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Apple.com: 'The first 30 years were just the beginning... Welcome to 2007'

The only thing that would seem stratospheric enough to merit such hyperbole would be selling OS X for a PC.

Presuming this isn't going to happen, this is marketing BS. Roll on a week's time when this crap finishes.

(I used to get excited by this kind of thing, but this is the fourth MWSF keynote I've paid attention to and it's just getting boring. Nothing at all will match the shock of the Intel switch. It's the products that are fun; the build-up is tedious.)
 
I have to make 1 point and that point is Apple has finished the transition to Intel and every product is now at least 2 years old. This year we could see all new models across the board.
 
The image won't change daily - Apple use that naming convention throughout their site. They are just saying Happy New Year after 30 years of existance. Well done to them.

New 'design' iMacs in Jan/Feb 2007. I've said too much already.
 
Whole new year?

Well here are some facts:

Pro applications:
- Shake has not seen a Major release in a long time (4.1 was the switch to Intel)
- Final Cut Pro + Studio apps have not seem major releases for a long time
So I would expect these to be the BIG tings in 2007 (NAB 2007 maybe?)

Office Applications:
- IWorks: need a major revamp to make them fully useful and useable (spreadsheet? PAges more like word?). I would expect the announcement at MWSF 2007


Hardware:
I have been using my Apple Cinema display (30") for a long time and I am not surprised by the new screen rumors. Remember that HD DVD and Blu rays are here and that they require HDMI connections.

Iphones: too many rumors for this to be a lie. So : It will be true... Question is: Will they be enough phones available RIGHT AWAY? demamnd is going to be huge (form / design / software: I expect Apple to come BIG on this one to really differentiate themselves from the crap around there).

Ipod Video: Jobs is going to announce major agreement between Apple and the Movie Industry at MWSF.

Tablet PC? Would love it and would buy one right away
 
even with such a nice news item some people are still rating this as 'negative'

i think some people are just frustrated and unhappy:rolleyes:
 
The iPod Phone

As everybody is making things up I'd like to add my ideas as well... :rolleyes:

First; It will be named the iPod Phone. In one or two years, there will be no iPod without a phone (except the Shuffle...), and the added name will be dropped, like the iPod Video/Photo before.

Second; It's very unlikely that they would try this without including the PC-platform. All functions will be the same on both the Mac and the PC. The iPod market is so much more than the Mac.

Third; The phone will, like today's iPods, connect to a computer through iTunes. Why iTunes? Because it's the only Apple-software on the PC-platform (I know QT, but get real!). Therefore all syncing will be made through iTunes, if they would not chose to convert iSync for the PC. Which is not very likely.

Forth; Apple and the iPod is about engineering, UI and design, not high tech. The first generation of iPod Phones will probably just be an iPod with a built in phone-function. Well built? Yes. Attractive? Yes. Good for music and phone calls? Yes! Wifi, Blue-tooth or PDA functions? Definitely not. This is a product for anybody, not tech geeks.

And fifth; The gamble, it will not include a camera. Cameras in phones are ****. Apple would not like to be connected to such things. This is not a multi-every-thing. It is an iPod with a built in phone.

The iPod Phone will be great, sexy and expensive. And I'll buy one.

Henrik
 
DHUK said:
New 'design' iMacs in Jan/Feb 2007. I've said too much already.
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I've been wondering about that too. They've moved away from the i-prefix with the MacBook and MacBook Pro, so perhaps there'll be a new iMac called just a 'Mac' - this would also fit in with the Mac Pro and Mac Mini...?

Also, according to what people are saying, the last big hype was around a new design iMac, so - if this is a big announcement - maybe a new iMac/Mac again?
 
mk_in_mke said:
Well here are some facts:

Pro applications:
- Shake has not seen a Major release in a long time (4.1 was the switch to Intel)
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I thought shake was discontinued. could be wrong, though...

I love reading the rumor sites up until macworld... gives me something to do during the lulls at the office.

why don't they stream the keynote anymore? is it because of the strain on the servers?

-to
 
Moz4 said:
I've been wondering about that too. They've moved away from the i-prefix with the MacBook and MacBook Pro, so perhaps there'll be a new iMac called just a 'Mac' - this would also fit in with the Mac Pro and Mac Mini...?

Also, according to what people are saying, the last big hype was around a new design iMac, so - if this is a big announcement - maybe a new iMac/Mac again?
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So will iLife become 'life'? What about iWork or iTunes. Oh... wait... POD! ;)

The iMac is a consumer machine and all the i Apps are aimed at the consumer believe it or not the 'i' is a major brand for Apple. They wont drop it anytime soon.
 
Moz4 said:
I've been wondering about that too. They've moved away from the i-prefix with the MacBook and MacBook Pro, so perhaps there'll be a new iMac called just a 'Mac' - this would also fit in with the Mac Pro and Mac Mini...?

Also, according to what people are saying, the last big hype was around a new design iMac, so - if this is a big announcement - maybe a new iMac/Mac again?
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Someone would say "I have a mac"
"which one"
"A mac"
"Which one"
This could go forever...
 
Moz4 said:
I've been wondering about that too. They've moved away from the i-prefix with the MacBook and MacBook Pro, so perhaps there'll be a new iMac called just a 'Mac' - this would also fit in with the Mac Pro and Mac Mini...?
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I don't think they will rename anything - but you'll see a nice highly spec'ed black iMac. Now I've said too much.
 
thegoldenmackid said:
they put up:
welcome2007_20070101.jpg


we all know the new OS is coming?...2006 was/is probably a bigger year: intel transition?
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Agreed.

If they annouce Santa Rosa laptops, then it will be big; but I think that announcement won't happen until later in the Spring of '07.

It's just the "usual" Apple hype, nothing to get excited about. 2002 was't really all that exciting, so I don't expect this MWSF to be much more. iPhone is boring before it's even released. Video d/l's have been hyped forever it seems, but I doubt the Apple branded way, will ever be as popular as d/l'd music.

Faster, more energy efficient RAM, 45nm CPU's, more potentent GPU's that use less power, enabling longer laptop battery life, drop in price of NAND based SSD's for laptops & desktop boot drives. Lots of new hardware advances coming to fruition this year, but later in the year. All should prove to make 2007 one impressive year when coupled with latest revisions of OSX10.5 w/Apple's own core apps & 3rd party software coded to take advantage of that. But MSWF will be a snore.
 
maybe the "distortion" in the left corner is foreshadowing that something big is coming....cuz it kinda looks like the sun rising or something....just a thought :confused:
 
if they were planing a new imac why did they introduce the 24" on September ?!
no imac soon..they have to wait for something new from intel a new processor or technology otherwise its pointless.
 
hokullani said:
does anyone else notice that the apple logo in it is shiny black, just like in time machine and the same that itunes is starting to become, anyone wonder if that is going to be the new look?
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Actually the Apple logo is black because light is hitting it from behind. If you stood in front of a spotlight you too would look black.
 
bill4588 said:
maybe the "distortion" in the left corner is foreshadowing that something big is coming....cuz it kinda looks like the sun rising or something....just a thought :confused:
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I'm just guessing here :rolleyes: but maybe they are trying to say its a dawn of a new era. i.e. Leopard et al?
 
MacboobsPro said:
I'm just guessing here :rolleyes: but maybe they are trying to say its a dawn of a new era. i.e. Leopard et al?
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That's quite a statement in itself, considering Leopard as it stands appears to be the least significant point release of OS X since it's creation.

But I agree, I just think there has to be more to Leopard.

As for me I just want iWork 07 and some pointless, gratuitous new UI gfx in .5.
 
Magnetic RAM

I'm surprised that nobody has thought of Apple releasing computers that use MRAM. MRAM's great - it is just as fast as regular memory, if not faster, and it doesn't require constant refreshing to maintain its data. This means that it can retain data when power is removed, much like a hard drive... which in turn could enable some wild new Mac OS X features - like Instant Boot :eek:

MRAM is in active use today.
 
Ooh, yeah, seeing as they discovered with the iPod that black is the new white... (and there's a trend of making their top-of-the range of everything black)...

An 8-core Mac Pro "Extreme". In black-anodised alumnium (with matching black Cinema Displays?)

Or perhaps a satin or glossy black finish, so it looks more Darth Vader, and less like a big black heatsink :)
 
This Is It

I joined MacRumors five minutes ago. I've kept an idle eye on MacRumors for a few years now, reading insightful thoughtful posts and threads with interest, wondering why some choose to use these forums as a means to wage semantic battles with other members, getting caught up in the hype before each new Stevenote, and wondering when the next big Apple initiated iPod/iTunes/iTunes Store cultural shift might happen.

After reading the title of this thread and seeing Apple's new homepage, I really think it's coming soon.

By cultural shift I mean something truly innovative and habit changing. Put simply, my life is different now than it was before I downloaded iTunes in 2002 and bought my first iPod in 2003. Music has always been a huge part of my life, but now I can take it all with me and access it from pretty much anywhere at anytime. I even have a solar-powered iPod charger for God's sakes.

I don't think the same can be said for many other recent products/technologies. Digital photography let me cheaply take and edit 200 pictures of baby pandas in Sichuan, China last week, DVDs did away with forget-to-rewind fees, smaller cellphones made them easier to lose, 802.11g lets me email from the couch, HDTV gets me a little too familiar with Lebron's pores, YouTube lets me watch Mentos-in-Coke experiments, and HD-DVD and Bluray are making me relive Betamax/VHS wars. Perhaps I oversimplify, but I can't think of any other innovation besides the internet/email and cell phones in the 90s that has completely changed my life on a day-to-day basis. Maybe Google.

Anyway, what I think I'm getting at is that we're due for another big (really big) thing soon. With Apple's foot in the door with music (more like entire body), photos, movies, and slick my-grandmother-can-figure-it-out interfaces and software, I think 2007 really could be a big one for the folks at Infinite Loop. Why celebrate your 30th in April when your big onemorethings aren't perfect yet?

Here's to wishing Apple a very happy new year in 2007!
 
popelife said:
Ooh, yeah, seeing as they discovered with the iPod that black is the new white... (and there's a trend of making their top-of-the range of everything black)...

An 8-core Mac Pro "Extreme". In black-anodised alumnium.

(with matching black Cinema Displays?)
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Macbook and nano..what else?
 
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