Analysts Predict Intel PowerBook In January
by , 11:00 AM EST, November 30th, 2005
A PowerBook based on an Intel chip may be announced as early as January, according to a Reuters article. Citigroup analyst, Richard Gardner, thinks that Apple may be planning to release new PowerBooks during the Macworld Expo in January.
Mr. Gardner noted "We are becoming more convinced that Apple will introduce its first Intel-based PowerBook at Macworld San Francisco."
Macworld Expo runs from January 9 through January 13, 2006, at the Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco.
Citigroup is speculating that Apple will release Intel-based PowerBooks ahead of schedule to help minimize the risk of building up a surplus of the current models as users hold off purchases in anticipation of the new models.
Mr. Gardner raised his revenue estimate for this quarter from US$4.8 billion to $5.5 billion, and bumped up his earnings estimate from $0.47 to $0.60. His revenue forecast for 2006 has also been raised from $17.6 billion to $20.4 billion, with an earnings estimate of $2.16 a share, up from $1.72.
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Observer Comments
I would think that a powerbook first would make more sense to differentiate the two lines. RIght now they are so close, it is basically feature sets and casing that keeps them apart. Power book users need to be rewarded for waiting so long. A simultaneous release would be an ideal one-two punch, but is unrealistic I would think unless they want to truly compete fully against all the other manufacturers who will be releasing varieties of laptops with the same chips. I guess this situation has never happened to Apple before (sharing a predominant component) so it's hard to tell how they will react.
Wed Nov 30, 2005 9:18 pm Subject: Before they release an Intel PowerBook,
there needs to be a few Pro apps available to run natively on this chip. When it comes to changing Pro hardware, Apple is fairly conservative, as it should be. It's an unnecessary risk to create a negative impression on the new machine if the software isnt quite up to par
My bet is we'll see the mini and iBook be the first Intel-based machines at MWSF. Besides, it's Apple's own line that the Pro machines will be updated in 2007 and that the consumer lines will be the first to be moved. Why should that have changed ? Unless Rosetta is sooo efficient
Also, it makes sense to let the consumer machines be the ones on which to work out the early bugs
I'm ready and willing to get an Intel mini in January
if you remember when jobs announced the intel switch, mac apps have been intel-ready since the incarnation of osx. This could possibly be why aperture came about, so apple doesn't have to wait for adobe to please the professional photographers when the new Macintels come out.
With that in mind, I don't think there will be a pro-macintel until adobe is ready with its creative suite. Until then we can still get all the mac apps on intel with no rosetta needed - pages, keynote, FCP, DVD SP, Motion, Aperture, Mail, Safari, iPhoto, etc.
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