Apple News: iMac on MacWorld, SteveJack on FrontRow; Lemming on predictions; Hannibal asks why

The new iMac G5 serves as a digital entertainment hub, according to MacWorld, and it covers what's new under the hood of the slimmer, new iMac. The latest iMacs sport faster processors, new internal components, two new softwares, a built-in iSight, and an infrared remote control to use with one of the new software.

After the introduction, MacWorld then benchmarks this new PC and reveals that even though the newer iMacs have a slower processor than its predecessor, it does better in most benchmarking tests thanks to newer components like a faster memory and better performing graphics.

MacWorld will publish a review on the new iMacs soon.

SteveJack of MacDailyNews tested Apple's latest media software, FrontRow, for over a week and finds it as a deceptively simple application, and that's where FrontRow's strength lies: it's simplicity. What are Apple's plans for the future of the digital hub?

The Great Lemming tries to predict the future of Apple. Among his predictions are: a PDA-like iPod device; 19-inch 'books, multi-card readers and iPod docks on Macs, and 45-inch Appe displays. Ummmm... I don't think so.

Hannibal of Ars Technica asks why, with the new PowerPC chips available, did Apple ever made the switch to Intel? Hannibal thinks that it was impossibe for Apple not to have known the jaw dropping PowerPC chips from P.A. Semi (the developer of the chip). Ultimately, he surmises that Apple has decided that the Mac computers are no longer the foundation of Apple will build its future on.

Not-Apple news
Microsoft threatens South Korea that they will withdraw Windows if South Korea's fair trade commission forces them to remove Window's built-in instant messaging system and media player. Will the world see a significant jump in productivity in South Korea?