Assessing Apple, Intel
CNet News.com notes that Intel's Paul Otellini is neither confirming nor denying the Wall Street Journal report that Apple is considering switching to his company's microprocessors in the Macintosh line.
However, Otellini describes it as "the Halley's Comet of rumors...comes around every five years or so," CNet reports. Similarly, Jupiter Research analyst Michael Gartenberg calls it "the never ending rumor that's lived since the mid 90s." He adds, "It wasn't likely then and it's less likely now for Apple's personal computers."
Concurs Leander Kahney on the Cult of Mac blog: "The rumor that Apple is considering Intel chips for the Mac platform is nonsense. Literally. Non-sense. It makes no sense."
Posted by Todd Bishop at May 25, 2005 09:07 AM
