Re: Once again, Intel builds a CPU just for Apple
On Sun, 27 Jan 2008 11:13:28 -0500, Jerry McBride wrote:
> On Sat, 26 Jan 2008 20:47:58 -0700, Gene Jones wrote:
>
>> 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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>
> For the price of one mac air... I could buy three eePC's... and have Linux
> pre-installed....
Yea, but you would still have 3 underpowered PCs and even worse you would
have Linux.
> Is the Air Linux compatible?
Who cares?
Only an idiot or a super geek would remove a fine operating system like OSX
and install a kludge like Linux.