Apple to deliver first Intel-based Macs in June 2006…without processors
Just last week Apple's Steve Jobs proclaimed that they are right on target for a June 2006 delivery of their first Intel-based Macs. However, as the Inquirer reports, these new Macs are rumored to run on Intel's dual-core Woodcrest and ultra-low-power-consuming Merom processors which aren't expected to drop until the third quarter of 2006. Their sources say that Steve's attempt to strong-arm Intel into an early delivery just ain't flying in a global PC market dominated by the boys-in-beige. Sure, Apple could just opt for the lesser Yonah processor expected to drop in January but we sure hope they don't. And maybe, just maybe they won't have to if there is any truth to those rumors about Apple developing consumer devices based-on Intel's DRM chips — you know, that oft speculated set-top digital hub hooked into the iTunes Movie Store. If they can convince Intel of their ability to dominate the home entertainment center like they have mobile digital music, then they have beaucoup leverage indeed.
