Well, they are here: Intel Based Apple Laptops.
They feature:

• Intel Core Duo (Dual Core CPUs)
• 667MHz frontside bus
• Serial ATA hard drive
• SuperDrive (DVD±RW/CD-RW)
• Built-in iSight Camera
• Cool looking MagSafe power connector
• The same stupid piece of sh*t one button track pad

Oh yeah, and a price only a Mac fan could love. Me wantee, but me not wantee that bad for Apple first gen hardware.

Can be found here.

Steve Jobs is on stage at the WWDC right now with Intel CEO Paul Otenllini. Jobs is demoing all of the new Tiger features, etc. on an Intel based Mac… some highlights include a port of Mathematica and the fact that every Mac OSX update for the past five years has been compiled and compatible with Intel processors.
There you have it… For more updates, check out The Mac Observer’s Live Coverage.

Calling all Mac users… you know you’re out there… 🙂 I need some advice. Two things, really:

1. Do I sell my G4 and get a Mac Mini? I have a dual 800MHz G4. I do love it, but damn is it big. And I have a tiny condo and a tiny office. My PC is a Shuttle, so you know I love the small. I used to do video editing on the G4… but now I have a G5 at work, and well, with school, I barely have time to do much else.

If I sell the G4, I could offset the cost of a sweet little mini that would look great on my desk, and use my existing monitor, etc. However, I would like to occasionally run Final Cut Pro and DVD Studio Pro on it. What do you think?

2. Does anyone know of a good KVM switch for USB devices?
Okay, not necessarily Mac specific. But I have a USB Keyboard and a USB mouse that I would like to use for both my Mac and my PC. Most of the KVM switches I’ve seen are for PS/2 devices. I have found a few, but none that look, well, very good. Any pointers?

Apple Introduced a Dual 2.5GHz G5 today. Liquid Cooled. How drool worthy is that?!

Now that I’m using my Mac more and more (Thank god for OS X!) I’m trying to find decent replacements for the applications I actually use regularly under windows.

One of those apps is Trillian, which is an Instant Messaging (IM) client that supports multiple connection protocols (AIM, ICQ, Yahoo, MSN, and Jabber). Trillian’s not perfect, but I have some friends that use AIM, some that use Yahoo, and some that use ICQ, and Trillian allows me to run one client and chat with them all.

So far, I’ve found Proteus and Fire for OS X, but I’ve read both are shakey… I guess I’ll find out. What I really wish is that the fine folks at Cerulean (who make Trillian) would see fit to do an OS X port. That would be sweet.

Okay, I love my Mac. It’s actually not even my primary machine, my laptop (PC) is due to some software issues for client compatibility. However, ever since I bought a Mac two years ago, I’ve been singing the praises of the Mac to anyone who’ll listen. OS X is a fantastic operating system, no doubt about it. Final Cut Pro is simply amazing, and I hope it gives Avid the slow and painful death they deserve. DVD Studio Pro 2 is an amazing piece of software too. I think Apple is back, baybee…

However, when I bought my Mac, it came with OS X 10.0, which was useless and buggy as all get out. With 10.1 we saw major improvements, and I was satisfied. But then Jaguar came out. I’d owned 10.1 less then a year, and now I was forced to pay $130 for the “ugrade”. I was pissed then, and I’m pissed now.

Yes, Jaguar was full of great features, and I love it as an OS. But not having an upgrade price for users who’ve owned the software less than a year is just plain insulting. I suppose it’s not surprising, coming from a Steve Jobs Apple, but Microsoft has more respect for users at this point! Here we are, another year later, and another $130 full price OS upgrade. For a .1 release. I read the reviews, I know Panther offers some cool new features, but once again, Apple is telling me “As a loyal Apple Customer, who purchases upgrades for our advanced software, like FCP and DVDSP, we think you should bend over and take it on our OS.” This is getting ridiculous. So I’m not upgrading. Apple can bite my shiny metal ass.