MacWorld Announcements

[fryke]

machine park was meant as a noun. ... sorry, have to change that. it's a Germanism... What I meant was that _all_ Mac product lines are planned to be intel at the end of 2006.

 

[brianleahy]

Gotcha. That's what I kinda thought, but I wanted to be sure.

 

[Veljo]

No S-Video either, a shorter slightly wider screen (last G4 model was 3:2 [1.5:1], MacBook Pro is 16:10 [1.6:1]), haven't seen anything stating a battery life either.

Yeah, I was looking for some figures but they're not throwing any numbers in the air yet. Strange, but exciting.

 

[Golfer099]

does the iMac no longer include consumer apps like Quicken?

 

[fryke]

I'm not sure, there was no talk about it. Did it include a full version of Quicken? And is that software interesting for non-US customers, too?

 

[kainjow]

MacBook Pro comes with an incredible bundle of Universal applications that run on both Intel- and PowerPC-based Macs:

• iLife ’06
• iWork ’06 Trial
• Front Row
• Photo Booth
• Comic Life
• OmniOutliner

MacBook Pro also includes these applications:

• FileMaker Pro Trial
• QuickBooks for Mac New User Edition
• Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac Test Drive

So I guess no Quicken

 

[fryke]

The software set of iMac/PowerBooks often wasn't exactly the same. (For example, AppleWorks was included with iMacs but not PowerBooks...) So this is certainly no definite answer.

 

[ScottW]

My experience, Quicken was just a demo. But what do I know. ha!

 

[mosx86]

Anybody know if the new MacBook or iMac will target boot?

 

[kainjow]

Not sure. I'm dying to know about the BIOS in these babies and what the possibilties are for dual booting.

 

[mosx86]

Not sure. I'm dying to know about the BIOS in these babies and what the possibilties are for dual booting.

I understand that they're using EFI.

 

[Veljo]

I understand that they're using EFI.

That was my understanding too.

 

[Shookster]

That was my understanding too.

From Wikipedia:

In 2006, Apple shipped their first Intel-based Macintosh computers, and implemented EFI, replacing Open Firmware on their iMac and MacBook Pro models.

 

[kainjow]

From Wikipedia:

Dang they're fast: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacBook_Pro

EFI sounds good. I'm glad it has the shell-like environment that Open Firmware has.