So what do people do on Christmas eve? Shop for the Apple Macbook on Amazon.com, apparently. The Apple Macbook, specifically the White version with 2.2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Processor, 1 GB RAM, 120 GB Hard Drive, 8x SuperDrive was the best seller. A lot of people were waiting for Leopard before upgrading their Macs, and this was a good time as any.
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Now that we are very close to the year end, Macworld is just around the corner! We still don’t know for sure what Apple has up its sleeve for the annual Apple consumer expo. Here are some interesting tidbits in the Apple world :
- According to AppleInsider, Apple will adopt Intel’s UltraMobile PC (UMPC) platform for new devices. Apple will probably use Intel’s Silverthorne processor for new versions of the iPhone and maybe for the oft-rumoured tablet PC.
- Speaking of the iPhone, how many units have been sold so far? Expect Steve Jobs to announce it in January. With the iPhone selling (fairly) well in the US, UK, Germany and France, 9to5Mac predicts that Apple will announce 5 million units of iPhones sold.
- Who else is interested in using Macs? According to this article from Forbes magazine, the American military is working to integrate Macs into their technology infrastructure. The reason? Security, of course.
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