Here’s what’s coming…..a 8 Core MacPro. Apple will quickly put 2 4 core intel chips in the Mac Pro.

Hey Kevin,

Being a Mac fanboy, this was a big day. I actually purchased a base model MacBook nearly 2 weeks ago from the local Apple store. I saw the announcement about the upgrade and called to confirm my local Apple store had them in stock. I deleted all my stuff from the less-than-2-week-old MacBook and returned it for a new C2D one. Yay!!! Better, I found out that for about $100 more than the $1199 I paid for the old base model with 1GB RAM, I could get the mid-level. I’m very pleased that for once I was on the right side of the upgrade crapshoot. This was a great computer even before the upgrade. I think you’ll be really happy with a MacBook if you go that route. I just encountered one hiccup. I tried to transfer my HD image of my parallels install to the new MacBook and it wants me to reactivate Windows (I guess it noticed that new C2D process…oops!).

After 8 years Apple should have gotten over the trauma of the Newton. Now that they have refreshed their existing computers with chips that can be put in a small form factor without starting a fire, and now that they have honed their skills at making small devices like the ipod, it is time for a device that everyone recognizes islate.