Rumor: Apple portables get aluminum makeover and custom chipsets

Posted July 29th, 2008 by Warren

I’d be lying if I said I don’t get excited about Apple hardware rumors. However, this one seems to be too good to be true, check below. I’m in the market for a new computer. I’ve settled on the 24″ iMac 3.06. I’ll be selling my homemade PC, and it will be the first time I have a completely PC free household. Currently my PC is pretty much nothing more than a gaming rig. Although, these days my gaming has been cut to a minimum. WoW is pretty much the only game I play, and even that is a casual activity when time permits.

The iMac 3.06ghz is plenty for casual gaming with a 8800GS 512MB video card. However, these rumors make me want to wait for the next update. The last iMac I purchased for my wife ended up becoming obsolete 6 weeks after its release due to the switch to Intel. Im not looking for a repeat.

At the conference call for Apple’s third quarter earnings, repeated mention was made about a “future product transition” that would impact margins for the current quarter. What was not mentioned was the immediate impact it would have on Apple rumors. Rumors of price cuts, iTablets, MacBook touches, and more have resounded across the Internet tubes and into the cocked ears of Apple fans everywhere. The latest comes from Computerworld and Seth Weintraub, whose summation of “insiders” talk for the MacBook includes:

Thinner, rounded design
Glass trackpad—no, seriously
Aluminum case
Late September release
And those are the serious rumors. He also speculates about the Pro laptops, talking crazy about the MacBook Air using Intel’s Atom, and the rumored MacBook Pros using Intel chipsets. Centrino 2 and Montevina in Apple laptops, how crazy would that be?

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