Apple: nuovo OS (Panther) e nuovi processori (G5 a 64 bit)

I nuovi computer dotati di processore G5 (IBM) a 64 bit vengono definiti da Apple "i più veloci al mondo", superiori anche ai sistemi Xeon dual-processor di Intel.



Secondo Apple i portatili PowerBook continueranno a essere equipaggiati con i "vecchi" processori G4 di Motorola ancora per molto tempo:

"Motorola is huge for us, our partnership with Motorola is not going away, G4s are in every other part of our product line. As you can see, (the G5) is not going in a PowerBook anytime soon. Motorola remains very important to us, but IBM is the one that can take us to the next level."

Contestualmente Apple ha presentato il nuovo Mac OS X Panther, caratterizzato da circa 100 nuove features che vanno da un rinnovato Finder al software di videoconferenza con iChat AV.

"One feature that created a buzz from show attendees was Exposé, which allows users to view all open windows and choose any one of them to be on top; Exposé also unshuffles overlapping windows into an organized view.



There are a lot of big deals in Panther: The Finder, iChat AV and Exposé are just a few, Exposé could be the most innovative advance in the graphical interface since the Mac was created."

Links:

• articolo su Yahoo! News
• Wired intervista il designer dei nuovi Apple G5.