Bile Inside - Apple switch to Intel

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{mosimage}At Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference today, CEO Steve Jobs announced plans to deliver Macs using Intel microprocessors by this time next year, and to transition all of its Macs to using Intel microprocessors by the end of 2007.

During his keynote, Jobs revealed that Mac OS X has been "leading a secret double life." Every release of Mac OS X has been built secretly for both Intel and PowerPC-based Macs. For the last 5 years, Mac OS X has been "cross-platform by design." Apple Senior Vice President Phil Schiller said the company does not plan to let people run Mac OS X on other computer makers' hardware. "We will not allow running Mac OS X on anything other than an Apple Mac."

This opens up a whole can of worms. Are they going to continue to develop OS X for PowerPC and Intel for a period of time ? Does it mean the PowerPC based machine I bought this year is obsolete as soon as the Intel version is available ? I just hope I get to use my Mac for longer than 1.5 years, before I'm looking to either go stale (no updates) or look for another machine.

Here's UserFriendly's latest comic, along with a number of comments from Appletalk users in response to the news "Apple will be no better than alienware. Just a pretty case.", "I'm in shock! I can't believe it's finally happening." and "I've already got an intel box ... I dont need another". "The Intel move could cause confusion for Mac users, hurt the open-source Linux movement, could create some short-term risk with AAPL stock, and may harm the Mac market in the short-term, according to developers and analysts" from MaCNN.

Someone on Slashdot paraphrased Obi-wan ... "I felt something, a disturbance in the network, as if a million mac zealots cried out in horror and were suddenly silenced ". Classic.

May2005 26

SE QLD Lightning Tracker Widget Released

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I whipped up another Dashboard widget today, this time, the Energex Lightning Tracker for South-East QLD.

Click here to download

May2005 24

Is Darth Vader gonna have to choke a b*tch?

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After ducking the media hype of the opening last week, I decided to go
along to see Star Wars III: Revenge of the Sith today - and revenge
they got. In months leading up, we were warned that Episode 3 was going
to be "darker" and to a certain extent that is true, however, it had to be.

It
had to show Anakin's journey to the dark side, the forces that drove
him that way and how the Empire became the force that it was in
Star Wars: A New Hope.

Rating:

May2005 23

BrizCam and BrizWeather Released

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Since being on Annual Leave, I've had a chance to play around with
Tiger's Dashboard system - ala widgets. Here's a couple of widgets I
whipped up ...

BrizCam -
Displays two WebCams that are around Brisbane, QLD (Australia) -
Riverside Expressway and Gateway Bridge Toll; can also toggle been the
two.

Click here to download

BrizWeather - Displays a map of the current Rainfall around Brisbane, QLD (Australia) in a 128km radius thanks to the BOM.

Click here to download

Thanks to WidgetDeveloper.com for listing/hosting.

May2005 16

Kylie diagnosed with cancer, Tour postponed

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Kylie Minogue has been diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer and has postponed her Australian tour.

Whilst at home in Melbourne with her family this week, prior to her Australian Showgirl Tour, Kylie was diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer," Ms Minogue's publicist said in a statement released a short time ago. "She will undergo immediate treatment and consequently her Australian tour will not be able to proceed as planned."

Ms Minogue said she was sorry to disappoint her fans.