[BizMac]

The facts:

Santa Rosa, the next generation mobile platform from Intel, will feature Merom 2 processors, the Crestline motherboard chipset, and will feature 802.11n even if this month we learnt that final ratification of the 802.11n wireless networking protocol wouldn't likely come until 2008. Santa Rosa will probably be released in Q1 2007.

In January Microsoft will release Vista to convert all customers to its operating system.

Apple will release Leopard during Q1 2007.

Apple will probably release only some hardware updates during the end of the year.
According to the analysts, no major innovation will be revealed. MacBooks processor upgrades, Screen or iSight updates, iPod larger capacity, Mini processor upgrade, Zune competition unlikely, end of year dominated by console war...

Apple is filling a lot of interesting patents but no rumors on new releases, why?

The Speculation
Remember this 24th of January when the Macintosh was introduced (Macintosh 1984 SuperBowl). Considering the facts, why not speculating on a new 24th. Larger. Bigger. Apple Big Bang!

On January 24th Apple will introduce the Mac and you'll see why 2007 won't be like 2007 (eg. Vista domination...)

Apple Big Bang
Steve alone presents this 24th of January keynote
Act 1: Apple Partners release universal Pro Apps
Act 2: Intel delivers its Santa Rosa platform (providing the solid platform for next acts)
Act 3: Apple unveils the real video iPod (we all dream of, non touchscreen)
Act 4: Apple unveils the iPhone (we all want one) and iNewton (yes the iPhone for the Pros)
Act 5: Apple unveils the Mac (perfect combination of an independent MacTablet with an independent MacMedia center server in a combined G4 iMac style) and the MacGame (improve station for gamers)
Act 6: Apple reveals new form factors for MacBooks Pro, Mac Pro, iMac, Mac Mini (intel transition completed now lets see the real new Macs...particularly bringing back the Cube (MacMaxi)! and multi input touch screen, useful for the integrated Google map in the OS)
Act 7: Apple presents iOffice the future killing office suite of MS Office (particularly an Excel competitor including easy scripting features for Pros)
Act 8: Apple unveils the new .Mac, with Google, providing new live features of Leopard (iOffice, iLife sync, TimeMachine) competing with Live of Microsoft and introduces its Video store in collaboration with Google...
Act 9: Apple releases Leopard (with new GUI based on Core3D, resolution independent for MacTablet and iPhone, boot camp Ubuntu Vista ready without rebooting, iLife 2007, TimeMachine, Spaces, and iChat conference room 10 video users)
Act 10: Apple releases MacTV (improved monitors receiving TV, touchscreen, and new ads between the PC and the Mac guys)
.....10 acts, this Keynote is really long (2 hours) but there is an "encore", one more emotional thing "Steve Jobs announces his plan for transition, time to retire in his Big Apple Box"

Results: Complete user satisfaction (except for Steve retirement), Leopard kills Vista in customers mind. Ipod kills competition. The Mac (with the MacTablet) increase switch. A Big Bang, a huge date for Apple and its future...
Think Big Bang?

[scratt]

Pass the crack pipe bra...

[PB PM]

That is about as likely as the entire universe getting sucked into a black-hole in the next ten minutes.

[scratt]

Originally Posted by PB PM ..the entire universe getting sucked into a black-hole in the next ten minutes.

Nah! That will never happ

[AWR]

[709]

Crack pipe or not, that's one of the most beautifully formatted posts I've ever seen.

I think I'm going to start underlining everything.

[scratt]

Crack does that to you.. Makes you very precise and quite obsessive like that..

[Dutch Pear]

Wow, although your scenario is the most unlikely i've read in a long time,
you really did get me feeling incredibly warm and fuzzy
Keep dreaming man, and keep us informed

[macleod]

I have to agree that your prediction is rather unlikely; however, some of it is possible. I do think they will release an iPhone at some point, the full screen iPod, and a redesign of the computers or at least a big update to most models. I don't know if a MacTablet will ever be made though. I just don't see a huge demand for one, but maybe that is just me. iOffice would be nice, but they already have iWork so why not just keep making that a better application suite. Also, .Mac collaboration with google would be pretty cool. I don't know what they would do but I am sure they could think of some great features!
All of that being announced at once would be complete chaos! It would be fun and exciting though!

[Bryson]

I'll take an ounce of whatever BizMac is smoking. That's some good shit.

[Baron Munchausen]

There is a tautological inexactitude in your post.

Originally Posted by BizMac The facts: : In January Microsoft will release Vista to convert all customers to its operating system.

[Fahrenheit]

That would be a good keynote. Apple stocks raise by, oh, 40%.

Its never going to happen though. In fact, releasing that much at once would be overwhelming for both the store, and the customers, and sales would suffer because there is too much to get to grips with.

[FFL]

In a surprise move, Steve calls William Hung up on stage, to sing a special version of his world-famous rendition of "She Bangs", entitled "Big Bang".

Jobs announces to wild cheering that it will be available for a limited time as an iTMS download.


Oh, and....

[Unbeliever]

Originally Posted by BizMac On January 24th Apple will introduce the Mac and you'll see why 2007 won't be like 2007 (eg. Vista domination...)

I'm sorry but that makes NO sense whatsoever

1984 ad had a story behind it but 2007? There are better chances of Britney Spears replacing Steve than what you have suggested.

Now pass that sh1t you've been smoking

[Ghost2]

Originally Posted by scratt Nah! That will never happ

That's what they all think.

Originally Posted by scratt Crack does that to you.. Makes you very precise and quite obsessive like that..

Not the way I use it.

[Robo]

What was that rule in the posting guidelines about "baseless speculation"?

Originally Posted by BizMac The facts: Santa Rosa, the next generation mobile platform from Intel, will feature Merom 2 processors, the Crestline motherboard chipset, and will feature 802.11n even if this month we learnt that final ratification of the 802.11n wireless networking protocol wouldn't likely come until 2008. Santa Rosa will probably be released in Q1 2007.

I wasn't aware that there was a Merom 2. Did you mean Core 2? I mean, I'm sure there's a successor to Merom in the works, but it wouldn't be called Merom 2...it would get a new codename. Merom wasn't called Yonah 2.

[Robo]

Originally Posted by Unbeliever I'm sorry but that makes NO sense whatsoever 1984 ad had a story behind it but 2007? There are better chances of Britney Spears replacing Steve than what you have suggested. Now pass that sh1t you've been smoking

It'd make sense in 2009, perhaps (25th birthday of the Mac) but 2007? Not a chance.

[chucker]

Originally Posted by Roboman I wasn't aware that there was a Merom 2. Did you mean Core 2? I mean, I'm sure there's a successor to Merom in the works, but it wouldn't be called Merom 2...it would get a new codename. Merom wasn't called Yonah 2.

He means Santa Rosa-based Merom, with 800 MHz FSB instead of 667 MHz.

[Partial]

Originally Posted by Roboman What was that rule in the posting guidelines about "baseless speculation"? I wasn't aware that there was a Merom 2. Did you mean Core 2? I mean, I'm sure there's a successor to Merom in the works, but it wouldn't be called Merom 2...it would get a new codename. Merom wasn't called Yonah 2.

Well, Peryn is the successor to Merom. It is the same chip as Merom, except shrunk down from 65nm to 45nm. In addition to this, the low-end model will have 3MB l2 cache, and the high end 6MB instead of 4MB. It is due in the 2nd half of 2007, my guess is about 9 months from now. Since Core duo jumped to core 2 duo, I wonder if such a simple refinement will lead to yet another name change?

edit - I read your post wrong robo. My bad.

[chucker]

I'm fairly sure he means Merom-800, not Penryn.

[Partial]

Originally Posted by chucker I'm fairly sure he means Merom-800, not Penryn.

I think I am missing something.

[chucker]

Originally Posted by tensdanny38 I think I am missing something.

What's that?

[spikeh]

Originally Posted by tensdanny38 I think I am missing something.

I'm authorised to speak on behalf of your brain. You may pick what you are missing from the following:

A Bionic Arm
Ashley Cole, Arsenal & England full-back
One of the 14.9 million pages indexed by Google featuring the sentence "a rat of some kind"

Choose wisely.

[jouster]

Originally Posted by Roboman It'd make sense in 2009, perhaps (25th birthday of the Mac) but 2007? Not a chance.

I think the response to the 2004 anniversary shows that Apple could care less about anniversaries in general. Stuff'll happen when it happens.

[Robo]

Originally Posted by jouster I think the response to the 2004 anniversary shows that Apple could care less about anniversaries in general. Stuff'll happen when it happens.

Or Apple's 30th anniverary this year.

I didn't say Apple would do a flashback Superbowl ad. I merely said it would make infinitely more sense in 2009 than in 2007.

[ZachPruckowski]

Originally Posted by spikeh I'm authorised to speak on behalf of your brain. You may pick what you are missing from the following: A Bionic Arm Ashley Cole, Arsenal & England full-back One of the 14.9 million pages indexed by Google featuring the sentence "a rat of some kind" Choose wisely.

That made my life. Forever.

[Fooboy]

Not a bad stab at it ...

[Bryson]

Lets have a look then....

Steve alone presents this 24th of January keynote Act 1: Apple Partners release universal Pro Apps

Yeah...sort of.

Act 2: Intel delivers its Santa Rosa platform (providing the solid platform for next acts)

Uh-huh.

Act 3: Apple unveils the real video iPod (we all dream of, non touchscreen)

Not an iPod as such, but Touchscreen. So, no.

Act 4: Apple unveils the iPhone (we all want one) and iNewton (yes the iPhone for the Pros)

Well, many would say the iPhone is the "pro" product you describe, so yeah, near enough.

Act 5: Apple unveils the Mac (perfect combination of an independent MacTablet with an independent MacMedia center server in a combined G4 iMac style) and the MacGame (improve station for gamers)

Nope

Act 6: Apple reveals new form factors for MacBooks Pro, Mac Pro, iMac, Mac Mini (intel transition completed now lets see the real new Macs...particularly bringing back the Cube (MacMaxi)! and multi input touch screen, useful for the integrated Google map in the OS)

Nope.

Act 7: Apple presents iOffice the future killing office suite of MS Office (particularly an Excel competitor including easy scripting features for Pros)

Not yet. I live in hope.

Act 8: Apple unveils the new .Mac, with Google, providing new live features of Leopard (iOffice, iLife sync, TimeMachine) competing with Live of Microsoft and introduces its Video store in collaboration with Google...

Sadly not.

Act 9: Apple releases Leopard (with new GUI based on Core3D, resolution independent for MacTablet and iPhone, boot camp Ubuntu Vista ready without rebooting, iLife 2007, TimeMachine, Spaces, and iChat conference room 10 video users)

Not yet!

Act 10: Apple releases MacTV (improved monitors receiving TV, touchscreen, and new ads between the PC and the Mac guys)

Sort of. Well, no monitor/touchscreen, but still, pretty close.

.....10 acts, this Keynote is really long (2 hours) but there is an "encore", one more emotional thing "Steve Jobs announces his plan for transition, time to retire in his Big Apple Box"

Ummm...no.

I'm scoring that as 4/10. See me.

[turbulentfurball]

Holy crap! This thread is nearly a year old!? It feels like I read it last week or something

The most likely predictions came true I guess, but some of those ideas were just a little too wacky.

[MagSafe]

Just read all that, and the replies and then discovered its over a year old!

Well done! Those were some really good predictions!

I'd say for the people that are saying the original poster got some things wrong ... they probably just haven't happened yet.