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Another Day, Another Rumor...

A dash of reality, anyone?

Please keep your expectations down! Sure, you can hope -- I'm hoping for some "big news" tomorrow as well. But dang -- so many people seemed devastated this morning when the Apple website didn't announce 4ghz G5 iMacs for $250.

This is nothing more than very excited people buying into their own hype. Same thing as the iPod mini -- everyone made convincing arguments for why Apple should release a $49 2gb model, and were positively apoplectic when Apple dared to disappoint them.

For your own sake, hope, but don't expect.
 
20 years isn't special anniversary

I'm going to go out on a ledge and point out the obvious, 20 years is not a cool anniversary, at least not in my books and knowning what a purist jobs is its probably not in his either. Think about it what anniversaries/birthdays do we celebrate more then others, it really just comes down to the numbers and how we perceive them. Some mac fans are just itching for something anything, but realisticly 25 is going to be the BIG anniversary. At least until 50.



Anniversaries in order of importance,

1 : Cause you made it one whole year
2 : Cause you made it two whole year, its twice as long as one year.
5 : Cause its half way to 10 (important cause we live in a 10 based math system) and a little more then 2 times 2 ( your last big party),
10: Cause its the first 2 digit number, 2 times your last anniversary (5) and you start using the numbers over again(YAH).

Following the previous doubling logic you might think 20 is the obvious next anniversary but its not, cause 20 is just like 30, 40, 60, 70, 80, and 90, its just another 10 years, if you wait out another 5 years you get a quarter centrury which is alot more profound then 2 decades.


25: Cause your half way to 50 which is half way to 100, and its also been a while since your 10 year anniversary.
50: Cause its twice as much as 25
75: Cause its been 25 years since your last anniversary your itching for another, its also a warm up for 100, not to forget you already celbrated 25 and 50 and your going to do 100 so you might as well do 75 to keep with the quarterly consistancy.

100: YEH



p.s. pardon my grammer, its sucks.
 
Re: *sigh*

Originally posted by Hoky
I am starting to crack under the pressure...

I am SO ready to order a new G5, and know that an upgrade is in the pipe (at least I hope so...). I want one NOW!!!!

My G4 400 TiBook (the original) stills chugs along, but having had the opportunity to use a dual G5 last month has left me with a kind of technology desire/craving that is second only to crack cocaine in terms of intensity.

The G5 means one thing to me: possibilities. Endless possibilities in terms of creativity and entertainment. I dream of a day when I have Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Dreamweaver, Flash, Safari, Mail and iTunes open at the same time, with Final Cut rendering in the background - all while the G5 says, "Is that all you are going to throw at me?"

I think they classify me as a "power user" in the computing world.

If I tried to do that with my TiBook...well, let's just say I know better.

I hope for my sanity's sake that Tuesdays (ie: tomorrow) are the day. I don't know if I could handle the disappointment of a non-announcement.

Satan, grant me patience. Please...
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I am feeling your pain dood. Last monday I was all ready to order DP 1.8's, but was told by many that I should wait for tomorrow because of something big going down.

I've been gazing at the subway for a while now to take myself down to prince street and get my G5 right from the Apple Store, but I have held myself back.

If nothing happens to tomorrow, I'd be disappointed for the time wasted waiting, but then if something came out more than 10 days after, I'd hate myself for being impatient.

This will be my first Mac btw, so I cannot wait! =)

My only fear is that something DOES come out tomorrow, but it will ship in "4-8 weeks" Oh the pain I would be in! =)
 
Yes, tomorrow will prove to be a big day.

(tomorrow)

Did we say today... er, we meant Wednesday, HUGE, won't believe your eyes, holy shmoly... just plain large!!!

(wednesday)

[clears throat] Oh, um, Thursday folks, you wont regret the wait (for this, that and the other), we have it on good word from a little fairy Thursday will set the bar.

(thurdsay)

[No posts. Sound of crickets]

(friday)

Oh yeah baby, NEXT WEEK and we're serious this time, it's going to be big. Apple's got our number, get your checkbooks out, the next model of everything across the board... hoohaah!!

(next week)

Did we say this week, we meant February and when we say it we mean it and you will not be disappointed...

(april)

We were kidding before but we're serious now... and Powerbook G5s, yep gonna be hear this week...

(2005)

Good word has it G5 Powerbooks are at the store because we saw some Apple employee move a shelf down and wink...


Please... these rumors out of thin air are getting really, really old.
 
Re: apropos of nothing

Originally posted by El Tritoma
I noticed that the Spirit rover's problem seems to be based on the flash memory not being able to store everything (pictures -- and maybe music too :) ). JPL is having to delete stuff so there is room for new pictures. Maybe this is why Apple only wants to produce iPods with hard drives!
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It's actually cause some of the Flash memory is corrupt. . . further evidence that Flash is dead! Now it should die in digiCams too.

I would love a Camera with a 4Gig microdrive in it. . . totally doable. Forget the 256MB flash cards.

-rik
 
What's the floor space redesign?

I was in Tyson's Apple on Saturday, and the layout was pretty clean and simple. The window displays were both iPods - kind of weird - a huge picture and box with a tiny iPod inside. There was a big square thing in the back with a black tarp around it, which I suppose is their "theater". It's not a big store by any means.

(Edit) LOL at Photorun's post. It reminds me of MacOSRumors :D Thanks!
 
Originally posted by youngr40
Hello All

I have just installed the lastest security update and now noticed that if you navigate to home folder of a user that has filevault setup, you are prompted to enter a password to open a diskimage that contains the home folder. Entering the correct password will mount a diskimageo n your desktop

I never had this before must be to do with the security update
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These forums are filled with people that would be more then willing to help answer any questions you might have, or talk to you about whatever you want.

I would like to request that you find a more apropriate place to post in the future. Given this is a rumors post, I would suggest you start a new thread with your specified interest. OR use the macrumors search feature and find an apropriate filevault forum that already exists.

thanks,

~dho


edit: and to make my post apropriate, I hope Mr. Jobs surprises us tommorow. :)
 
Originally posted by Photorun
Yes, tomorrow will prove to be a big day.

(tomorrow)

Did we say today... er, we meant Wednesday, HUGE, won't believe your eyes, holy shmoly... just plain large!!!

(wednesday)

[clears throat] Oh, um, Thursday folks, you wont regret the wait (for this, that and the other), we have it on good word from a little fairy Thursday will set the bar.

(thurdsay)

[No posts. Sound of crickets]

(friday)

Oh yeah baby, NEXT WEEK and we're serious this time, it's going to be big. Apple's got our number, get your checkbooks out, the next model of everything across the board... hoohaah!!

(next week)

Did we say this week, we meant February and when we say it we mean it and you will not be disappointed...

(april)

We were kidding before but we're serious now... and Powerbook G5s, yep gonna be hear this week...

(2005)

Good word has it G5 Powerbooks are at the store because we saw some Apple employee move a shelf down and wink...


Please... these rumors out of thin air are getting really, really old.
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Or maybe the lady selling the fake belts and watches outside the store on Prince St. got info from a "reliable source" that there were guys in big trucks, with an apple logo on them, bringing boxes into the store at midnight!

G6's tomorrow across the globe, heard it here first =)
 
Re: 20 years isn't special anniversary

Originally posted by hillbilly1980
I'm going to go out on a ledge and point out the obvious, 20 years is not a cool anniversary...Following the previous doubling logic you might think 20 is the obvious next anniversary but its not, cause 20 is just like 30, 40, 60, 70, 80, and 90, its just another 10 years...
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Using conventional wisdom, you MAY be somewhat correct. But this is the world of technology. 10 years is two lifetimes.
 
(2005)

Good word has it G5 Powerbooks are at the store because we saw some Apple employee move a shelf down and wink...


Please... these rumors out of thin air are getting really, really old. [/B][/QUOTE]

this is fun! goosip is what drives American business - otherwise we'd all work at home - especially since this is "MacRumors" you should have to realize that all a rumor is is factless speculation mixed with a dash of hope. No worries.

On you favorites list you must have accidently missed the link to www.macfact.com and stumbled into our own little virtual water cooler!

:p
 
Re: Re: apropos of nothing

Originally posted by rikers_mailbox
It's actually cause some of the Flash memory is corrupt. . . further evidence that Flash is dead! Now it should die in digiCams too. -rik
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CNN this afternoon: "Trosper said the problem appeared to be that the rover's flash memory couldn't handle the number of files it was storing. The jam-up, she said, apparently kept Spirit from shutting down properly and performing a number of functions that normally originated in its flash memory."
I am sure this is a special code to let us know that Apple is releasing a video iPod tomorrow. :D
 
Re: Re: apropos of nothing

Originally posted by rikers_mailbox
It's actually cause some of the Flash memory is corrupt. . . further evidence that Flash is dead! Now it should die in digiCams too.

I would love a Camera with a 4Gig microdrive in it. . . totally doable. Forget the 256MB flash cards.

-rik
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Despite being incorrect about "Flash is dead"...

You wish is granted about a (video) camera; Canon unveiled one at CES using a microdrive.
 
to all those saying that this must be true because of railheaddesign's credibility... MacRumors (arn and staff) take credibility into account when looking at rumors... they've been doing this a while. and yet they remain unconvinced. that says a lot to me.

paul
 
Originally posted by Macmaniac
Well Tuesday is the day for Apple updates!
Crossin my fingers!
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What are you talking about? Tuesday is never the update day. Are you on crack or something. Its always Next tuesday! drrrr.


ya, i hope you are right. Since I completed my computer classwork today, I get to spnd all of my next period surfing on whatever comes up.

I WILL be in IRC tomorow around 11-12 :)

lets set a new record :)

irc.krono.net #macrumors :)
 
only just got Garageband - now I have to buy a pre amp for my mic, and maybe I need a digital saxophone.

I cant really afford any more new stuff, so I hope the rumor is what it appears to be:
NFG!
 
Re: 20 years isn't special anniversary

Originally posted by hillbilly1980
I'm going to go out on a ledge and point out the obvious, 20 years is not a cool anniversary, at least not in my books and knowning what a purist jobs is its probably not in his either.
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I think this is a completely arbitrary system you've laid out. The kind of beauty I think of when I think of apple is for the anniversaries to be celebrated so that they're laid out in a logarithmic scale; to wit,

1
2
5
10
20
50
100
200
500
etc.

That's purism. On the other hand, Apple being what it is, they will probably celebrate as many anniversaries as possible to get people to buy more "xth anniversary edition" products. That's a strategy that might be borne out in reality by the decision to celebrate both Apple's 20th anniversary and maybe (?) Mac's 20th. Time will tell.
 
Superbowl Sunday!!!

If Apple wanted to make a big announcement for their anniversary, what is the most important day to do it, and what is the necessary thing to do to keep it a secret?

The answer to the first question is the Superbowl (for obvious reasons)

The answer to the second question is to deny that such ad space has been purchased so as to throw off the rumor sites from predicting the inevitable product release.

Apple knows that when people have reason to expect an upcoming product from them, the rumor sites hype this unknown product to such a degree that when its actually released, an incredible product turns out to be a let-down.

I can't imagine that the superbowl advertising commitee would care about lying about Apple's advertising status as long as they got the ad placement cash in the end.

Most companies want as much exposure as they can get, be it from being placed on an advertising list or whatnot. Apple is unique in that they'll get more exposure by not being listed and then placing an ad anyways.

Those looking for new product releases ought to hold out till Superbowl Sunday, as that seems like Apple's prime spot for a new announcement if there ever was one.
 
Well, my patience ran out so I ran out and bought a widescreen TV, just in time for Superbowl. That 2K was supposedly for an updated Powerbook or a G5 iMac. Didn't really need it, my eMac works just fine, I just wanted to buy one for the heck of it. If they do come out with something new and cool tomorrow, oh well maybe next year.
 
A friend of mine just bought a G4 imac and when he went to register it, he said there was a menu item for G5 iMac. I didn't witness this myself, but that is what he told me. I believe it is coming. Unfortunately I have no desire to have an iMac. :(

fucanay
 
logarithms

A log scale might go more like 1, 3, 10, 30, ... for half orders of magnitude (radix = 10). If this isn't often enough, then use a radix of 2 and increment by photography f-stops, or even half f-stops. This would give us a lot of anniversaries!

I agree with a bunch of other posts the last few days: I can't believe they just ignored the anniversary. PLUS I CAN'T FIND ANY YELLOW CAPS IN ABQ YET!!
 
What about an Apple & Nokia connection

If I had a birthday wish, I'd ask for a iPod/Cell Phone/PDA combo device which could access the iTunes store as I was stuck in traffic or at an airport without Airport.:) ;)
 
Re: Re: Re: apropos of nothing

Originally posted by legion
Despite being incorrect about "Flash is dead"...
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Ok, fine. Flash may have some uses left still. You must be some kind of flash memory expert.

I'm just saying that the iPod, being hard drive based, smoked other flash-based MP3 players because of it's massive storage capacity. Look at the size of the miniPod and tell me that 4gig microdrive can't fit in a neatly sized digiCam.

Would you rather have 256MB or 4gig of storage on your camera?

-rik
 
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