Macintosh Highlights From Around the Web

Computerworld - Looking for the latest in Mac news around the Web? Then from now on you'll want to check out our Mac Blogs, which have taken the place of this particular collection of Apple-related tidbits, news and insights. Best of all it's not just me ponticating. You can weigh in with your own comments.

Maybe we should call him Jonathan IveDesign How can I tell that Jonathan Ive indeed deserves the top design award from the Design and Art Direction (D&AD) group in the U.K.? Maybe it's the way people come over to my desk and ooooh and aaaah over the latest iMac G5 I'm reviewing. Or the way they did the same thing when I had a Mac mini. Or the look and feel of my own 20-inch Apple Cinema Display or my iPod mini. You get the picture.
In case you hadn't heard, Ive -- Apple's head of industrial design -- was given the group's President's Award last night in London. Apple itself also won three design awards for its line of Cinema Displays, its fourth generation iPod and the latest iteration of the iPod mini. According to this story in MacWorld UK, Apple CEO Steve Jobs climbed up on stage to congratulate Ive and praise his work.

Intel inside? I don't buy it. Doesn't this come up about once every year or so? Rumors begin to swirl that Apple is going to jump to Intel chips because it's fed cup/angry/annoyed at the slow pace of development by Motorola/IBM of the G4/G5/G-whatever processors it uses (see story). Experts weigh in saying the idea is intriguing, but it would mean porting Mac OS X (and all the apps that run on it) to a new architecture, so it'll never happen (see story). Mac fans gnash their teeth in horror, or chortle at the prospect of a whole new hardware world for Mac OS X. Well, here we are again.
Yesterday, the Wall Street Journal reported that Apple and Intel are in talks. Experts weighed in, fans gnashed teeth and nothing changed. I suppose it's possible that as soon as I finish writing this post that Apple CEO Steve Jobs will surprise everyone with the New Power Mac Pentium Edition. But I doubt it.

Blow out four candles, then buy something. My, my four years goes by quickly. In case you don't have your iCal marked for today, this is the fourth anniversary of the opening of Apple's first retail store. Quick quiz: Which one came first? (Answer below.)
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