[hmurchison]

Wishlist 2009

1. Apple consumer apps- iLife 09 with big improvements to iMovie and iWeb. iWork 09 with big improvements to Numbers and Pages. Bento 2.5 for database needs.

2. Snow Leopard- The main feature is speed and stability.

3. iPhone Rev 4- Faster faster faster 3D speed, Wifi speed, ehanced Bluetooth, 32MB option

4. Apple Netbook- Touch interface with removable qwerty keyboard. Runs full Mac Snow Leopard. Can function as a tablet. Uses same hardware as new Apple TV ARM Cortex and PowerVR graphics

5. MobileMe updates- FAST iDisk, back end improvements and addition of online version of Pages.

6. Apple TV- $149-200 new guts make it generate less heat.

7. Apple Storage device- Like Drobo. 4 bays. Pooled storage, remote access with Airport Extreme or Time Capsule sitting on top.

8. Larger iPod - Bigger screen and wider body for Nano. iPod Touch 64GB

9. iTunes 8.5 (Cocoa)- With shared library support (meaning your iTunes, iLife library could sit on the Apple storage device and be shared with all the other networked clients..macs, pcs, iphones, Apple TV

10. Apple Biz Apps- Apple Remote Desktop 4 and introducing Apple PDF Professional- Apple's business grade PDF app with every feature a biz needs to establish a PDF workflow, Bates Stamping, OCR, Dig Sig, Spotlight searching, Tagging, annotation,
encryption, watched folders with Automator Actions. $199

11. Apple Pro apps (media) - Final Cut Studio3, Aperture 3, Phenomenon (Shake replacement), Logic Studio 8.5

12. Apple LED Display- ACD 20" and 30" with Mini-DisplayPort.


That would make it quite the bang up year for me.

[Mac Donald]

Originally Posted by hmurchison Wishlist 2009 , , , 3. iPhone Rev 4[/b]- [i]Faster faster faster 3D speed, Wifi speed, ehanced Bluetooth, 32MB option

32 whole mega-bytes?!!!! No way that can happen.

[PB PM]

Considering we haven't seen iPhone rev 3... rev 4 is a way off yet, I would think.

[hmurchison]

Originally Posted by PB PM Considering we haven't seen iPhone rev 3... rev 4 is a way off yet, I would think.

D'oh !

That's true. Well then for Rev 4

AMOLED screen.
Cortex A9 multicore processor
1080p output
Bluetooth 3.0
128GB

[nikstar101]

In 2009 i would like:

1) New Mac Pros with i7 (or what ever they are call) chips
2) New Matte Cinema Displays
3) iPhone syncing without the need to use iTunes, it should be done through the system.
4) The removal of iPhoto startup when you connect your iPhone with new photos (that really bugs me).
5) Blu-Ray options on Mac Pros
6) And Media streaming capabilities with Time Capsule

[chucker]

Originally Posted by nikstar101 4) The removal of iPhoto startup when you connect your iPhone with new photos (that really bugs me).

I don't have an iPhone, but I would assume this can be configured just the same as with any other camera:

• Launch Image Capture
• Go to Image Capture → Preferences
• Set When a camera is connected, open: to No application
• Buy me a gift

[nikstar101]

Originally Posted by chucker I don't have an iPhone, but I would assume this can be configured just the same as with any other camera: Launch Image Capture Go to Image Capture → Preferences Set When a camera is connected, open: to No application Buy me a gift

Thank you!!!

Check No. 4 of the list

[hmurchison]

Originally Posted by nikstar101 In 2009 i would like: 1) New Mac Pros with i7 (or what ever they are call) chips 2) New Matte Cinema Displays 3) iPhone syncing without the need to use iTunes, it should be done through the system. 4) The removal of iPhoto startup when you connect your iPhone with new photos (that really bugs me). 5) Blu-Ray options on Mac Pros 6) And Media streaming capabilities with Time Capsule

Hell in farting around with my Apple Time Capsule Extweeem fantasty I found out that the Time Capsule uses the
same Marvell ARM based SoC that you'll find in NAS from QNAP (T-409) and Synology DS207+. This means it has a lot
more power (assuming the clockrate is the same on the chip) than I had expected. I'd love to see streaming coming from
a Time Capsule because I'm getting an Apple TV in 2009 and my monthly entertainment bill is going bye bye.

The Mac Pros should be supporting Blu-ray. I've heard enough complaints coming from the Wedding Videography cartels LOL.

Originally Posted by chucker I don't have an iPhone, but I would assume this can be configured just the same as with any other camera: Buy me a gift

Chucker ...resident AN Apple Genius.

[mactoids]

Originally Posted by nikstar101 In 2009 i would like: 1) New Mac Pros with i7 (or what ever they are call) chips

As long as we're wishing for all of 2009 - let's include iMacs with Core i7, too!

[dmegatool]

• Mail is hiding at startup (Snow Leopard that is)

[Moogs]

1. Nehalem (Xeon X5500 series) Mac Pros by early Q2, with Blu-ray as BTO.
By far this will have the biggest impact of any product announcement in the Pro space. The preliminary benchmarks are pretty staggering.

2. Big improvements to the way font and object styling is handled in iLife.
(read: the floating color and font "windowlettes" suck)

3. Lightroom-like file handling in Aperture 3 and localized corrections.

4. True (non-glossy!) Color-critical Cinema Displays that are cost-competitive.

5. FCS 3 with unified user interfaces and big updates to DVDSP.


Anything above and beyond that would be gravy.

[Xaqtly]

Speaking as the guy who recommends the equipment we're going to buy for our design studio at work, and keeping in mind that I've asked that they hold off on purchases until MacWorld Expo is over, my wishlist would be as follows:

• i7-based Mac Pros
• Seriously updated iMacs with more default RAM and better graphics chipsets.
• Those two things available and ready to buy by the end of the keynote at MWSF.