Apple set to announce Conroe plans on August 7?

[Bob Crabtree]

It's an open secret that Apple's been awaiting the arrival of Intel's Conroe processor family to add back some sparkle to its range-leading desktop Macs.

But when will we know exactly what Apple's going to be doing with Conroe and top-end desktop Macs?

Well, the clever money has to be on the first day of the 2006 Worldwide Developers Conference. The event was recently put back two months and re-scheduled to run between August 7 and 11.

The timing, though not ideal, would allow Apple to include such announcements, rather than being held to an embargo by Conroe's late-June launch and not unveil them at an earlier WDC.

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[darrensen]

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This is good news for me.

I'm caught in the middle at the moment as i really would like to switch to OSX but at the same time i play Flight Simulator and the new Flight Sim "X" needs a powerful machine to run full rates on.

With the Apple intel desktop coming out, i'll be able to run OSX as my main operating system and then switch to XP/Vista for gaming.

Can't wait!