Monday, July 11, 2005

Apples Switch to Intel Chips

Here's an interesting take on Apple's switch to Intel chips. Basically it was all about getting a good volume discount. Apple has a history of jerking around their suppliers and with the iPod there's a new need for chips that boosts Apples demand. Given the broad range of chip requirements Apple should be able to get a good discount from Intel. Plausible. He also mentions a (much rumored) video iPod but describes it as allowing all the media supported by iLife (including music, photos, video) to be portable, which sounds compelling.

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