You'll see why 2007 won't be like 2007.....

[macgeek2005]

The facts:

Santa Rosa, the next generation mobile platform from Intel, will feature Merom 2 processors, the Crestline motherboard chipset, and will feature 802.11n even if this month we learnt that final ratification of the 802.11n wireless networking protocol wouldn't likely come until 2008. Santa Rosa will probably be released in Q1 2007.

In January Microsoft will release Vista to convert all customers to its operating system.

Apple will release Leopard during Q1 2007.

Apple will probably release only some hardware updates during the end of the year.
According to the analysts, no major innovation will be revealed. MacBooks processor upgrades, Screen or iSight updates, iPod larger capacity, Mini processor upgrade, Zune competition unlikely, end of year dominated by console war...

Apple is filling a lot of interesting patents but no rumors on new releases, why?


The Speculation
Remember this 24th of January when the Macintosh was introduced (Macintosh 1984 SuperBowl). Considering the facts, why not speculating on a new 24th. Larger. Bigger. Apple Big Bang!

On January 24th Apple will introduce the Mac and you'll see why 2007 won't be like 2007 (eg. Vista domination...)

Apple Big Bang
Steve alone presents this 24th of January keynote
Act 1: Apple Partners release universal Pro Apps
Act 2: Intel delivers its Santa Rosa platform (providing the solid platform for next acts)
Act 3: Apple unveils the real video iPod (we all dream of, non touchscreen)
Act 4: Apple unveils the iPhone (we all want one) and iNewton (yes the iPhone for the Pros)
Act 5: Apple unveils the Mac (perfect combination of an independent MacTablet with an independent MacMedia center server in a combined G4 iMac style) and the MacGame (improve station for gamers)
Act 6: Apple reveals new form factors for MacBooks Pro, Mac Pro, iMac, Mac Mini (intel transition completed now lets see the real new Macs...particularly bringing back the Cube (MacMaxi)! and multi input touch screen, useful for the integrated Google map in the OS)
Act 7: Apple presents iOffice the future killing office suite of MS Office (particularly an Excel competitor including easy scripting features for Pros)
Act 8: Apple unveils the new .Mac, with Google, providing new live features of Leopard (iOffice, iLife sync, TimeMachine) competing with Live of Microsoft and introduces its Video store in collaboration with Google...
Act 9: Apple releases Leopard (with new GUI based on Core3D, resolution independent for MacTablet and iPhone, boot camp Ubuntu Vista ready without rebooting, iLife 2007, TimeMachine, Spaces, and iChat conference room 10 video users)
Act 10: Apple releases MacTV (improved monitors receiving TV, touchscreen, and new ads between the PC and the Mac guys)
.....10 acts, this Keynote is really long (2 hours) but there is an "encore", one more emotional thing "Steve Jobs announces his plan for transition, time to retire in his Big Apple Box"

Results: Complete user satisfaction (except for Steve retirement), Leopard kills Vista in customers mind. Ipod kills competition. The Mac (with the MacTablet) increase switch. A Big Bang, a huge date for Apple and its future...
Think Big Bang?

[Chundles]

Think Big Bang?

Think you're a loony.

[macgeek2005]

Think you're a loony.

I didn't write that you know. This comes from real sources!

[iMeowbot]

Santa Rosa, the next generation mobile platform from Intel, will feature Merom 2 processors

So what cool name will Intel have for those, Core 2 Duo II ??

[DZ/015]

Man, you've been hitting the Kool-Aid™ lately. Some of the things you listed are out there (iNewton?).

Just an FYI, sources that require you to remove the tin helmet to receive their transmissions are not really reliable.

[viccles]

I think just wait and see eh?

[fistful]

Think you're a loony.

Think Tantamount

I didn't write that you know. This comes from real sources!

source?

[macgeek2005]

Nevermind guys. Just drop it. You obviously don't "think different" enough.

[Chundles]

Nevermind guys. Just drop it. You obviously don't "think different" enough.

Nah, we just think differently to you.

[rdowns]

Dude, I think you're nuts. At least you'll get to sip champagne and eat prawns on your extradition flight. :rolleyes:

[Stampyhead]

... and then you wake up.

[Glen Quagmire]

I didn't write that you know. This comes from real sources!

Your uncle, right? He knows Steve Jobs, correct? I think not.

These sources are about as credible as those that Mac OS Rumors uses.

[iGary]

I didn't write that you know. This comes from real sources!

Links?

[vouder17]

I think if your lil day dream comes true, this forum wold have absolutely nothing to want/compain about. It would mean the end of mac rumors, everyones wishes would be answered, and we all know that steve would never want macrumors to end, so i dont think this will happen...sorry.

Well okay, macrumors will not completely die we will just have a whole forum full of powerbook G5's next tuesday threads, and no one wants that. :)

[Chundles]

Dude, I think you're nuts. At least you'll get to sip champagne and eat prawns on your extradition flight. :rolleyes:

Not geek, he's under-age. And I'm sure he's got something against the eating of prawns.

[dsnort]

I think some of the things listed are possible or probable for the future, ( I for one would love to see an iNewt but think it's a reach ). But, I see a problem with your big bang theory.

Rolling out all the products one time means that none of them would have a period of time to itself in the spotlight. The next big thing would steal the thunder of the previous release.

It's possible, but from a marketing standpoint it would be better to roll stuff out over the course of a few months.

EDIT: Steve Jobs would never allow MacRumors forum to die. The sheer volume of people who would spontaneously combust from the lack of an adequate place to whine would be an affront to his humanitarianism. :=)

[Lau]

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[Dr.Gargoyle]

Still.... It would be nice, wouldn't it? :D

[aswitcher]

Think you're a loony.

:) The ultimate keynote...a dream.

[jimN]

... would take you to the speculation section of the think secret messageboards where this user (or another) has posted the exact same thing.

At present it looks like we are getting merom in the imac (hence the delay rather than current shipping with conroe), merom in MBP soonish, yonah at higher speeds and same prices in the mini and a macbook upgrade later in the year. Whether we'll ever see a mid-size headless unit with conroe is a matter of some debate, the danger is that it could actually be cheaper than the mini (desktop vs laptop components) unless they really tricked it out and as such probably can't be released without stealing sales from the entry level mini.

A new iPod with bells and whistles sometime before christmas (and probably before thanksgiving) is inevitable.

[Glen Quagmire]

EDIT: Steve Jobs would never allow MacRumors forum to die. The sheer volume of people who would spontaneously combust from the lack of an adequate place to whine would be an affront to his humanitarianism. :=)

Sometimes the most humanitarian thing you can do is to allow something to die.

[AvSRoCkCO1067]

source?

It was me.

[CorvusCamenarum]

24 January 2007 isn't a Tuesday. I don't buy it.

[SpaceMagic]

Golly... you lot can't take a good joke, can you!

That's what this is, right? A Joke?

I enjoyed reading it.

[t0mat0]

How out there is out there? :)

Apple Big Bang

Possible - universal Pro Apps
When not if - Santa Rosa platform
When not if - real video iPod
When not if - iPhone
No. Just no - iNewton
Probably not - A tablet. There's just not a market.
Sooner than 07 - New form factors for MBP, with others following.
Maybe just maybe - Cube thing. Or a pizzabox/dvd player shape. They're just working on the wireless connection to your monitor/tv...
Hmm - iOffice Google has that in its sites.
When not if - new .Mac
Yes - Video store - They didn't buy all that real estate and hardware unless they're wanting to set up an out of town Mac gaming hub...
Hmm - GUI based on Core3d? It's something they won't want to overplay. No need for graphics for graphics sake, but if it gets more easy to use, imagine widgets with core graphics :D Minesweeper and Solitaire may never be the same...
I like it - Mac TV - If only. 2 versions, 1 plasma, 1 LCD, right? HDMI HDTV etc etc...

No - Encore. Surely he'd "And finally" it? Be more poetic.


But the real knack is knowing which Tuesday. Or so I've heard...

I think you should make a "blue skies" thread :)

mine would have to be the darknet killer app - 80/120Gb Video ipod with wireless, capable of sharing the hardrive files. Hook it up with some neat apps/music/videos, and away you share...

[zap2]

I didn't write that you know. This comes from real sources!


Your Uncle?

[Chundles]

Your Uncle?

Hmm... Steve Jobs is geek's uncle, yet I have a message from geek saying that he himself is Steve Jobs.

Therefore, geek is his own Uncle.

Cue the banjos...

[gauchogolfer]

Your Uncle?

I bet his uncle read it on the 'Prestigious Internet™'.

[someguy]

A make a point of reading all threads started by macgeek2005. They are always good entertainment...