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I've said it before, and I'll say it again: I'm thinking we'll see a pro gear overhaul. The Mac Pro and MacBook Pro will make the leap to Penryn, and they'll get a bit of a makeover in the process. (If Apple's consumer gear is moving to aluminum, Apple's pro gear has to move to something even cooler, right? My money's on black aluminum.) There should also be new displays, to match. (Hopefully, Apple doesn't make us wait until WWDC for matching screens!)
Yontsey, this would allow the MacBook to get a new, metal design in the spring, around it's second birthday, and just in time for the educational buying season. Also: details on the iPhone SDK, possible iPhone updates (nothing earthshattering - a 16GB model, a PRODUCT (RED) color, etc. - nothing that would require sending the iPhone back to the FCC), and maybe HD content, on the iTunes front. I really, really want to see an Apple ebook reader, but I don't think that's likely. and i guess i've known it all along / the truth is, you have to be soft to be strong |
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If the plastic MacBook design is still with us by January, i'd bet on there being an update then, using the same material as the current iPods.
Overall I'll say... Begin with sales round up (iTunes moving in on second place) Apple re-vamp most of their hardware (MacBook & Mac Nano), showing a nice new image of all the Mac's together. One More Thing: "We've got a great line up of Macs, all are hugely popular, but we'd like to add another.... a sub-notebook!" Find me on Twitter: @StevenMcLintock |
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I am hoping for a new Xserve RAID and a new or speed bump-ed Xserve server...but then again, I may just be selfish because my company's server rack product line is tied in with Apple Xserve product line.
Personally, I believe: a new version of Apple TV, new Intel processors to be incorporated in some machines and speed bumps for others, new high end version of iPhone announced that can do iChat with built-in video camera and a few other things |
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A) I don't think Apple will make an iPhone without a touchscreen. If there is an iPhone nano, which does indeed seem inevitable (but probably not for MWSF), then it will still be touchscreen. B) An all-new Apple TV isn't necessary to drop the price. I think a simple firmware update (to work with iTunes 8) and then a $50 price drop a few weeks after MWSF (along with an iPod shuffle price drop?) is more likely. C) No new iLife or iWork. The 2008 versions are already out, and I think they're about as "Leopard savvy" as they're going to get in 2008. They came out only a month before Leopard, anyway - they were obviously designed with the new OS in mind. That said, I do agree that new Mac Pros, MacBook Pros, and Cinema Displays are due, and iTunes 8 and some form of iPhone update are a lock, as well. (I wouldn't be suprised if it was "just" the addition of a 16GB model, though.) So, at MWSF: *requisite hullaballoo about iPhone sales, iTunes dominance, and Leopard adoption rates* New Pro Gear Info on the iPhone/iPod touch SDK iTunes 8 with HD and iPhone/iPod touch software 16GB iPhone added for $499 *Microsoft person gives requisite hullaballoo about Microsoft Office 2008* ...and then either at MWSF, or a few weeks later, the Apple TV and iPod shuffle both quietly drop in price. What do you all think? Overly ambitious? Apple's Pro line really is due for a facelift, though... and i guess i've known it all along / the truth is, you have to be soft to be strong |
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Quad Octo-Core Processor (yah I said it... 32 processors bitch!) With 4 Octo-terrabyte hard drives, 64 Gigabytes of PC-8000 8GHz RAM, and an ATI Radeon 88000 Card with minimum 204EIGHT MB of VRAM.
buh-buh-BOO-YAHHHH! (and a front-loading Pez dispenser BTO) ...into the light of a dark black night. |
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Nothing I can say will give creedance to anything further I might care to add, so I'm not going to. I'm just saying that there will be huge retail news at MacWorld, if not before - information is already seeping down through the grapevine.
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When you say retail, do you mean Apple Retail Stores? A new Retail product? New Retail outlets (expanded sales at Best Buy, et cetera)? |
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ZOMG Apple Store plugin for AppleTV!!!11!1
OK, I had to say *something*. In any case, with the iPhone, AppleTV, iPod touch, et al this year, I'd be hard pressed to think of anything earth-shattering that Apple could announce in '08 to top this year. And in all likelihood, I'll be proven spectacularly wrong. And I won't be complaining one bit (unless I can't afford it.). |
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