At Intel's booth, not far from the white boy dance station, they have a wall showing off their Core 2 Duo line of supported laptops. There are quite a few manufacturers here...but no Macbooks to be found.

We checked with a few reps regarding Apple's absence, giving that Apple and Intel have been hooking up pretty seriously for a while now, and gloating about it to everyone who doesn't have a date to the prom. What did the reps have to tell us?

Rep 1: He was confused as well, mentioning that he had asked a higher up who hadn't given him any explanation.

Rep 2: Apple wouldn't allow Intel to use their products. While they could show an Intel Mac at their retailer's luncheon, Apple would not allow anything in the Intel booth.

Classy. –Mark Wilson

Photo by: Curtis Walker.

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