William Computer Blog

Happy Holiday

I’m going away on holiday until January 7, 2005. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all of you, have a safe holiday.

In 2006, there will be some really cool technologies waiting to be released in 2006. In 2006, Apple will start using Intel processor on Macintosh computers.

I cannot wait for a new PowerBook with Intel processor. Intel Napa/Yonah has been widely expected to be used by Apple in Intel Macs. The Napa platform is using the dual-core processor Yonah, which according to Intel will outperform current laptop by 68% and reduce power consumption by 30%.

During the Macworld SF (Jan 2007) or Apple Worldwide Developer Conference, we might see a preview of the next Mac OS X (10.5, “Leopard”). It is expected to be released at the end of 2006, or beginning of 2007. It will support both Intel and PowerPC Macintosh computers.

Sony Playstation 3, the next generation gaming console from SONY will also be released in 2006 to compete with Microsoft’s XBOX 360. I wonder how cool this device would be?

Microsoft Windows Vista is coming out in July 2006 and hopefully without anymore delays. Windows Vista includes a lot of features that will not run on my old wintel PC.

Once again, happy holiday and looking forward to 2006. It’s going to be a great year.

• December 25, 2005