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Apple has already amended the doc in question to clarify supported iPod models. It' "touch wheel" folks.

in Apple reference stirs touch-screen iPod frenzy Comment by tomb of the unknown November 2006

Quote: Originally posted by DHagan4755 At the Motorola analyst meeting a few moments ago, a statement from Steve Jobs was read It was not a Jobs statement! It was an official announcement written by Moto PR intended from keeping Zander from p…

in iTunes Phone Delayed Again Comment by tomb of the unknown July 2005

Quote: Originally posted by WhiteRabbit In his blog today, Paul Thurrott reported that he heard a rumor from colleges at WinHEC that Apple may switch to an Intel Architecture. "This one's bizarre, but we heard at lunch today that Apple is unha…

in Rumor: Apple switch to Intel arch Comment by tomb of the unknown April 2005

Quote: Originally posted by Henriok [B]Then you obviously haven't read page 8 of The Contract (PDF) where it clearly states that.. I stand corrected. This language also seems to shoot down the idea of PPC (or Cell) "workstations" from IBM.

in Will Apple move to the POWER 5 instead of PPC? Comment by tomb of the unknown January 2005

Quote: Originally posted by Henriok It their contract with Lenovo IBM agreed to not build a competing PC (in a quite broad sense) for at least 5 years. Actually, it jsut gives Lenovo rights to the IBM brand for 5 years. But the point is mo…

in Will Apple move to the POWER 5 instead of PPC? Comment by tomb of the unknown January 2005

Quote: Originally posted by Kabz First off. I have used Macs very very rarely in my life. I have always been a PC guy. My friends all know me as the PC guru. I know where to find this and that, I know how to solve problems, etc. Now I find …

in PC Owner looking to consider Mac...Help needed. Comment by tomb of the unknown January 2005

Quote: Originally posted by Programmer Sorry, what I can't talk about is nothing to do with that article or Apple. It'll be a couple months yet before this is public. It must be "cell" related then.

in Will Apple move to the POWER 5 instead of PPC? Comment by tomb of the unknown December 2004

Quote: Originally posted by wizard69 Now IBM has indicated that they are moving Hypervisor support or something similar into one of the next PPC chips. Really? Got a link for that?

in Will Apple move to the POWER 5 instead of PPC? Comment by tomb of the unknown December 2004

Quote: Originally posted by Programmer Normally I post here freely because I don't know anything about Apple's plans either. Well IBM has just spilled the beans about the next gen cpu in the PPC970 family. Apple will use it, its coming in 200…

in Will Apple move to the POWER 5 instead of PPC? Comment by tomb of the unknown December 2004

Quote: Originally posted by Tidris So, by my way of thinking, a POWER4/POWER5 Mac is very feasible because all it takes is porting OSX to any of the fine IBM POWER5 boxes. All Apple has to do is refrain from suing whoever is doing the porting . …

in Will Apple move to the POWER 5 instead of PPC? Comment by tomb of the unknown December 2004

Quote: Originally posted by Rhumgod You know what happens to journalists who keep their "integrity" even though a court order says they must reveal their sources, right? Off to jail... Worse yet, they could get a warrant and impound their se…

in Apple demands Mac sites reveal sources. Comment by tomb of the unknown December 2004

Quote: Originally posted by Tidris If you run OSX in one of IBM's POWER4 machines, isn't that a POWER4 Mac? Not that I am doing that, I am just asking. Short answer: No. Long answer: Try it some time.

in Will Apple move to the POWER 5 instead of PPC? Comment by tomb of the unknown December 2004

Quote: Originally posted by Amorph I have, over the years, and recently, pooh-poohed any rumors about an "AltiVec 2," so I suppose it's only fitting that I post the first really firm evidence of such a thing (courtesy of [email protected]) and publi…

in AltiVec 2? Comment by tomb of the unknown December 2004

Quote: Originally posted by T'hain Esh Kelch Any info to back this up, or pure speculation? There's a lot of good reasons to roll out a AV2 unit.. Uhmmm, IBM and Apple have both said they have no plans for any major revision to Altivec. Not, …