MacWorld NY Rumor Wrapup

Think Secret kicked a$$

I don't know who their source was for this year's Expo but they were right on across the board. They predicted:

100% no new Powermacs
100% 17" iMac
100% long Jaguar demo
100% official Jaguar release date
100% iTools becoming .Mac
80% iMovie, iTunes, iDVD updates
40% QT6

They also correctly predicted that .Mac would cost $100 and new iPods would be relased.

About the only thing they were off on was that they predicted 60% for iMac speedbumps.

I'm impressed. And am inclined to believe their Aug. 13th date for new PowerMacs and the end of the G3 iMac era.

Make your voice heard!

I want to remind everyone about these urls:


If you want to give Apple your opinion about the .Mac concept (eg that the email service should be free):
http://www.apple.com/feedback/mac.html


If you want to sign a petition about the too highly priced mac.com email service:
http://www.petitiononline.com/iTol/petition.html


If you want to sign a petition about the lack of upgrade possibilities for Mac OS X 10.2:
http://www.PetitionOnline.com/Jaguar/petition.html


(note about the petitions; The Jaguar Petition came up approx 12 hours later than the other, thereas the lack of names)

How much do you want to bet Apple fed Cnet the rumored info themselves.
It basically let the steam out of the hype that all the other rumors sites were working up.

It does seem odd that there were few if any real surprises at the keynote. iCal and iSync and the revolution or whatever it's called aren't real attention grabbers regardless of how useful they are.

My reply to Macworld NY...

I bought a DP 1 Ghz G4. Today, actually this morning to be precise. Think about this for a second. Look around the net, and you'll find some great deals on refurbished Macs. My DP cost me $2,300. Not bad if you ask me. When/if Apple releases a G5, then I can retire my recently pruchased DP G4 as a server, which will be almost a good as an Xserve. I see no reason to wait a month, just to see a speed bump in processors to 1.2 Ghz or whatever, when I can be using a DP G4 right now. Besides that, my current computer (B&W 350mhz G3), has lasted me almost 4 years and a DP 1 Ghz G4 is a more than addiquite replacement.

When Maya 4.5 ships, sometime late September, then I will definetely be using my G4 DP Powermac to it's full potential. Then, maybe sometime next year, I can buy an Xserve or two and really be in Highend heaven.

what about the PC ipod

does anyone know...(I know its early) how
well the PC ipod is doind....hmmm actually
I should probably ask this question a little
later.

Anyone else notice all the rebates you can get if you buy OS X.2 (Jagwire) with other software and hardware?

http://www.apple.com/promo/coupon/

Check the Savings it's called. Trying to soften the blow I guess.

Of course, yer kinda screwed if you just wanted the OS.