Apple products based on Intel CPU's are announced.
For now only MacBook Pro Apple claims that it
is 4 times faster from previous models.
Technical specsifications:
15.4-inch widescreen display
1.67 or 1.83GHz Intel Core Duo
667MHz frontside bus and main memory
PCI Express architecture
Up to 120GB Serial ATA hard drive
ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 with up to 256MB memory on
16-lane PCI Express
ExpressCard/34 slot
Dual-link DVI, VGA adapter included
One FireWire 400 port, two USB 2.0 ports
Optical digital and analog audio I/O, built-in microphone
and stereo speakers
Slot-loading SuperDrive
Illuminated keyboard, Scrolling TrackPad
Built-in AirPort Extreme (802.11g), Bluetooth 2.0+EDR, and
Gigabit Ethernet
Mac OS X Tiger with iLife ’06 featuring iWeb,
iWork ’06 trial, and more
Get the big picture with a 17- or 20-inch widescreen
flat-panel display
Play fast with PCI-Express ATI Radeon X1600 graphics
processor
See and be seen with built-in iSight camera and iChat AV5
Enjoy truly personal theater with Front Row and Apple Remote
Burn DVDs or CDs with 8x SuperDrive
Banish clutter with built-in wireless
Connect your digital life with three USB 2.0 ports and two
FireWire 400 ports
Extend your desktop on your TV, display or projector with
optional adapters
Click, squeeze and scroll Mighty Mouse
Connect to a Windows network
Organize and share music, movies and photos with iLife
’06 featuring iWeb
Enjoy Mac OS X Tiger, the world’s most advanced
operating system
and price fron $1299.00
USB
USB is more and more popular and if you are still with ISA bus only see
this
Simtec evaluation board may be for you. Unfortunatlly it cames only
with Linux driver..
RFID killer
Lot of companies plan to implement RFID to stop theft, but other side
is working too. For more info
