Once again, Intel builds a CPU just for Apple

As we all know Intel has always been desperate to have Apple as a
customer. Apple was just too demanding in the past for Intel to measure
up, but now Intel has learned to work at the level of Apple and has
again built a chip exactly to Apple's specifications.

The MacBook Air is the first to have this fast, super low temp chip.
Apple correctly says it's the world's thinnest Laptop, but they don't
mention it's also the world's coolest running.

A good read:

You may have wondered how it is possible that the MacBook Air is getting
a new Intel microprocessor - a processor that is so new that it has not
been available for any other product. We actually have seen other
examples of Apple being treated as a very special customer by Intel,
such as the exclusive availability of the 3.0 GHz quad-core Xeon last
year.

A little investigation reveals that Intel actually did develop a
processor for Apple and its MacBook Air. And, if you are aware of the
background story, this special Apple chip makes a whole lot of sense for
both Apple and Intel.

http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/35789/118/

you can learn more about the most powerful laptop for its size in the
world here:

COOL!

http://www.apple.com/macbookair/guidedtour/
http://www.apple.com/macbookair/
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On Sat, 26 Jan 2008 21:47:58 -0600, Gene Jones wrote
(in article
<jasin->):

> A good read:
>
> You may have wondered how it is possible that the MacBook Air is getting
> a new Intel microprocessor - a processor that is so new that it has not
> been available for any other product. We actually have seen other
> examples of Apple being treated as a very special customer by Intel,
> such as the exclusive availability of the 3.0 GHz quad-core Xeon last
> year.

Intel has a long history of offering what essentially amount to
bribes (although I'm not claiming they're illegal, but the are
used similarly) to entice various companies to buy their
products over those of their competition. They did this to good
effect with Dell for many years before Dell finally started
selling AMD-based systems, for example.

> A little investigation reveals that Intel actually did develop a
> processor for Apple and its MacBook Air. And, if you are aware of the
> background story, this special Apple chip makes a whole lot of sense for
> both Apple and Intel.

A little more investigation would likely reveal that Intel made
this promise /before/ Apple announced the switch to Intel from
PPC.



--
Lefty
All of God's creatures have a place..........
..........right next to the potatoes and gravy.
See also: http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/images/iProduct.gif

On Sun, 27 Jan 2008 04:19:56 GMT, Lefty Bigfoot wrote:


> Intel has a long history of offering what essentially amount to
> bribes (although I'm not claiming they're illegal, but the are
> used similarly) to entice various companies to buy their
> products over those of their competition. They did this to good
> effect with Dell for many years before Dell finally started
> selling AMD-based systems, for example.

Have you met Mark Kent, Roy Schestowitz and [Homer] ?
Boy have you found the right group

"Gene Jones" <> wrote in message
news:jasin-...
> As we all know Intel has always been desperate to have Apple as a
> customer. Apple was just too demanding in the past for Intel to measure
> up,

That and the rest of this is absolute BS.

"Telstar" <none@none> wrote in message
news:...
>
> "Gene Jones" <> wrote in message
> news:jasin-...
>> As we all know Intel has always been desperate to have Apple as a
>> customer. Apple was just too demanding in the past for Intel to measure
>> up,
>
> That and the rest of this is absolute BS.
>
>

Are you sure.

MSFT/UNIX/SERVER PC/Servers 456,348,985

Apple Computer 4,679,348


LOL. Yeah you are right. It's complete BS

Gene Jones wrote:

<snip complete bullshit >

And again felt OxRetard, that typical Mac user, the need to nymshift in
order to spout his inane drivel

--
Only two things are infinite,
the Universe and Stupidity.
And I'm not quite sure about the former.
- Albert Einstein

"Gene Jones" <> wrote in message
news:jasin-...
[snip]
> The MacBook Air is the first to have this fast, super low temp chip.
> Apple correctly says it's the world's thinnest Laptop, but they don't
> mention it's also the world's coolest running.

[http://www.anandtech.com/mac/showdoc.aspx?i=3201]

I read that this is the old Merom core in the new small packaging that Intel
is rolling out for their next generation mobile chipset.

The bad news is that it isn't especially powerful or low-temp- the actual
CPU isn't anything special- but the good is is that Apple should be able to
cheaply upgrade to the next generation chipset, when it becomes available.

I assume Apple intends to do this. There's not really much point in using
the smaller packaging if not; It's not like the normal packaging is so big,
or the MacBook Air so small.

[snip]
> you can learn more about the most powerful laptop for its size in the
> world here:

Not so. The ordinary MacBook is the same size, but is more powerful.

It may be the "lightest laptop for its size", however. As far as I've seen,
the only laptops lighter than the MacBook are ultra-portables, which are
also smaller (and therefore have smaller screens and keyboards). The MacBook
Air is as light as an ultraportable, but bigger. Personally, I don't see
much of a market for that. That's probably why advocates here sometimes try
to pass the thing off as "small".

"Gene Jones" <> wrote in message
news:jasin-...
> As we all know Intel has always been desperate to have Apple as a
> customer. Apple was just too demanding in the past for Intel to measure
> up, but now Intel has learned to work at the level of Apple and has
> again built a chip exactly to Apple's specifications.
>
> The MacBook Air is the first to have this fast, super low temp chip.
> Apple correctly says it's the world's thinnest Laptop, but they don't
> mention it's also the world's coolest running.
>
> A good read:
>
> You may have wondered how it is possible that the MacBook Air is getting
> a new Intel microprocessor - a processor that is so new that it has not
> been available for any other product. We actually have seen other
> examples of Apple being treated as a very special customer by Intel,
> such as the exclusive availability of the 3.0 GHz quad-core Xeon last
> year.
>
> A little investigation reveals that Intel actually did develop a
> processor for Apple and its MacBook Air. And, if you are aware of the
> background story, this special Apple chip makes a whole lot of sense for
> both Apple and Intel.
>
> http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/35789/118/
>
> you can learn more about the most powerful laptop for its size in the
> world here:
>
> COOL!
>
> http://www.apple.com/macbookair/guidedtour/
> http://www.apple.com/macbookair/


I can just imagine the type of totally obnoxiously devoted Apple gimps that
I'm going to see posing with those this summer. I'll stick with the totally
functional and useful Thinkpad X-Series.

ss.

Appil Corporation Fraudulent Asstroturfer Gene Jones wrote on behalf of
Appil Corporation:

> A

Stick to AMD 64 bit CPUs and PCs running Linux. Its a lot faster than appil
crap.

See for yourself the coolest desktops running Linux
www.youtube.com search for beryl and compiz

All free with source code unlike appil crap
http://www.livecdlist.com
http://www.distrowatch.com

On Sun, 27 Jan 2008 10:26:24 -0500, 7 wrote:
> Appil Corporation Fraudulent Asstroturfer Gene Jones wrote on behalf of
> Appil Corporation:
>
>> A
>
> Stick to AMD 64 bit CPUs and PCs running Linux. Its a lot faster than appil
> crap.
>
> See for yourself the coolest desktops running Linux
> www.youtube.com search for beryl and compiz
>
> All free with source code unlike appil crap
> http://www.livecdlist.com
> http://www.distrowatch.com
>

Wow. You really put forth a compelling argument.