ATI, yesterday, publicly accepted full responsibility for letting the cat out of the bag on some new Mac releases just before Jobs' MacWorld Expo keynote speech, NWFusion News reports. Though the incident did not strengthen ties between Apple and ATI, the two companies have been having discussions about their relationship since the fiasco. It would seem that little will change regarding ATI's stance as the main (or only) graphics hardware supplier to Apple...and Radeon should arrive very shortly still...which is very good news.
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