[Radiance-general] MacBook Pro - Apple and Intel

[giulio antonutto]

Congratulations :-)
It'd love to do the same actually...
May be.......
Ciao!
G.



On 11/1/06 3:50 pm, "Rob Guglielmetti" <rpg at rumblestrip.org> wrote:

> Kirk Thibault wrote:
> 
>> From what I read leading up to this release, it was clear that Apple
>> wanted to finally move its laptops to the next level, hence the Intel
>> chipset.  I have a feeling that, as with most things Apple, there
>> will be issues - but the Apple faithful (me included) are willing to
>> be beta testers and see the bugginess as a badge of honor in some
>> convoluted way (paying money to be a beta tester will do that to your
>> rationalizing psyche I suppose).  It is weird to mention Apple and
>> Intel as complements, but I think all Mac users (again, me included)
>> realize Apple's shortcomings, even if we tend to defend the brand to
>> the death. 
> 
> I was a defender (and early-adopter of the PPC with a PowerMac 7600 (33
> MHz!!)), then a hater for a few years as I grew tired of bomb icons and
> the like, but it was Greg's statement that he got Radiance compiled on
> OSX that brought me back to the fold.  It is really OSX that I love so
> much, more so than Apple, but their product design is quite pretty too
> (altho that magnetic power adapter looks a bit flaky).  Giulio, I hear
> ya.  But it's been a long time since I've done the early adopter thing,
> and I've been putting off upgrading my PB for a while as well, so I'm
> gonna make the gamble.  I'll be sure and let you all know how it works
> out; I ordered mine last night!
> 
>> 
>> I imagine that a 17" version of the Intel dual core laptop can;t be
>> far behind..
> 
> 
> Although it seems as if they lost money having three sizes and decided
> to focus on the best seller, slightly increasing the size (15.4" instead
> of the old 15").  It just may be the sweet spot.  Who knows?
> Interesting times ahead...
> 
> - Rob
> 
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