MacWorld SF Keynote Event?

[MacRumors]

Apple announced that the MacWorld Expo Keynote will be broadcast and webcast live on January 7, 2003 at 9am Pacific Time.

MacCentral (http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0212/17.mwsfkeynote.php) has the satellite coordinates, and web-viewers can use this page (http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0212/17.mwsfkeynote.php).

In related news, an anonymous source reports that Apple France will be rebroadcasting Steve Jobs' MacWorld San Francisco's Keynote at the Pompidou Center in Paris, France at the same time and is inviting customers. No other details currently available, but such a rebroadcast is not a routine event.

[Mac til death]

dang... I'll be in school...

fp

[Megaquad]

Watching keynote is so great with MPEG4.
I'm on 56k and in a very bad position, last macworlds (except mwsf) everything was jerky, had to rebuffer every minute.. but this is so great we get 5 fps and sound wooohoo

BTW, will that IRC channel be advertised again? That would be soo great.

[Megaquad]

Originally posted by Mac til death
dang... I'll be in school...

fp
real mac users dont go to school when its keynote :D
anyway, we will record it for u :p

[drastik]

wow, I wonder if ay of the other international apples will be rebroadcasting?

[whfsdude]

EST :P I can watch @ lunch but I prob won't get to see much because he doesn't release **** till 15 or 20 mins after PST right?

[dricci]

Any idea if the Apple Stores will have a special Keynote-viewing event again this year?

[JohnStrass]

At the Pompidou!
Man, that is very cool. View of keynote and of Nortre Dame at the same time. Two of my favorite things at once.
It would be better to be at that relay viewing site than at MWSF.;)

[kishba]

i always skip school for macworlds. luckily i only have to skip my afternoon (i'm in michigan)

talk about loyal ;)

[Chomolungma]

Originally posted by kishba
i always skip school for macworlds. luckily i only have to skip my afternoon (i'm in michigan)

talk about loyal ;)

You must be joking!! Skipping school to watch a saleman selling a bunch of products? This hyperconsumeristic times that we are living in has got out of hand. I mean come on......You'll going to sit for two hours while he drones on about software that you will need and must have to survive? The fate of humanity will be decided on his almighty speech....Wait a minute, am I confusing this theme with the opening of "The Lord of the Rings" tonight (LOL). I will attend neither. There is no way am I going to worship a saleman.:confused:

[kishba]

i'm serious. i did it last year. even if you think steve's just a salesman, he's a durn good one.

steve is one of the best speakers i've witnessed, and there's nothing like watching him live. it's incredible.

[Chomolungma]

Originally posted by kishba
i'm serious. i did it last year. even if you think steve's just a salesman, he's a durn good one.

steve is one of the best speakers i've witnessed, and there's nothing like watching him live. it's incredible.

I was like you a few years ago, when I was young and naive. I won't shy away from admitting this studip mistake.

My agrument is this, you can not reason your way out of this weird form of worshiping. :D

[kishba]

Originally posted by Chomolungma


I was like you a few years ago, when I was young and naive. I won't shy away from admitting this studip mistake.

My agrument is this, you can not reason your way out of this weird form of worshiping. :D

well at the very least it's a reason to stay home and not waste another 2 hours at school. :D

[Chomolungma]

Originally posted by kishba


well at the very least it's a reason to stay home and not waste another 2 hours at school. :D

no hard feeling intented, kishba:)

[Raiden]

HAHAHA!!! This is great!

Tuesday the 7th at 11:15 AM I will be in 3rd period study hall. And since the school gave us all iBooks, I will be able to catch the last 45 minutes of the keynote!

God I love iBooks....:):D

[Snowster]

Well at least Apple Finland has broadcasted the four last keynotes live in different places most of the time in a ballroom of a 5-star Hotel in downtown Helsinki. I hope they do it this time too. It is quite remarkable, because the marketshare Apple has in Finland is propably 1% or less.

-Snowster

[jholzner]

Originally posted by Megaquad
Watching keynote is so great with MPEG4.
I'm on 56k and in a very bad position, last macworlds (except mwsf) everything was jerky, had to rebuffer every minute.. but this is so great we get 5 fps and sound wooohoo

BTW, will that IRC channel be advertised again? That would be soo great.

I hear that! I called into work during MWNY! Well, only a half day.

[rainman::|:|]

Originally posted by Chomolungma


I was like you a few years ago, when I was young and naive. I won't shy away from admitting this studip mistake.

My agrument is this, you can not reason your way out of this weird form of worshiping. :D

How wonderful for you that you've finally attained age and wisdom. ever think that in another few years, you'll be in a totally different state of mental maturity, and maybe you'll look back and think it was a mistake to criticize him for scheduling into his life something he's interested in?

I've both skipped school for it, and went AWOL on school grounds (hiding out) to watch it... it's not an unusual thing among Mac fanatics, some of us are greatly excited about the prospect of new products that will indeed change the world...

:rolleyes: :)
pnw

[kishba]

Originally posted by paulwhannel


How wonderful for you that you've finally attained age and wisdom. ever think that in another few years, you'll be in a totally different state of mental maturity, and maybe you'll look back and think it was a mistake to criticize him for scheduling into his life something he's interested in?
:rolleyes: :)
pnw

i was thinking about this the other day. i suppose eventually i'll think my obsession for apple is a little extreme, but i think i'll keep enjoying it while i can

[peterjhill]

Originally posted by Megaquad

real mac users dont go to school when its keynote :D
anyway, we will record it for u :p

I will be at "school" which also happens to be at work. I will be watching it projected onto a movie screen (60 foot or so) from the Sat feed. I will also have my Tibook and watching it over wireless with mpeg 4 at the highest rate.


After reading all the posts, I feel old. I just skipped my 15 year HS reunion :-)

[Chomolungma]

Originally posted by paulwhannel


How wonderful for you that you've finally attained age and wisdom. ever think that in another few years, you'll be in a totally different state of mental maturity, and maybe you'll look back and think it was a mistake to criticize him for scheduling into his life something he's interested in?

I've both skipped school for it, and went AWOL on school grounds (hiding out) to watch it... it's not an unusual thing among Mac fanatics, some of us are greatly excited about the prospect of new products that will indeed change the world...

:rolleyes: :)
pnw

"Gone to the dark side" is an often made conclusion by the faithful about a Mac user switching to Window PC. A similar thing can be said about some of us with minds have been distorted beyond repair by the distortion field eminating from Steve's ass.

They've been gased :D I got a feeling, I won't win this agrument. But then again this is my point
:rolleyes:

[yamadataro]

Ummmmm, should I start strength-tesing my credit cards???
That Paris viewing event makes me wonder... are we expecting a big baby here???

[Macette]

That's 4am my time! Eek.

[Moonlight]

Originally posted by Chomolungma


You must be joking!! Skipping school to watch a saleman selling a bunch of products? This hyperconsumeristic times that we are living in has got out of hand. I mean come on......You'll going to sit for two hours while he drones on about software that you will need and must have to survive? The fate of humanity will be decided on his almighty speech....Wait a minute, am I confusing this theme with the opening of "The Lord of the Rings" tonight (LOL). I will attend neither. There is no way am I going to worship a saleman.:confused:


Go live in a cave then... :rolleyes:

[Chomolungma]

Originally posted by Moonlight



Go live in a cave then... :rolleyes:

I can't react to this comment..there is little to work with here:D

[yamadataro]

Originally posted by Chomolungma


You must be joking!! Skipping school to watch a saleman selling a bunch of products?

Oh, I've never thought of it that way, but you make me deeply think about the whole religion.

Well, just to look at it from another angle, if I were Homer Simpson and the salesman sells inovative super juicy-juicy donuts for $1999 a piece, there would be a possibility that I might go simply nuts about it.

Donuts, anyone?

[sparkleytone]

as a salesman myself, i do enjoy watching steve jobs sell. he is an amazing salesperson.

at the same time, as a mac user, i get excited about macworlds. this one being my third, i'm not as overly excited about it like the first two, but i am excited.

i watched MWNY while in summer session in the middle of german II. that was awesome. fullscreen mpeg4 broadcast on my iBook. there were some mac converts in my class that very day.

[MacKenzie999]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Chomolungma
[B]

You must be joking!! Skipping school to watch a saleman selling a bunch of products?

Why do you seem so surprised? This site is called Macrumors, so obviously its for people very, very interested in what Apple's got up its sleeve. Perhaps peopleonlymarginallyinterestedinthemac.com would be more to your liking...

[copperpipe]

It is absurd to follow a sports team. But we say, hey, screw it, i LIKE following a team of people I don't really know and could care less about me, because it's natural and fun and somehow makes me feel whole. I, like lots of other intelligent and mature people, have decided to also follow and root for the company Apple. It's a game out there, and what Apple represents in this one is IMPORTANT to me. They are innovative. They believe in Quality. They stand for the users rights. And the list goes on. And they are actually doing it! They are being competitive in a world filled with lies, curruption, disregard for the consumer, and extremely low ethics. Now is it so misguided to get excited about your team? Screw that, I'm psyched to see this keynote, and I am rooting for Steve and company all the way!

And to all other Mac users who feel the same: don't let someone try and get off on telling you you're immature for doing what feels right to you. The way they try to capture your energy is selfish and without heart.

[Capt. Obvious]

Originally posted by peterjhill

After reading all the posts, I feel old. I just skipped my 15 year HS reunion :-)

That's okay - I skipped both my 20 AND my 30!:D

[totally_fly]

did neone see: Its a show you won't want to miss
that HAS to mean Somethign! they're gonna suprise us all with their new invention.. the iAd.. since we all sit on our asses and watch one big fat ad.. why not pay 800$ CAN for an iPod that plays ads all day long!

im a marketing genius

[kansaigaijin]

nobody knows what the pompidou is?

not just another convention hall.

you do not announce upgrades or speed bumps at the pompidou.

[kansaigaijin]

It could be very significant choice of Apple France to show the keynote at the Pompidou Centre,
from;
http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/Centre_Pompidou.html
Centre Pompidou Commentary

"In the centre of historic Paris, within one kilometre of Notre Dame and the Louvre, and on the edge of the densely populated medieval quarter. At the time of the competition the area was in crisis. The neighboring Les Halles, which had housed Paris's principal food market for generations, was in the process of demolition, to be replaced by a large commercial development and major public transport interchange....A million square foot cultural centre to consist of four major specialist activities: museum of modern art, a reference library, centre for industrial design and a centre for music and acoustic research. Areas for office administration, book shops, restaurants, cinemas, children's activities and car parking were also to be included."

—Barbie Campbell Cole and Ruth Elias Rogers, ed. Richard Rogers + Partners. p90-91.

The Creator's Words

"Technology cannot be an end in itself but must aim at solving long term social and ecological problems."

—Richard Rogers. from Bill Lacy. 100 Contemporary Architects: Drawings and Sketches. p190.

"It is my belief that exciting things happen when a variety of overlapping activities designed for all people—the old and the young, the blue and white collar, the local inhabitant and the visitor, different activities for different occasions—meet in a flexible environment, opening up the possibility of interaction outside the confines of institutional limits. When this takes place, deprived areas welcome dynamic places for those who live, work and visit; places where all can participate, rather than less or more beautiful ghettos."

—Richard Rogers, 1969. from Barbie Campbell Cole and Ruth Elias Rogers, ed. Richard Rogers

http://interior

[QuiteSure]

I'm reading with interest the various comments on a desire by one student to skip his classes to watch the MacWorld keynote. I'm 43 years old now and one of my great regrets is that I lost the opportunity to become a more interesting person by skipping out on so much school during my younger days. I certainly would never criticize a student for looking to miss a few hours of school in order to watch Steve Jobs's keynote. Fortunately, the keynote will certainly be preserved and watchable for hours, days and years to come. Other than the desire for instant gratification there is no need to skip school in order to watch the keynote.

I know, I sound like a dad who is probably paying for his son to miss school in favor of Steve Jobs. But in reality I am expressing the experience of an older person who has been there, done that, and wishes he could have done things just a little bit differently.

[Blackcat]

I suspect this will be to announce The Apple Store France, rather than a G5 or digital device.

[eric_n_dfw]

Originally posted by Chomolungma
There is no way am I going to worship a saleman.:confused:
HERITIC!

Let's stone him! ;)

[eric_n_dfw]

Originally posted by peterjhill
I will be at "school" which also happens to be at work. I will be watching it projected onto a movie screen (60 foot or so) from the Sat feed. I will also have my Tibook and watching it over wireless with mpeg 4 at the highest rate.
Quick question:

If you've got the 60 foot screen with the satelite feed - why on Earth would you have it streaming to the TiBook too? (Unless you are anticipating being pulled away from said 60' screen and want to "take Steve with you")

[StuPid QPid]

Mmmm, reading this thread made me think that many of the posters weren't even born when I was using my first Mac (a Mac Plus) in about 1986 or so...

Makes me feel old :( Probably because I am :D I stopped counting my grey hairs years ago...

Great to see that there are plenty of younger Mac addicts still being won over...also that's also why Apple shouldn't cut back on the Education market; not that they are...

[gotohamish]

Originally posted by Blackcat
I suspect this will be to announce The Apple Store France, rather than a G5 or digital device.

You have to be SO right about this. Great point - well done, this thread was going all over the place.

No, if only there was one in London too!

[Blackcat]

Originally posted by gotohamish


You have to be SO right about this. Great point - well done, this thread was going all over the place.

No, if only there was one in London too!

Ohgodyes!

Mind you, this is one time I hope I'm wrong!

[wrylachlan]

Originally posted by QuiteSure
I'm reading with interest the various comments on a desire by one student to skip his classes to watch the MacWorld keynote. I'm 43 years old now and one of my great regrets is that I lost the opportunity to become a more interesting person by skipping out on so much school during my younger days. I certainly would never criticize a student for looking to miss a few hours of school in order to watch Steve Jobs's keynote. Fortunately, the keynote will certainly be preserved and watchable for hours, days and years to come. Other than the desire for instant gratification there is no need to skip school in order to watch the keynote.

I know, I sound like a dad who is probably paying for his son to miss school in favor of Steve Jobs. But in reality I am expressing the experience of an older person who has been there, done that, and wishes he could have done things just a little bit differently.

Granted I'm about ten years younger than QS, but I can honestly say that I learned SIGNIFICANTLY more about the things that matter most to me now, when I was skipping school than when I was in it. If you want to skip school to watch a keynote, go ahead, you'll probably learn something. And remember its the learning, not the schooling, that counts!

[copperpipe]

great post QuiteSure, it's nice to have such an honest down to earth reply. The kid skipping school IS interesting for sure. The passion that occurs over a company such as Apple in this day and age is something someone could write a thesis on and still wouldn't tap the nail on the head completely. But your advice was certainly wise and welcome. There certainly is a point in realizing watching the keynote and hour or two late isn't gonna change anything.

[TheT]

Okay, I am a student and I can understand ths position that one would skip school for the keynote, though I wouldn't do it personally. Last year, I actually watched a keynote in school (the teacher was a mac addict, too), and noone could even move me away from that computer. But usually, I watch keynotes right when I come home, even if it's just a re-broadcast. But since I'm in Europe here, many keynotes are streamed live when I'm already done with school, luckily.
My point is that it is quite normal in our age to be that exited about things we're interested in, I myself am exited everytime there's something new by Apple. But everyone has to decide for him/herself whether it's worth skipping school/work or not. If I was having exams, I wouldn't miss them, but I had some boring classes in which I don't learn anything anyways, why not get educated by Stevie?
Just my 2¢.

(P.S.: I'll be watching MWNY live here in Europe at 6 PM... :D )

[jayscheuerle]

Come on! Nobody actually believes Steve's hype-fests anymore, do they? They're just giant, hyperbole wrought advertisements that have minimal relation to the actual hardware or software we receive. One of the most important lessons I've taught my 6 yr. old daughter is that nothing, NOTHING ever works as well or looks as good as it does on television advertisements.

Incredible is a good word here.

Besides, even on our T1 at work I've never been able to experience more than a stamp-sized, non audio-synched, .2 frames per second, "what the hell is going on?", waste of my time, simulcast. Last time, I just kept checking back to Apple's home page every 5 minutes or so. Whatever Steve announces, they'll be plenty of the faithful pre-ordering for their mid-April shipping dates.

The show must go on!

[MOM]

Originally posted by jayscheuerle
[
Besides, even on our T1 at work I've never been able to experience more than a stamp-sized, non audio-synched, .2 frames per second, "what the hell is going on?", waste of my time, simulcast. Last time, I just kept checking back to Apple's home page every 5 minutes or so. Whatever Steve announces, they'll be plenty of the faithful pre-ordering for their mid-April shipping dates.

The show must go on! [/B]

May i suggest you update to the new version of QT with MPEG4. I have DSL and the last Macworld prodcast was great. MOM

[voicegy]

Originally posted by QuiteSure
I'm 43 years old now and one of my great regrets is that I lost the opportunity to become a more interesting person by skipping out on so much school during my younger days. ... I am expressing the experience of an older person who has been there, done that, and wishes he could have done things just a little bit differently.

Hey, I'm 44 years old and never went to college, skipped out on most of my senior year, would miss a day of school in a heartbeat to catch a Stevenote, and am currently the Information Technology Liaison for San Diego City Schools, one of the largest districts in the country. I think I'm an interesting person because of what I've accumulated over the years, not because I went to school every day and was a good boy.:)

Am I advocating reckless abandon to my junior brothers and sisters here on MacRumors? Certainly not...I just wanted to point out that being a "more interesting person" really is up to the individual, and is not measured in school credits. Move past your regrets and celebrate the intelligent, good person you are...all of our experiences are uniquely our own. If you wish you'd have done things a bit differently, it's never too late to go in other directions. Lighten up on yourself, QuiteSure...you're a member of MacRumors, so that puts you on the "interesting" list automatically!:D

Big pat on the back to ya,
Scott

[jayscheuerle]

Originally posted by MOM


May i suggest you update to the new version of QT with MPEG4. I have DSL and the last Macworld prodcast was great. MOM

Thanks MOM, but like most MacRumors faithful, I upgrade to the latest software with reckless abandon and have been running the latest QT as long as it's been available. I often have trouble getting ANY type of connection during the keynotes. Could be a local problem. Let's hope this one's better! :)

I always make an attempt to watch, if only to see if Steve can keep a straight face during his pitches!! :eek:

[QuiteSure]

Originally posted by voicegy
Lighten up on yourself, QuiteSure...you're a member of MacRumors, so that puts you on the "interesting" list automatically!:D

Big pat on the back to ya,
Scott

Thanks for the good word. I guess missing out on billable hours (I'm a lawyer) joining in on Macrumors threads isn't that much different than skipping school to watch the keynote.:p


And yes, it really does depend on what you do while you're skipping school that makes you a more interesting person. I guess the point of my post was not so much that I wish I had spent more time in class as a mindless drone, but that I was able to appreciate the inherent interest in virtually all areas of knowledge and learning. It is that attitude that tends to make one a more interesting person.

[gottfrid]

Originally posted by Megaquad

real mac users dont go to school when its keynote :D
anyway, we will record it for u :p

Hehe... move to Sweden, it´s about 6 pm... I´ll just come home from work, tilt my imac screen a bit and lean back... and my 2mbit just do the rest

I can´t wait

Go STEVE!!!

[fourthtunz]

Originally posted by Chomolungma


"Gone to the dark side" is an often made conclusion by the faithful about a Mac user switching to Window PC. A similar thing can be said about some of us with minds have been distorted beyond repair by the distortion field eminating from Steve's ass.

They've been gased :D I got a feeling, I won't win this agrument. But then again this is my point
:rolleyes:

Just drink the damn koolaid:D
daniel

[Hawthorne]

Originally posted by eric_n_dfw

HERITIC!

Let's stone him! ;)

"All I said was that this new iMac was good enough for Jehovah!" ;) :D

[copperpipe]

jayscheuerle, it MUST be your connection or something...Since I got the new Quicktime with MPEG 4, and I'm sure everyone would agree, the broadcasts have been AMAZINGLY great. The technology is very impressive...

[cubist]

Originally posted by gottfrid
Hehe... move to Sweden, it´s about 6 pm... I´ll just come home from work, tilt my imac screen a bit and lean back... and my 2mbit just do the rest

That's unfair. Here in the States it comes on at some gawd-awful hour of the morning.

Last time I was still on my first coffee thinking "eye sync? what is he talking about?"

[ldkaplan]

"All I said was that this new iMac was good enough for Jehovah!"

Too funny!

'Jehovah! Jehovah! Jehovah!'

[Chomolungma]

I'll be laughing when you guys post rants after the show.

wait..wait..wait..I have a prediction.

Two hours of endless software demos. I'm a true psyhic not like John Edward.:D

[unclepain]

oh my god! This is it! This is the keynote I've been waiting for! All of the coolest things I've ever wanted will finally be brought to market by the greatest computer company in the whole world!!!!!



or, it could just be like the last 4 keynotes I've seen. :rolleyes:

[jayscheuerle]

Originally posted by unclepain
oh my god! This is it! This is the keynote I've been waiting for! All of the coolest things I've ever wanted will finally be brought to market by the greatest computer company in the whole world!!!!!



or, it could just be like the last 4 keynotes I've seen. :rolleyes:

Unclepain,

Skepticism brought upon my personal experience is unacceptable in these forums.

Drink the damn Kool-Aid!!!

:eek:

- j

[yamadataro]

Ho-ho-ho!
The keynote seems to be THE touchy-touchy stuff around here ;)

I personally feel like spanking anybody who tries to make fun of it, but hey! I'm emotionally attached to the Mac kind, all right? When you love it you love all the way!

FYI, I'm in my bed with my TiBook right now with AirPort connection :p

I just hope that the webcast reception in Japan were much better...
Apple Japan should relay it through Tokyo to the net audiences in Japan.

[yamadataro]

Originally posted by cubist
That's unfair. Here in the States it comes on at some gawd-awful hour of the morning.

Last time I was still on my first coffee thinking "eye sync? what is he talking about?"

In Japan the show's from 2AM !

So we have to come back from work, have dinner, watch a DVD, drink 3 Sapporos and post some stuff on Macrumors, take shower, get kinda sleepy, take a nap in the bed, and wake up in the morning realizing that
I forgot to walk the dog yesterday.