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News From Apple Tomorrow
Tomorrow promises to be a “big” day for Apple, so get your credit card balances down and your paychecks deposited…


This is like the sign at Joe's Crab Shack that says "free crab tomorrow" It's up there everyday, and so tomorrow never actually comes, and niether does the free crab.

I sick of the rumor-mongering, I'm ordering my dual 2,0 today.
 
Re: It's been real!

Originally posted by iriejedi
... ONE) no rebates at Apple store - to date I have always seen rebate 2-4 weeks before a rvision. ... Apple is still a business after all and OLD inventory must be moved. ...
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This is possibly a good positive indicator, when it is present. I don't agree that its absence is a negative indicator, though.

The fact that the Apple Store Refurbs suddenly has a stock of all three G5 models (but no 1.8 duals), after having only here-and-there selections for months, is a positive indicator.

I don't know how these other guys do the inventory checks, but low stocks in the field are usually a pretty good indicator, too. I don't know what stocks are now.

Apple is going to have to resort to rebates or price cuts to move all those G4 iMacs, but a speed bump on the PMG5 won't hurt any sales.
 
Originally posted by Weekapaug
News From Apple Tomorrow
Tomorrow promises to be a “big” day for Apple, so get your credit card balances down and your paychecks deposited…


This is like the sign at Joe's Crab Shack that says "free crab tomorrow" It's up there everyday, and so tomorrow never actually comes, and niether does the free crab.
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Best analogy ever. :)
 
While we're waiting... I'd love to see a 20th Anniversary PowerBook. 12" higher-res screen, aluminum anodized in a different color (black!), mostly same specs as the current 12" PowerBook, but thin and light. No built-in Combo drive, but include an external FireWire-based one. Thin thin thin screen bezel making it smaller all around than the current 12" - which would mean a reduction in keyboard size, but so be it - it's a limited run product to be sold at a premium, right? Sell it for $1600. w00t!
 
Originally posted by Weekapaug
News From Apple Tomorrow
Tomorrow promises to be a “big” day for Apple, so get your credit card balances down and your paychecks deposited…


This is like the sign at Joe's Crab Shack that says "free crab tomorrow" It's up there everyday, and so tomorrow never actually comes, and niether does the free crab.

I sick of the rumor-mongering, I'm ordering my dual 2,0 today.
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It is just best to buy what you need when you are in the market.

I think that since Steve said a lot more to come this year. We can be confident that by Christmas, we will have new products. Don't think that I can miss on this one! :)
 
Originally posted by noel4r
like i said yesterday, here's what apple has in store for today:
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I really love people with an "I told you so" attitude....oh wait, no I don't and neither does anyone else.

We were all hoping for something for the anniversary and it didn't come. Ok so we move on. No need to rub it in peoples faces.
 
Re: Re: Re: Re: Wow what a dumba**

Originally posted by ehurtley
I have a friend at Apple, he doesn't tell me jack. (He hinted at the iPod before it first came out, but didn't give enough detail for me to even know it was going to be an mp3 player. Only in retrospect did I realize that his hint was in reference to it.)

My friend must be the only Apple employee who actually takes his NDA seriously. (And he would be in a position to know about new products. He doesn't even go "Oh, man, are you going to be surprised on Tuesday!" or anything similar, he is very nonchalant about those kind of things. He is really good at poker, too.
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Sounds like you might actually have a friend at Apple who KNOWS something.

I have a friend of a friend whose dad is apparently quite a high-up at Apple, but MY friend has never been told anything.

Leaks just aren't going to happen among people who have something to lose. And as Apple proved with the "worker bee" case, there's a lot to lose...
 
Re: Re: Re: ipod

Originally posted by Some_Big_Spoon
I completely agree.. Some of us depend on Apple to get our jobs done. iPods do squat for that.
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Yeah darn apple for only having Dual 2ghz Power Macs, multiple displays, lots of software thats just been updated, etc.

Its not like the stuff they have can't do what you need it too now unless you are trying to simulate a nuclear blast or something. Seriously.
 
Originally posted by Some_Big_Spoon
No excuse.. aside from Apple's total monopoly on Apple products.. means they can take their own sweet time and do whatever they damn well please..

yay! a 6th color iPod.. that will certainly help me render in FCP..
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Why is your FCP rendering not working all of a sudden? Just because Apple doesn't release things when you want them too doesn't mean they are holding out. No one said anything new was coming, just a few rumors. Yes we are kinda dissapointed, but it happens. I'd rather have them take their time and come out with something quality than shove it out the door too quickly just to appease a few hotheads.

Seriously sometimes people on these threads are like kids throwing tantrums:

I wan't my new PowerMac and I want it NOW! :mad:

Honestly...
 
Re: Re: Re: Re: Wow what a dumba**

Originally posted by ehurtley
I have a friend at Apple, he doesn't tell me jack. (He hinted at the iPod before it first came out, but didn't give enough detail for me to even know it was going to be an mp3 player. Only in retrospect did I realize that his hint was in reference to it.)

My friend must be the only Apple employee who actually takes his NDA seriously. (And he would be in a position to know about new products. He doesn't even go "Oh, man, are you going to be surprised on Tuesday!" or anything similar, he is very nonchalant about those kind of things. He is really good at poker, too.
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Kudos to your friend, its nice to see SOME people believe in keeping their word. Honestly if I worked at Apple I might tell a friend to hold off if they were going to purchase something new, but thats about it.
 
Re: It's been real!

Originally posted by iriejedi
Well - this is my last post until I order the new G5 and I begin posting notes on how fast it is.

I hate to admit it but I now have a lot more respect for Trance Cub Music. He kept it real and I think he is the only one who know something.
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Thanks for the compliment- Appreciate it.
I know so many people say they have friends that work for Apple - but I honestly do (and NO not at the Apple Store)
I work for the US Government and my Boss talks to a person that does work for Apple. That person and I became good friends as the Courthouse where I work at changes over from PC to Mac.

In anycase, this was the person that told me March - at BEST maybe end of Febuary. I have not heard from this person since the disappointing NON Anniversary Show from Apple - as I am curious as to why NOTHING came from Apple.

Dont get me wrong, I'm not trying to show off or act like I know it all. I've been quiet because I was getting in trouble with the Moderators of Macrumors - so now I just tend to keep to my own and watch from the sidelines.

In any case - Good Luck with your New G5 - \
Peace :D
 
Originally posted by JtheLemur
While we're waiting... I'd love to see a 20th Anniversary PowerBook. 12" higher-res screen, aluminum anodized in a different color (black!), mostly same specs as the current 12" PowerBook, but thin and light. No built-in Combo drive, but include an external FireWire-based one. Thin thin thin screen bezel making it smaller all around than the current 12" - which would mean a reduction in keyboard size, but so be it - it's a limited run product to be sold at a premium, right? Sell it for $1600. w00t!
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Yah, that's interesting- a 20th anniversary PowerBook. I wouldn't be surprised if Apple *surprised* us with a PowerBook, as they are moving in that direction.
Of course it would be released in March or sometime, haha.
 
Originally posted by Tiauguinho
BTW, just to clarify, its PPC 970 and its sucessor is expected to be the PPC 980... 750Fx is the "expected sucessor" for the G3 that is still used on the iBooks.
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Maybe you haven't heard, but the iBooks have a G4 processor already. So the 750FX is pretty much out of the question.
 
I really think Apple is trying to break the routine of "of January is coming, I know they are going to release new computers so I am going to hold off my purchase until then."

It hurts sales. They probably want their new release schedule to be less predictable then it has been in the past.

Just my 2 cents.. Although I am probably wrong.
 
Originally posted by kidd0
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Imaginary? I'm not going to argue with you about this, it's so immature.

I hate going off topic anyway. I can't wait to say I told you so when I see updates this week :p
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Didn't you say today at 9 AM? Now it's later this week.
 
patience is a virtue, as they say. i have been reading this forum a little while now, and whilst i'm ever so slightly disappointed there is no big news right now... well, i can wait. it's certainly been interesting lurking around here :)
 
I'm looking to buy my first PowerMac, but am anxiously awaiting a new release of the G5s. I'm wondering if it's worth the wait of another few weeks, or if I should just bite the bullet and buy a dual 2Ghz. I'm looking for some guidance here. Thanks.

ps- is it really worth signing up for the apple developer plan if you only want the onetime hardware discount? I am a student.
 
I'm glad I bought ...

... my refurb G5 dual 2.0 from Smalldog when they were running a sale 2 weeks ago. My friend was pushing me to do it, but I resisted: "No," I said "new G5s are coming out any day and I don't want to be behind the curve."

Well, I could still be right and my friend could still be wrong, but January 20th, 24th and 27th have now (pretty much) come and gone without new product announcements. I'm thrilled with my new (refurbed) G5 and 23" Cineman Display, I saved $1100 on them new and life is sweet.

I get a kick out of Macrumors, but sometimes all these rumors cause more harm than good. If you need (want) a new computer buy the thing and get it over with! Instead of wasting your time reading (and, ahem, posting) to rumors sites, learn new software, write your memoirs, BE PRODUCTIVE!
 
What are you guys talking about?? Denying Apple will celebrate their own birthday? I'm suprised I'm the one to break the news to you guys, but The One I Waited For - Michael Dulin was added to the iTunes Music Store today! Apple made this release with very little fanfare, but now's the chance!! Buy 10 copies before the iTunes servers become overloaded with visitors looking for Michael's latest!! Oh you of little faith...
 
Re: Not all pros are knee-jerk upgraders

Originally posted by splashman
The 2.6 will be a maximum of 30% faster. Is that "much faster"? Is it worth the cost? Maybe to you. Maybe not to other folks. Yours is not the only valid opinion on the matter. You could at least qualify your statements as opinions.
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Ah, but if 2.6GHz G5's come out, they're hardly being targeted at existing G5 owners. (Not very many people about on 6 month machine turnover cycles!!).

They're being targeted at Mac users who haven't upgraded yet, for people who don't like buying Rev A machines, for PC users who'll compare clockspeed against available PCs and wonder why the Mac (at 'only' 2GHz) appears so slow by comparison, etc..

Most of all, the last one. Apple needs to shift the (long held) perception that Macs are slow, thanks largely to the delay in finding a successor to the G4, and the slow bus speeds it imposed. That's why they need to push the performance of this new architecture very, very aggressively.
 
My Dream Rumor

Ok, it is not really a rumor. But I keep reading that there is an expectation that a G5 iMac is the big thing. How could that be? Steve would never (history dictates) launch a older form factor with a new processor as the next thing worthy of 20 years of inovation. Here is my thought...
If I had to take a huge longshot guess and what would stand the industry on edge again? MacOS running on a Wintel box. The superbowl would be the place to launch it, multi-millions of viewers. Think about the commercial, it opens from the back of the Computer, preferably a DELL (person sitting and the desk), voiceover talking nondescriptly about the best way to compute, ease of use, as the camera pans around you see the user, smiling, happy and the shot finishes you see that on his screen is the start up screen for the Mac OS . Fade to white "voiceover 'Welcome to Macintosh, Again'"

Now this would be a huge leap but think about what it would do overnight to Windows.

C'mon people, lets dream big and change the world.
 
Re: railheaddesign isn't making this up..

Originally posted by jessefoxperry
I read Railheaddesign daily, and without fail everytime he has predicted something about Apple(and especially when he gave it a date) he was right. Don't lose hope yet - there's something coming tomorrow.
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hmmm...

tick, tock, tick, tock...

:(
 
Originally posted by Soire
ps- is it really worth signing up for the apple developer plan if you only want the onetime hardware discount? I am a student.
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You'd have to get your calculator out to find that out!

For me, it was. 500$ (good for me with the euro->dollar exchange rate), gets me an up-to-20% discount on new hardware, plus a free copy of Panther. That alone makes it well worth the money for me.

I've often wondered if it'd be a good idea for Apple to do a deal like this for everyone; pay (say) 500 dollars, and get a free OS upgrade, a free download of all Apple software for a year, and one hardware discount. What they would lose in sales, they would probably make up several times over in volume. But what would I know... :)
 
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