
I was present at Apple's WWDC yesterday and witnessed one of the historical moments in Apple's history, the introduction of their 64-bit platform. Am I impressed? The answer is complicated. I was happy to see Apple moving on and deliver. But I would have expected nothing less from a 4 billion tech company who had the need to catch up with the "other" platform, the 32-bit PC. You all heard by now what's new in yesterday's press releases and news coverings. But here is a wrap up of the first day of the conference and a commentary on what Apple
really announced yesterday, underneath its surrounding distortion field.
"But that's not the system that can beat Intel on price/peformance, is it?"
Steve showed a demo which detailed how the mid-range tower beat the P4 also. Simply take out the Super drive and you have a very cost-concious tower