Jobs to deliver MWSF keynote speech

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[Aaon]

Excellent! The Keynotes with Steve are always entertaining, and hopefully he has some great new products to introduce! Glad to see that he is feeling up to the keynote.

Aaron

[macridah]

Awesome news. I'm excited cuz i'm gonna be there this year, again. The MWSF usually announces some new products ... what will it be this year? Can't wait.

[wdlove]

I'm shocked who would have thought of Steve giving the Keynote.

Seriously though I never had any doubts. We will get to see him in his now famous turtle neck and jeans. I'm anxious to hear more about Tiger and an actual release date.

[NinjaMonkey]

iTunes 5 and Tiger please. Is that so much to ask for?

[AmigoMac]

Santa Jobs, last year someone said, he/she was not surprised with this news, and I said "It's like when mom says: this year we will santa on X-mas" ... I've been a nice guy this year, you will get an E-mail from me with my wishlist... (It's on the way)

[SiliconAddict]

Of course he has to be there. Who else is going to debut the 17" PowerBook G5?

[itsa]

Originally Posted by NinjaMonkey

iTunes 5 and Tiger please. Is that so much to ask for?

Not if there is a G5 notebook to run it on!

[BornAgainMac]

I remember when he got upset while giving a demo on hooking up a camera and it wouldn't work. He threw the camera on stage and said he couldn't do the demo. It was around 2001. He was very frustrated. I wish Apple would provide access to all keynotes online.

[GFLPraxis]

Originally Posted by NinjaMonkey

iTunes 5 and Tiger please. Is that so much to ask for?

+ 3 GHz PowerMac G5's and/or dual-core G4's in a PowerBook please!!

[Toe]

Apple's going to have to intro some products before MWSF, for two reasons.

1. They'd be idiots not to try to cash in on Xmas spending by getting some new products in consumers' faces.

2. On http://buyersguide.macrumors.com/ eMac, PowerBook, and Power Mac are listed as being beyond their usual update schedule. Would Apple really wait another ~60 days before updating any of these?

[vouder17]

My predictions.....

- Powerbook Updates definetly!!!
- iLife '05
- Tiger ship date
- PowerMac updates to 3GHz

But i believe that we might see a iPod Flash before christmas pehaps next week, cos it would only make sense for apple to release a consumer product during the time of the year when most consumer products are being bought. it would make only logical sense, but then again apple has been known to surprise us with there lack of logic???

Peace
DjVoTeZ

[Stella]

Is this such a surprise, really?

He's given the keynote speech for the last few of years that I know of - why would he not?

[~Shard~]

Originally Posted by Stella

Is this such a surprise, really?

He's given the keynote speech for the last few of years that I know of - why would he not?

Oh, I don't know, perhaps something to do with his recent cancer surgery? No one really knew if he would be in well enough shape to give the MWSF keynote, but this is great news indeed - Stevenotes are always great!

[Some_Big_Spoon]

I predict 2 dozen new ipods... and as many months of delays for 2.5GHz PM's.

[swissmann]

I really like watching that Steve on stage. Especially when he announces a lot of cool new stuff.

[Doctor Q]

Fantastic sales reports! Exciting developments! Wonderful new products! Astounding new software! Thrilling celebrity appearances! Amazing demonstrations!

I expect to see it all. In other words, same ol' same ol', and that's good news.

[rog]

Compared to recent years, there really hasn't been a whole lot of speculation about this MWSF. Maybe because everyone knows Tiger is still a ways off. monitors were recently updated as were ibooks and imacs. The PBs may get yet another miniscule G4 bump at best, and the G5 is sorta dead in the water stuck at 2.0GHz, with only a trickle of 2.5 GHz models, and still way too hot to get into a powerbook. the ipod also was recently updated. so that leaves emacs and maybe some flash based ipod. Whoopee! I have lower expectations for this MWSF than any I can remember in the past 10 years.

[virus1]

cool... remember when they stopped broadcasting live? when alicia keys told live in front of hundreds of people that her ipod wasn't working... anyone know what the price is for admission? i live about 1 hour away from san fransisco... palo alto... same as jobs

[Porchland]

Originally Posted by rog

Compared to recent years, there really hasn't been a whole lot of speculation about this MWSF. Maybe because everyone knows Tiger is still a ways off. monitors were recently updated as were ibooks and imacs. The PBs may get yet another miniscule G4 bump at best, and the G5 is sorta dead in the water stuck at 2.0GHz, with only a trickle of 2.5 GHz models, and still way too hot to get into a powerbook. the ipod also was recently updated. so that leaves emacs and maybe some flash based ipod. Whoopee! I have lower expectations for this MWSF than any I can remember in the past 10 years.

Originally Posted by TMA

My early predictions:*
(*subject to change)

- Usual blahblah about how well the new iMac is selling, iPod is still huge, iTMS doing well in all countries.
- iLife '05
- Mac OS X Tiger - More new features shown off, provisional release date given.
- iTunes 5 - Slight GUI tweaks, Better Album art features,
- iPod Mini II - 1Gb FLASH storage. Similar form factor but smaller unit and better battery life. Retails at £129. Current iPod Mini 4Gb discontinued.
- eMac - Speed bump and updates.
- Powerbook - Now using Freescale chip.
- Powermacs - Sorry the 2.5's have been taking so long, they're now flowing freely.
- One last thing...

MWSF 2004 was the debut of iLife '04 and the iPod mini. For 2005, iLife '05 and the now-confirmed iPod mini/flash seem pretty likely. I'm also looking for Keynote 2.

Tiger could go either way, but if iLife '05 is going to be "optimized for Tiger," it makes sense to bring them out together.

The pro video apps -- Final Cut Pro HD, Motion, DVD Studio Pro -- have tended to have announcement dates in March and April. If the 2005 upgrades are "optimized for Tiger," then Tiger will need to be out before March/April. The fact that Tiger was heavily demo-ed at the last Steve-note makes me think it's coming in January. Why get ready, get set, go when you can just get ready then go.

Basically, if 2005 is going to be The Year of the Tiger, January is a good place to start.

What I'd like to see in iLife '05 (feel free to add on here):
* widescreen/16:9 support for iMovie and iDVD (seems obvious);
* heiarchical playlists for iTunes and iPhoto (already rumored);
* beatmatching in GarageBand (to overlay loops onto existing tracks; this isn't even in Logic Express, so I'm not holding my breath);
* better file organization in iPhoto;
* in iTMS, a 99-cent credit toward an album if you buy one track and decide to buy the whole thing;
* Dave Matthews Band, Radiohead in iTMS.

[devman]

Originally Posted by rog

Compared to recent years, there really hasn't been a whole lot of speculation about this MWSF. Maybe because everyone knows Tiger is still a ways off. monitors were recently updated as were ibooks and imacs. The PBs may get yet another miniscule G4 bump at best, and the G5 is sorta dead in the water stuck at 2.0GHz, with only a trickle of 2.5 GHz models, and still way too hot to get into a powerbook. the ipod also was recently updated. so that leaves emacs and maybe some flash based ipod. Whoopee! I have lower expectations for this MWSF than any I can remember in the past 10 years.

I think a 5GB iPod Mini will be announced. (but it has little interest to me)

[aafuss1]

Originally Posted by Doctor Q

Fantastic sales reports! Exciting developments! Wonderful new products! Astounding new software! Thrilling celebrity appearances! Amazing demonstrations!

I expect to see it all. In other words, same ol' same ol', and that's good news.

I'm sure these could be annouced:
iLife '05-definite (as usually it's upgraded in Jan.)
Keynote 2.0
More Tiger features demoed/release date timeframe set(perhaps any of the features that AI have reported on)

[maya]

SJ surprise us ALL.


Release a G5 Cube :: joking ::

[wrldwzrd89]

I have a strong feeling that we'll see iLife '05 at MWSF 2005. There's also a possibility of Tiger being released that time too - that seems unlikely to me at this point. I'm looking forward to watching the delayed QuickTime stream too, since I have QT Pro...

[TMA]

My early predictions:*
(*subject to change)

- Usual blahblah about how well the new iMac is selling, iPod is still huge, iTMS doing well in all countries.
- iLife '05
- Mac OS X Tiger - More new features shown off, provisional release date given.
- iTunes 5 - Slight GUI tweaks, Better Album art features,
- iPod Mini II - 1Gb FLASH storage. Similar form factor but smaller unit and better battery life. Retails at £129. Current iPod Mini 4Gb discontinued.
- eMac - Speed bump and updates.
- Powerbook - Now using Freescale chip.
- Powermacs - Sorry the 2.5's have been taking so long, they're now flowing freely.
- One last thing...