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What do we reckon people? You think all he'll announce is the new ipod mini's ? What about iPhone? Could be an alternative to the Virgin Festival rumour..? |
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Mr. Vieira
Join Date: May 2004
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It'll be a goofy iPod-related thing of some sort, just watch. Worse, it'll be the "one more thing..." part of the keynote (where people might actually expect something truly cool and novel).
"New 2GB iPod shuffles with COLORS...blue and red!"...and RDF revved to the max. Do I sound a tad bitter and iPod-ed out? Because I AM. If it's something truly more than the above, I'll be pleasantly surprised and thrilled. I'd like to see a 17" Cinema Display. Or that dreaded tablet thing, even. SOMETHING other than iPod/iTunes/iTMS related. Please? If it's an Ashlee Simpson Special Edition iPod, I will jump out a window...maybe even from the second floor. |
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Come on, Apple is as much the iPod line as much as the Mac line. And when the Mac line can have more then just minor speed bumps and new toys, it will get way more attention then the iPods and it has under this G5 IBM reign of terror. And I think it's a pretty much a safe bet that new iPods will only be announced at MacWorld San Fran and/or a special yearly iPod event(or two). Have iPod/iTunes items happen outside of those two situtations the last two years? Not if my memory is correct. So i think it is safe to say that Mac Paris will be iPod/iTunes free...unless it is realy really major. Expect a iTunes event some time before Christmas in the US... Last edited by morningstarrising : 2005-08-05 at 10:10. |
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The "one more thing" will be a rant by Steve Jobs about UI discoverability and the Mighty Mouse, and a forewarning to developers that goes something like "If you don't keep your UI discoverable, you're going to get a damned earful at WWDC, with mandatory seminars on Apple's UI philosophy".
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awesome Join Date: Jul 2004
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iPod. Video. On the Mac side...part of me hopes that you are all right in thinking that the Powerbook will get one final push on the G4 by the end of the year (hopefully soon - so I can get one instead of an iBook), but I don't think that'll be at PAE, because it's "just" a hardware bump. So...eMac G5? Mac Cube? If "We've got some more great PPC products in the pipeline" meant that Apple had some new PPC products in the pipeline, those would be my best guesses. I definitely think PAE would be the last chance for Apple to introduce new PPC hardware. I don't think either computer is a likely bet, though. But I'd love to be proven wrong... |
Mr. Vieira
Join Date: May 2004
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Franz, morningstar and dfiler: I'm aware of all the points you make.
I just like to see stuff other than the iPod take center stage sometimes. Yeah, a cool vPod or something really NEW and DIFFERENT wouldn't bother me. But a simple capacity bump or silly color shuffles or whatever (in other words, lame fluff) is what I'm not interested in. See? Just hope Paris is the venue for something a) totally new and unexpected, OR b) a substantial, buzzworthy upgrade/refinement to an existing NON-iPod product, that's all. |
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Join Date: May 2004
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Ok, I am going to say it. For those people who don't like it, please stop reading here. It involves the Powerbook and a certain chip.
. . . . . I think the Powerbook G5 will debut. Just remember last years WWDC how Jobs put into Spotlight iMac, Paris, and dome. Jobs said this year is that there isn't a Powerbook G5 "yet". Since the Intel switch is going consumer up, the Powerbook won't probably go Pentium M or Yonah until 2007. So the Powerbook G5 will enjoy roughly a year and half. The Powerbook G5 along with a 970MP powered Powermac will be the "great PowerPC products" in the pipeline, Jobs is talking about. giggity Last edited by Quagmire : 2005-08-05 at 11:57. |
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Can you imagine what kind of wonders Steve's Reality Distortion Field could work with THAT? Hell, make it standard on all the PowerBooks, they need differentiation... If there was one of those, I would murder infants to get one. No, really. -_- |
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I doubt Apple would wasted a major event on silly bumps. Well the Apple I seen since I bought a iBook in 2003 hasn't...
I'm pretty much sure the center of the Paris even will NOT be just an iPod...Hell I'm even more sure it won't be an iPod bump. But i'd like a credit card thin mini...but I like all iPod stuff |
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The Powerbook will be among the first to transition if not the first. It's the one product that needs it the most. And honestly, after 2 years of crappy powerbook performance, I don't think they have anything to fear about releasing an Intel Powerbook and people not being ready for it. The demand is there and the performance increase will be vast. I see 970MP PowerMacs if they aren't announced earlier. If they are, the keynote will be a recap of everything with one thing new, like a peripheral (AMAZING 40inch CINEMA DISPLAY) iPods will likely be saved for an america located special event. Seems to be the iPod way |
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I'd say look at the past to see what we should expect in Paris:
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ThinkSecret nailled it each year(Except the U2 iPod no show, which showed up later)..so I expect the same this year. Another thing most rumors(Widescreen Powerbooks) happen later on. Another intresting thing is the iTablet was rumored for 2004. I wonder if Leopard will show up..Maybe not till Paris 2006. and then released in October. Last edited by morningstarrising : 2005-08-05 at 15:47. |
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Formerly Roboman, still
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I thought the 12" and 17" Powerbooks were announced at MWSF 2003?
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Sorry Murbot, I just thought that one looked nice and realistic. You ask me for a hamburger. |
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