Lovable Bastard
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Boston-ish
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You know I remember a time when I got bored between Apple product releases because they happened so infrequently. I also remember, around the same time, thinking "wouldn't it be nice if Apple made more products? I don't really need multiple Macs or iPods... I wish Apple did more!"
And now, here we are, wondering if Apple will release 6 updated products in time for Christmas, or just 3. Logic, logic, logic. Logic is the beginning of wisdom, Valeris, not the end. |
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Join Date: Jan 2005
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If an October iPad Air event happens, it should be October 9. Here's the timeline for the next few weeks if so:
9/21: iPhone 5 on sale 9/24: iPhone 5 First Weekend Numbers Announced [1 week] 10/2: Apple announces October event 10/10: iPad Air released 10/16: Apple Announces iPad Air first weekend numbers during FQ4 conference call, where they also announce cumulative iPhone 5 through end of quarter (likely 10-12 million). Putting the October event on 10/3 would be too compressed--invites would have to go out next week. |
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Milwaukee
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Which way is up?
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Boyzeee
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I don't think the 8" iPad will be the primary focus. I think everyone is kind of "expecting" it. However, the one product for which there is no rumor support, nor wild press speculation, is the iMac. Everyone thinks this category is dead. But I don't think so.
We are seeing an unusual trend: PC switchers who buy an iPad are coming in for an iMac. The iPad already meets the mobile needs of these simple computer users, and they are rarely interested in a laptop, preferring instead to get a desktop replacement. Afterall, the desktop is what they are used to. Thus, they want an iMac to complement their iPad. That in mind, a smaller iPad is not the "surprise" some might think it would be, nor would be a 13" Retina. I think everyone is expecting a smaller Retina and iPad, but there is very little jabber about the iMac, and this lack of attention is misplaced. This is the one product category where Apple has the surprise advantage of smacking the entire computer industry squarely on the head. While getting much harder to do, I smell the type of secrecy that preceded the iPhone event in 2007, whence Apple shocked the world. Inviting the press back to Cupertino/Sn Francisco for a release of what everyone knows will be a smaller iPad, and then hitting them with the next generation of desktop computing, is precisely the kind of surprise flanking maneuver that would squeeze HP and Dell right out of the top spots in desktop shipments. I know it's a long-shot, but it would be the shot! - AppleNova is the best Mac-users forum on the internet. We are smart, educated, capable, and helpful. We are also loaded with smart-alecks! :) - Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God. (Mat 5:9) |
Which way is up?
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Boyzeee
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I just have this weird feeling. We have been seeing some very unusual activity in supply and from Apple. I have no "evidence", nor would I be able to share if I did. But strange things are afoot. I have been at this job for eight years, and I have never seen this kind of combined weirdness from both Apple and the suppliers. Not even the iMac G5 release had this kind of oddity about it.
Something's up. - AppleNova is the best Mac-users forum on the internet. We are smart, educated, capable, and helpful. We are also loaded with smart-alecks! :) - Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God. (Mat 5:9) |
Which way is up?
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Boyzeee
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On the side, these minor updates (new processor, upgraded graphics/RAM bus, USB 3) could have been done in the summer with little work from Apple (relatively speaking). There is absolutely no reason for them to pull what they're pulling for a measly, minor update. No reason whatsoever!
It's bigger than that. Has to be. If it's not, then… The New iMac, Steve Jobs Edition, is coming. I can smell it. Stinks like grass stains, I'm telling you! This all just has the feeling of something bigger than "it's got USB 3"! There is an air of secrecy around the iMac, with absolutely nothing floating in the rumor mills other than OOS warnings. No info from analysts or speculators or tech-geeks. Nothing! Prior to the iPhone in late 2006, there were these little tidbits of rumors about an Apple phone. No one really knew anything, and everything that could be gleaned was stabbing-in-the-dark-guesswork at best! This has that kind of feel. A huge part of Apple's lineup is woefully devoid of rumors, and yet supply has dried up to the point where even the floor models are going away. I really hope I'm right! The store needs a desktop system to jumpstart sales for all these PC folk looking for a new home computer. The Next Generation iMac would clobber the holiday season. Regardless of what the techies say (and even Steve Jobs, although he was cryptic), there is still a huge market for desktop systems! Positively huge! Now is the time. - AppleNova is the best Mac-users forum on the internet. We are smart, educated, capable, and helpful. We are also loaded with smart-alecks! :) - Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God. (Mat 5:9) |
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Join Date: Aug 2004
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I think they have innovated through the laptop line quite well. It is the desktop line that has been neglected. The "why" I don't think has anything to do with not caring. I think it has more to do with timing. Apple is very busy developing their next-generation offering, which includes laptops and iOS devices. Mobile is big, obviously. But I still hold out hope that Apple still sees the validity of the desktop and its place in the "post-pc" world they have created. - AppleNova is the best Mac-users forum on the internet. We are smart, educated, capable, and helpful. We are also loaded with smart-alecks! :) - Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God. (Mat 5:9) |
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Join Date: May 2004
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Still going to hold out hope that the next-gen Mac Pro will be broken out into brain box and slot box connected via Tbolt.
Obviously the Mac Pro is a strikingly niche product right now, but it's always annoyed the piss out of me that to get raw computing power, you had to get the whole enchilada, and to get even a single slot, you had to get the whole enchilada. Tbolt lets them get around that for all but a *TINY* fraction of even their very small customer base, and provides new capabilities via the slot box to the rest of the lineup. But then, my prognostication abilities are poor. I bought a Newton 2100. |
Which way is up?
Join Date: Aug 2004
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**looks at MessagePad 110 in service department and shrieks** — We're kind of hoping for a similar path to the Mac Pro: A dual-drive, 32GB RAM, 12-core Xeon box with a pair of slots and about the size of a large box of Kleenex®, sporting three or four Thunderbolt ports, USB 3, FW 800, a pair of Gigabits, maybe even a SCSI port… Support for four TB Displays out of the box, and an offering of 1 or 2 configurable ThunderBolt external slot/drive boxes. That would be cool. I'm with ya! - AppleNova is the best Mac-users forum on the internet. We are smart, educated, capable, and helpful. We are also loaded with smart-alecks! :) - Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God. (Mat 5:9) |
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