Apple Legal vs Sources/Leaks

[gnasher729]

AMD, Intel, Nvidia and ATI has already now proclaimed what the next two generations of GPUS/CPUS will be like, and around when we should expect them. There is not many others then Apple that goes this far in the quest for secrecy.

I would be really interested to see a programming manual for the latest NVidia and ATI graphics cards. And I would really like to see any offical hard information from Intel about the details of Core Duo, Merom and Conroe. I guess they are trade secrets.

 

[sushi]

I would be really interested to see a programming manual for the latest NVidia and ATI graphics cards. And I would really like to see any offical hard information from Intel about the details of Core Duo, Merom and Conroe. I guess they are trade secrets.

Nice rebuttal to the post above yours who responded to my prior post.

Rumors and projected plans are one thing.

Specifics are another.

I don't see AMD, Intel and the like putting out specifics on all products as a rule. Occasionally, we see leaks to counter other competitors on specific products.

Even car companies guard their trade secrets zealously. Sure we know a new Corvet or Mustang is coming out each year. Duh. But we won't know what it looks like until release day.

 

[DKZ]

I would be really interested to see a programming manual for the latest NVidia and ATI graphics cards. And I would really like to see any offical hard information from Intel about the details of Core Duo, Merom and Conroe. I guess they are trade secrets.

As a consumer I don't care about all of that, what I care about is what it'll be like and when it'll be here, and that information they have given out. Apple could easily reveal some basic specs and a release date without losing any sales.

And for an example I found this link in two secs:

http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2648

Even though it isn't coming from Intel, they have been kind enough to hand over their stuff so others can have a look at it. Yes the link is a little old, but it still shows that Intel do let people know what there doing.

I don't see AMD, Intel and the like putting out specifics on all products as a rule. Occasionally, we see leaks to counter other competitors on specific products.

No perhaps not, but you don't see them filling lawsuits at people that for example break their NDAs let alone people that just say, this is coming soon, as it seems to be the case here with apple. They do however give out the information that interest consumers, how do you think you know about merom and conroe? If that were apple products, right now you'd be guessing what is behind those codenames.