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|  Web News: It's a Go! Apple drops IBM for Intel
Mac maker announces that all machines will have Intel processors by end of 2007.  | Quote: |  | | | | | | | | | | Apple Computer Inc. said on Monday that it will shift to using Intel Corp. microprocessors in its Macintosh computers, severing its long relationship with International Business Machines Corp., which had supplied chips to Apple.
Apple (down $0.45 to $37.79, Research) said it will begin delivering Macintosh products using Intel (down $0.21 to $27.12, Research) microprocessors by this time next year and will have all of its all flagship Macintosh computers using Intel processors by the end of 2007.
Apple has publicly expressed frustration with IBM (down $0.73 to $75.06, Research) as a supplier in recent quarters. IBM had problems producing enough working versions of its PowerPC 970 chip, which Apple calls the G5. Also, IBM has yet to produce a version of the G5 that consumes less power and would be suitable for use in Apple's laptop personal computers.
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