Comments on: Apple and Intel: Best buddies

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By: Bob, Richmond, IL

Bob, Richmond, IL — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 19:16:06 +0000

Belkin International should be losing market share because of their support issues. No more tech stocks for us for quite some time.

By: Your Mom, NY

Your Mom, NY — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 22:42:05 +0000

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By: Jim, Cleveland, OH

Jim, Cleveland, OH — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 13:29:51 +0000

Everyone has to agree that Apple is simply the best at one thing: Simplifying technology for the masses.

Many of the posters below are upset because Apple didn't "invent" these products… indeed us geeks were using MP3 players long before the iPod, smarts phones years before the iPhone and slim form PCs decades before the Air.

But we are geeks. We like to tinker and hack and install mods and overclock processors. The general public has no interest in that. So Apple repackages our hacks and mods into a nice slim, user friendly environment and resells it in a form that EVERYONE can use… not just geeks.

I don't use Apple products (they don't let me add my own mods!), but kudos to them for leveling the playing field so that you don't have to be tech-minded to use cutting edge technology to improve your daily life. When grandma is excited about getting a new ipod for Christmas, you know they're doing something that no one has ever done before… and no one has ever done so well.

By: Louis, Portland Oregon

Louis, Portland Oregon — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 22:41:51 +0000

"If there were lingering doubts about how well longtime ENEMIES Apple and Intel would work together, the svelte MacBook Air laptop should dispel them."

Intel and Apple have never been enemies. Intel was not, but for long before 2005, wanted to be Apple's chip supplier. Now they are a platform suppplier to Apple. That Apple marketed the heck out of the fact that they were using IBM/Moto PowerPC chips in no way made them the enemy. It was more like they were the "hard to get" girl that Intel doggedly pursued. Paul Otellini will even say that Intel execs have long been making trips to Cupertino to convince Apple to go x86. In the end, Intel won over Apple's heart because IBM/Moto took Apple for granted and didn't innovate their product for Apple's market. They also didn't have a credible roadmap that Apple wanted. It sounds a lot like a real-life love/hate/love relationship.

By: Fazal Majid, San Francisco, CA

Fazal Majid, San Francisco, CA — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 17:44:57 +0000

One seldom appreciated fact about Intel is how much Microsoft is loathed there. Microsoft is clearly the dominant party in the Wintel duo, and is not shy of reminding Intel of this fact. The Apple relationship allows Intel engineers to get back at Microsoft, in a passive-aggressive way.

By: Old Geek, Delmar, NY

Old Geek, Delmar, NY — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 22:33:55 +0000

I have a MacAir and a SONY Vaio as well.

The Mac Air is a great looking machine, but not the lightest out there and it does have some drawbacks. The sealed battery is a minus and the front of the laptop is so thin it does dig into your wrist.

It is a real winner in the design category, but as noted not the lightest or best equipped on the market.

Those who just swoon over the Air, need to step back and rank it for what it is, another cool looking apple product but not a huge technology breakthrough

By: Bob Wick, Tampa, Florida

Bob Wick, Tampa, Florida — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 17:25:20 +0000

Eric from Ohio, Dude, don't have a heart attack! Here's the deal. The MacBook Air may do the same thing as other computers, but at a fraction of the weight. This, plus the large-capacity, solid-state hard drive that is available as an upgrade to the package, is a major innovation. Smaller, faster and without moving parts! The less movement there is, the less the parts wear out, the longer the equipment lasts. The MacBook Air is the very essence of innovation. The issue has always been, how do I shrink this? With laptops it has always been limited by chip-size and the heat of components. Apple and Intel overcame that issue. So, the next time you decide to dog something, at least study up a bit first! If you don't, you just end up looking dumb.

By: A Techie, Central NY

A Techie, Central NY — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 02:49:29 +0000

@Adam:

I've cared for approximately 40 G4's from around early 2000 in our business, and not one fried any RAM. Some were taken home 3 yrs. ago for use as home computers for surfing and e-mail—STILL running. I know about 10 iMacs, from the lamp model to the current aluminum—no screen problems. Have had 20 G5's still running in other dept.'s replaced by MacPro Quad Towers. Only model I haven't liked and had 2 drives die, were a batch of 15 Intel Mac Mini's from 2003.