Santa Rosa Delayed?

[bdemers]

According to this article, Intel's Santa Rosa platform may be delayed until September or October of 2007.

I had long expected this platform to mark the next revision of iMacs, whether it was a merely processor/chipset bump or a totally new form factor.

Given that Intel is now rumored not be able to deliver a faster mobile platform until Q3/Q4 this year, what does that leave for Apple to do with the current iMac? (which in September would be one year old) Perhaps we're in for a longer wait than we thought, or perhaps we'll see a bold move to Conroes with a much faster FSB. (although the heat requirements may create a need for a new form factor)

What do you think Apple's next move will be? (and when!)

 

[Lord Blackadder]

They've proven to be very overclockable, so Intel will probably goose the speed up several more times.

They need to make the GeForce 7600GT optional on the 20" iMac too.

 

[Eidorian]

I'm still holding out for Penryn. Increasing the front side bus speed won't really benefit a mobile application. 800 MHz from 667 MHz isn't that amazing.

 

[Lord Blackadder]

I'm still in a state of amazement over how much faster the Core is than the G4...so I haven't been too worried about what's in the pipeline.

If AMD's upcoming CPU line isn't butt-kicking, Intel will have a bigger slice of the consumer CPU pie than it has in years.

 

[thejadedmonkey]

If Intel doesn't get their act together soon, they might ditch Intel and use some other supplier like AMD or IBM

 

[dllavaneras]

I'm still in a state of amazement over how much faster the Core is than the G4...

I can't wait to feel that way. I think 2007 may be the year I upgrade my 1st gen eMac! Man, my new mac will be fast!

I sure hope it has Santa Rosa in it

 

[bdemers]

As you can tell, I've been trying to follow the Santa Rosa update as closely as possible. But frankly, Intel hasn't said much of anything for a 2007 timeline as far as I can see.

What's strange is that while I found this one article talking about September/October release, there must have been fifteen others published today that still say "April/May."

Are these April/May people just not informed of the latest information, or is this a bogus article I found?

 

[Chef Medeski]

As you can tell, I've been trying to follow the Santa Rosa update as closely as possible. But frankly, Intel hasn't said much of anything for a 2007 timeline as far as I can see.

What's strange is that while I found this one article talking about September/October release, there must have been fifteen others published today that still say "April/May."

Are these April/May people just not informed of the latest information, or is this a bogus article I found?

Yeah when I saw this article I was confused. Most of the articles I read were talking about Robson technology and how Apple was implementing it. And how it was due for a Marc/April release. I doubt it will take that long. I definetly see a Feb/Marc/April dates for Pro and reg. Book replacements. Next. Gen MacBook Pro and rev. of Macbook.

edit: There could still be more bad news to come. “We believe that the consumer-oriented Vista launch and the second-quarter introduction of Santa Rosa could ultimately lead to a revenue shortfall,” Morgan Stanley Dean Witter analyst Mark Edelstone wrote in a report to investors.

Second Quarter ends in March, no?

 

[bdemers]

I take second quarter to mean March-June

 

[NintendoFan]

I take second quarter to mean March-June

April til June.

 

[emotion]

April til June.

...inclusive.

Yeah I think the computing industry has settled on calendar quarters not fiscal (as these are different in each country/market anyway).