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Intel Transition, MacBook Name, and Windows on Mac?
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Who would want someone not even up on the latest offerings fixing their machine anyway.
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nah, just keep the "Powerbook" label... it's an established name and IMHO much better overall. the portables had this name from the start (if you only count the real laptop-like machines...), so it has nothing to do with PowerPC (the Powerbook 100 had a 68000 CPU).
not a smart move
vSpacken
nah, just keep the "Powerbook" label... it's an established name and IMHO much better overall. the portables had this name from the start (if you only count the real laptop-like machines...), so it has nothing to do with PowerPC (the Powerbook 100 had a 68000 CPU).
not a smart move
vSpacken
macosxuser01 said:lol. but wtfso apple going using Intel processors means there going to the darkside??? Ok how about this, who here would rather have a Powerbook G4 when the Mac Book Pro is 4x faster then the current powermac right now. people make no sense. did anybody watch the when they compare the power per watt at the keynote???
http://macworld.apple.com.edgesuite.net/mw/index.html
I think I'll be using my PowerBook for a few years still, sorry. Even if I bought a "MacBook" I'd scratch off the Mac part or the Book part from my LCD bezel and I'd still keep this PowerBook.
PowerBook just sounds so much better. MacBook is the most ridiculous name I've ever heard in my life. Someone asked on another thread if we'd all like it to be called xBook then since it's x86 and not PPC, and you know what? I would actually, anything other than MacBook. Even something as boring as Mac Laptop would work for me. Hell, why not just Mac and Mac pro!?
technicolor said:
Duh! Since PowerBook was change to MacBook, logic dictates that PowerMac will be replaced by MacMac
. If not that, how about "Big Mac"?
technicolor said:
Mac Pro?
*shrug*
Edit: k28 already mentioned it. didn't see. just one of the first thing that popped to mind. don't know whether or not i like the name.
zync said:
So, you don't want to use some computer because of it's name? Maybe in 1984 many people felt that "Macintosh" is a gay name as well?
I really dont like the MacBook name, with the cool stuff coming from apple couldnt they do a nice cool new name... MacBook sounds so... beige...
As for windows in a Mac, Im sure it will be possible, but I dont think apple is going to bundle windows with a Mac and definitely not make it supper easy to do.
beige... As for windows in a Mac, Im sure it will be possible, but I dont think apple is going to bundle windows with a Mac and definitely not make it supper easy to do.
Are all the G5 PowerMac's "lame ducks?"
I'm reallly REALLY needing to buy a PowerMac G5 and I'm wondering if I should just get a high end iMac, since it feels the next OS wont be supported on old macs, or am I just being paranoid.
If the new Intel iMac's are 4x as faster, are they just as fast as the mid-range PowerMacs?
I mostly use photoshop, Logic Audio (podcaster here), iMovie, Garage Band and Final Cut.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated! And while you're at it, check out my podcast: www.feastoffools.net
I'm reallly REALLY needing to buy a PowerMac G5 and I'm wondering if I should just get a high end iMac, since it feels the next OS wont be supported on old macs, or am I just being paranoid.
If the new Intel iMac's are 4x as faster, are they just as fast as the mid-range PowerMacs?
I mostly use photoshop, Logic Audio (podcaster here), iMovie, Garage Band and Final Cut.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated! And while you're at it, check out my podcast: www.feastoffools.net
NAMES: MacBook a transition name?
Noticeably, the form factor of the MacBook did not stray that far from that of the powerbook.
It is possible that maybe mid2007, they will replace it with a new laptop altogether. It may not be called MacBook at all. Hopefully it comes in other metallic colours.
Aluminium clad isight bearing, IR wielding MacBook Pro would probably be transitioned into a newly improved PC Thinkpad killing machine. Not that the macBook isnt one already, it has all the weapons to win the game-set-match... its just overly expensive (the best things are).
sidenote: *** how about changing the PowerMac name to ProMac... has a nice ring to it.
i think the "Apple iBook" name would stay.
FUTURE Probably a tabletMac in the pipes as well. And please Apple make a freakin useful fone, and put Nokia and motorolla out of its misery.
"Whats in a name anyway?" I think apple did a splendid Job with these new machines, naming them not withstanding.
Noticeably, the form factor of the MacBook did not stray that far from that of the powerbook.
It is possible that maybe mid2007, they will replace it with a new laptop altogether. It may not be called MacBook at all. Hopefully it comes in other metallic colours.
Aluminium clad isight bearing, IR wielding MacBook Pro would probably be transitioned into a newly improved PC Thinkpad killing machine. Not that the macBook isnt one already, it has all the weapons to win the game-set-match... its just overly expensive (the best things are).
sidenote: *** how about changing the PowerMac name to ProMac... has a nice ring to it.
i think the "Apple iBook" name would stay.
FUTURE Probably a tabletMac in the pipes as well. And please Apple make a freakin useful fone, and put Nokia and motorolla out of its misery.
"Whats in a name anyway?" I think apple did a splendid Job with these new machines, naming them not withstanding.
faustofernos said:
I'm also curious about how they compare. Can't wait for benchmarks between the dual core Intel iMac and dual core PowerMac.
macosxuser01 said:sense apple switch to intel will there be more games available for OS X?
Call of Duty 2 for mac
Battlefield 2 for mac
Counter-Strike for mac
All three + Colin McRae Rally 2005 for me
Ok, so after spending a lot of today reading the spec sheets on the new iMac and Powerbook (I hate the name macbook, sounds like something a clueless windows user would call a powerbook), even though I really am in the market for a laptop, I have to say I'm leaning towards getting an iMac. Mostly because I think the new laptop is a placeholder for the real hardware coming out in a few months and the iMac will be fine till then. Besides I want a machine right now
Anyway, I'm wondering how hard it would be to use an external drive formatted with xp and boot off of it. Anyone have any input? Would I be able to use some sort of key combination at start up? Could I simply designate the startup volume and reboot? This really is beyond my expertise, since I've never encountered a situation where I'd be booting Windows and MacOS on identical hardware...
Anyway, I'm wondering how hard it would be to use an external drive formatted with xp and boot off of it. Anyone have any input? Would I be able to use some sort of key combination at start up? Could I simply designate the startup volume and reboot? This really is beyond my expertise, since I've never encountered a situation where I'd be booting Windows and MacOS on identical hardware...
Would be the easiest way to run XP.
NO messing around with disk partations and the like.
On the Intel Powermac it could be even easier, just slap in a blank SATA hard drive and use that just for Windows XP.
Hold down "W" at boot for Windows and Bobs your Uncle.
Anyone else feel like PPC Powermac sales will carsh and burn now?
NO messing around with disk partations and the like.
On the Intel Powermac it could be even easier, just slap in a blank SATA hard drive and use that just for Windows XP.
Hold down "W" at boot for Windows and Bobs your Uncle.
Anyone else feel like PPC Powermac sales will carsh and burn now?
macidiot said:Anyway, I'm wondering how hard it would be to use an external drive formatted with xp and boot off of it. Anyone have any input? Would I be able to use some sort of key combination at start up? Could I simply designate the startup volume and reboot? This really is beyond my expertise, since I've never encountered a situation where I'd be booting Windows and MacOS on identical hardware...
It's possible to install and run XP off an external drive and there's some key combos you can use for booting Macs off external drives. I assume this will be possible, though we won't know for sure until someone actually tries it...
I think that iBook still sounds perfect for the Intel version. I don't find any reason why Apple will change this. Then again, iBook-->MacBook and Powerbook-->MacBook Pro also sounds logical. But i doubt it because they wouldn't want to maroon the iMac as the only one having the "i". Hmmm... what if they do change the iBook to MacBook and change the PowerMac to iMac Pro....? To me it sounds ok but it won't be as catchy as POWERMac.
I am sure that they wouldn't be stupid enough to follow the branding scheme they gave with the Powerbook-MacBook. If they did, it would come out as MacMac. wow sorry if that was lame but i just had to get that out!
why? are you waiting for it to do so? Sorry dude. Not in your wildest dreams. If people do figure out a way to install the prodcution version of the Intel OS X, Apple will stop at nothing to make their Masterpiece a Mac only. i can imagine Apple impairing a Windows machine running OS X illegaly. Plus, you won't be able to run it as smooth as silk.
It makes me proud to be a Mac user. Other people can only dream of having OS X.
I am sure that they wouldn't be stupid enough to follow the branding scheme they gave with the Powerbook-MacBook. If they did, it would come out as MacMac. wow sorry if that was lame but i just had to get that out!
technicolor said:
why? are you waiting for it to do so? Sorry dude. Not in your wildest dreams. If people do figure out a way to install the prodcution version of the Intel OS X, Apple will stop at nothing to make their Masterpiece a Mac only. i can imagine Apple impairing a Windows machine running OS X illegaly. Plus, you won't be able to run it as smooth as silk.
It makes me proud to be a Mac user. Other people can only dream of having OS X.
faustofernos said:
I'd wait if I were you even Steve himself said Photoshop doesn't run under Rosetta that fast, well fast enough for professionals anyway.
Besides why do you need a new Mac so bad? Your current one blown up or don't you own one at the moment?
Back on topic, like has been mentioned above the name Powerbook was coined in October 1991 in the Sculley era, even when Powerbooks used Motorola 68000's so nothing to do with PowerPC's.
My reckoning is Steve wants to get away from the names coined by his predecessors at Apple while he was away. Already gone after a few months in office were the Centris, Quadra and LC names and branding, along with Newton etc etc, and he probably wanted to get rid of Powerbook and PowerMac too maybe just that would've and is taking longer to do?
Just my slant on things of course?
Evangelion said:
Is that what I said? Because I certainly don't remember writing that. I've never been truly fond of the name Macintosh actually. I like Mac. That said, what I said was, if I bought the MacBook I'd personally scratch the name to read something less hideous. I never once said that I wouldn't use a computer because of it's name. No wait, that's not true: DELL
I did, however, say that I'd be using my PowerBook for a good while. It performs well and there's nothing wrong with it. It makes me money, it gets me through video editing and Photoshop. That's all I can ask really. Would I like it to be faster, sure, who wouldn't want that. Am I going to pay for a computer that's faster but has features comparable (and some less than) my current 2 year old laptop?
No