Apple said to be prepping AMD notebooks

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Apple's MacBooks may be destined to follow in the footsteps of Dell's Inspirons. According to DigiTimes, Taiwan's passive component makers have received orders for a significant number of 22?F ceramic capacitors intended for use in an unnamed AMD-based Apple notebook. Said notebook supposedly requires around 70 such capacitors, although the manufacturers didn't leak out any other details or specifications.
Nevertheless, Apple releasing an AMD-based notebook would fit with statements made by AMD CEO Hector Ruiz at a dinner in San Francisco two months ago. Ruiz stated that Apple wouldn't want to remain a "hostage" to Intel like other companies had previously been, and that it would eventually use both AMD and Intel processors. Cheap AMD mobile chips might also allow Apple to better compete against the flurry of sub-$700 notebooks that have popped up lately, although Apple hasn't always competed in lower price segments.
by Cyril Kowaliski - 09:43 am, November 16, 2006

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That would certainly be a sensible move on Apples part, I have always thought that AMD offer extremely good value with their pricing. If you are building a PC most people end up going down the AMD route because of their bang for buck value. In fact it is only since the core duos have appeared, that Intel have made a recovery in this sector. If OSX were to fully support AMD processors, now that really would create some new possibilities in the hackintosh community! I look forward to that day.

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I think the move of Apple towards AMD means better GPU for midpriced notebook like the Macbooks because AMD already owned ATI. Gamers..... wait and see ;D

By the way I already bought my new 2.0 Ghz Core 2 Duo Macbook with 2 GB RAM. So far so good. I miss my MDD