Fortune on the Intel-Apple relationship

Macs are what happens when hardware and software are developed together. The Apple-Intel relationship can only be good for Mac users as time goes on.

"You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them.
About the only thing you can’t do is ignore them.
Because they change things."

I am really curious what the several "equally aggressive" projects are? Sub notebook, maybe? Slimmer MB and MBP with longer battery life? Interesting

From what I know of having worked with both companies, this makes a lot of sense. Apple has always been a "pull" company and Intel has always been a "push" company. In other words, Intel has always found itself developing technology and then trying to persuade its customers to adopt it and take things to the next level...and their customers/partners have been reluctant to do so (PC vendors and Microsoft).

Meanwhile, Apple as a premium systems vendor has always wanted to be ahead of everyone else, and has been willing to invest the extra resources to do so. Unfortunately, prior to switching to Intel, Apple has had to deal with vendors that were much more massive project oriented to deal with any technology which was small scale, even if it could be the next innovative thing that could change everything.

The move to Intel by Apple is definitely one of the best decisions Apple ever made...or put another way...had they not moved to Intel, not only would they have lost out on all the dual-boot switchers, nor would they have had a custom chip for the MacBook Air, but...it's much, much worse than that...imagine instead of the Core 2 Duos, we were still stuck with G4s in Mac notebooks. Because that *is* where we would be today.

Ouch!

so to get around problems with mergers commission, Apple purchase chip developers (can't remember the name but the ones that used to make the army chips) and possibly incorporate tech into intel's lineup.

no proof but sounds possible.

I like the phrase "revamped slightly" =P