Apple MID via Intel ((iBook 2.0 featuring a second eInk screen ??))
The title is not even a rumor, but a very vague idea of mine where Apple's MacBook / iBook could be headed in the next 12-24 months...
Intel Viiv is almost gone, another ((rather dull)) acronym is in: Intel MID. I wonder hope Apple will fit into these plans..
Instead, Intel will use a modified version of the brand on entertainment-oriented personal computers that use its dual-processor chips. They will be labeled Intel Core 2 with Viiv technology, said Jeffrey McCrea, a vice president in Intel's digital-home group.
Intel still has big plans for this year's CES show in early January. Among other things, it is trying to spur creation of a category of products it calls MIDs, for mobile Internet devices.
Source: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119766800257230083.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
Macworld 2008 will for sure be interesting.
Personally, I'm still waiting for Apple's answer to the Amazon Kindle, ie. a notebook or subnotebook with an external/second eINk screen...
http://www.mac-essentials.de/index.php/mac/article/19414/
and a more detailed description of the most interesting feature...
One side features a screen made of material devised by E Ink, one of the recipients of investment by Intel Capital. It can display a picture, the calendar, or your schedule for the day.
Source: http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/may2007/tc20070523_272039.htm
As for the name ? Apple iBook of course ((in my armchair dreams)), Apple has already registered and used the name in the past :)
Summary: iBook 2.0 coming in 2008 ((again in my armchair dreams)). An Apple version of the Amazon Kindle, even if it would arrive, Macworld 2008 is probably too early...
