From another thread but I wanted everyone to see it and tell me what they think (this also assumes the the 970 will come out for mac)
I dont at all if they went public with the information and just waited on advertise it I dont think it would hurt sales at all heres why:
1) NO ONE in these forms will be buying a computer until the 970 (or whatever there next proc. is) comes out unless they absolutly have to.
2) Joe Average isnt going to know about it and will most likely buy a mac anyways
example: I told my brother (loves macs / prepress manager) that the 970 might be comign out soon and he didnt know what it was (BTW he was shopping for a new mac, I told him to wait until at least July to see if the rumors would pan out)
3) it would give us mac fanatics something to give to "switchers" that think macs are slow. (other then rumors)
Hope this makes sense....
Originally posted by tjwett
Some may disagree with me but I think it would be wise for Apple to disclose atleast some information about their upcoming hardware. I think that the money they would lose in slow PowerMac sales while waiting for the new machines would be chump change compared to what they could potentially lose if people start to abandon the platform altogether. I see more and more devoted Mac people resorting to using PCs for serious number crunching and I think some sort of announcement would keep some of their faith in the Mac platform, while at the same time getting the buzz out to potential "switchers" from the PC side of the fence. We don't need pictures or anything, just some rough tech specs to keep us from trading all our software for Windows versions.
I dont at all if they went public with the information and just waited on advertise it I dont think it would hurt sales at all heres why:
1) NO ONE in these forms will be buying a computer until the 970 (or whatever there next proc. is) comes out unless they absolutly have to.
2) Joe Average isnt going to know about it and will most likely buy a mac anyways
example: I told my brother (loves macs / prepress manager) that the 970 might be comign out soon and he didnt know what it was (BTW he was shopping for a new mac, I told him to wait until at least July to see if the rumors would pan out)
3) it would give us mac fanatics something to give to "switchers" that think macs are slow. (other then rumors)
Hope this makes sense....