLQCePH51tNLYtSU0Gwem2/zX9yMypoEAoI5h 9DumZnr/Iv/ca1QD/XWetjD5 =9/gd -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----