Quark said:Wouldn't be surprised to see the iMac HD and of course the PowerBook HD.
This is the year of HD.
Take care,
Quark
Sol said:Airport Express AV would be cool for streaming photo slideshows with music to a television. It may also do video but I would not hold my breath for HD. Very few people in Apple's market have plasma displays. Anyway, other than music videos and film trailers there is very little legitimate video out there so unless iTunes for Movies is also introduced there is no reason to rush to market something like this.
My money is on the infamous 'Asteroid' peripheral being introduced. Apple owns the trademark to the name Jam Box so maybe that is what they will call it. For those who do not know, this product is an analogue to digital breakout box for audio capture and output. GarageBand users could plug microphones and electric guitars into this device and record their sessions on the computer. In my opinion it will definately be a FireWire device since USB would need a seperate power supply to power microphones and FireWire can do more channels in HD audio.
Since this is a Developer's Conference I expect a lot of talk about OS X 10.4 but no introduction of OS X 10.5 yet; too soon for that. Maybe Apple will preview Open GL 2.0 for OS X which is rumoured to be introduced in OS X 10.4.4 or later. I am sure that a lot of time will be spent talking about widgets and encouriging shareware authors to make more of them.
As for the iPod, it would be great to see Apple make it possible for developers to write software for it. By now there are propably more active iPods than Palms in the world and there are a lot of applications that could be usefull in it. Something I personally wish for is a timer and more games.
Anyway, it will be hard to top the last Mac-show where iPod Shuffle and Mac Mini were introduced. Perhaps they should call Alicia Keys back for another live performance.
From the Apple perspective, this is what I was referring to:Platform said:What do you mean iMac HD what more does it need to play HD
Look at the resolution of the new Cinema displays. The HD designation doesn't appear until the resolution hits 1920x1200. The 20" iMac has only 1680 x 1050.From Apple said:High Definition
Use the 23-inch Apple Cinema HD Display to view high-definition serial digital interface (HD SDI) signals used in broadcast television environments at their true intended resolution.
Quark said:From the Apple perspective, this is what I was referring to:
Look at the resolution of the new Cinema displays. The HD designation doesn't appear until the resolution hits 1920x1200. The 20" iMac has only 1680 x 1050.
We should see the release of the special 20" iMac HD with a much higher pixel density. As well as the Powerbook HD with a much higher pixel density.
Take care,
Quark
Cooknn said:What does SATA stand for out of the loop on this one...
Cold_Steel said:Oh yeah my money is on dual core or dual-cpu G4 Powerbooks....
Cooknn said:What does SATA stand for out of the loop on this one...
macorama said:Exactly. You've got to think dual core is coming to the powerbook first now. Otherwise the xServes.