[X4U] Virtual PC question

[Stroller]

On Dec 20, 2005, at 4:06 pm, mac2 wrote:
>
> It was/is my understanding that the first intel based laptops to be 
> released would be iBooks, not powerbooks.  Have I understood this 
> incorrectly???

As Messrs Self & Hargreaves have pointed out, it's all speculation at 
the moment.

I, too, have heard the rumour that iBooks will be first, but I've also 
heard a counter-argument that Intel's processors will be able to kick 
the pants off a G4; would Apple release an iBook that was more powerful 
than it's current Powerbooks?

The initial suggestion was that the Intel processors would be used on 
the low-end models first, but I wonder if this wasn't somewhat 
pandering to the entrenched "megahertz myth" belief that Apple have 
been fostering for so long. I guess a lot of us thought that Celerons 
would be fine for the low-end users and that Powerbooks & Powermacs 
would only be sporting Intels at the end of next year, perhaps some 
surprise dual-Xeons with hyperthreading which would give unexpected 
performance leaps. Now that we've had a chance to get used to the idea, 
there's little doubt that Intels will be a good move right across the 
range - I believe ArcsTechnical did some performance tests with OS X 
running on an Intel which were quite impressive.

Anyway... it's all speculation, but isn't there usually some MacWorld 
or similar event in January at which new models are often unveiled?

Stroller.