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Apple Event on Thursday May 18th, 2006?

Can you imagine if at the press event on Thursday that Steve announces not only that the store will be opening up to the general public on Friday, but that you can come on down and pick up the new Macbook in store to celebrate the store opening??? Of course, being able to order online at the same time but as an exclusive to the store to be able to pick them up right away? WOW!!! If that didn't generate press I don't know what would! Can you imagine the clips we'd see on the news of crazed Mac fans busting in to get one?

So is this store definitely going to be 24/7 or is that still speculation at this point? Sorry if I missed previous clarifications on this.

...and if there's a limited supply they could let a certain amount of Macbooks go on sale every hour around the clock to promote the store being 24/7!

Can you tell that I'm getting a little carried away with myself here? I have been very anxiously awaiting the new Macbook! Still a PC / Linux user and have been very patiently waiting for this for over a year... would be my first Mac! Definitely need a more portable solution than the current MacBook Pro :cool:
 
who has put this down as a negative? unhappy it isnt here now... today? cant people have some patience!
 
Need something.... huge... rumors are slowly killing me...

OK.... I guess I spend WAY TOO MUCH TIME on rumor sites.... but a thinner more powerful black iMacBook is not going to do it for me. I need to see something new.... some glimpse of the future...... a tablet, phone, media center... something.... EARTHSHATTERING!!!
 
milo said:
It's a rumor until there's confirmation of it. They say they've heard from reliable sources. I assume there will be some sort of official info including a copy of the invite soon.
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Hey, This is my take on the invites..
It doesn't say anything about reliable sources...it reads as follows. IT talks about source when refering to the MacBook which I doubt will come out at this event..and I hope I have to eat my words.

Apple Computer next week will hold a special briefing in New York City for analysts and members of the media, AppleInsider has learned.
The event is scheduled for Thursday, May 18th at 10am ET, the day before the Mac maker will open a new 20,000-square-foot retail store at 767 Fifth Avenue at 59th Street in Midtown, Manhattan.
In the invites to the event, Apple welcomed analysts and members of the media to preview the new flagship retail location ahead of its grand opening the following evening, but did not hint at any product introductions.
 
quigleybc said:
am I the only one hoping for a new pod?

I've got my tax return burning a whole in my pocket, and I want something fun to spend it on.....:p


Macbooks would and will be sweet, but I'm not in the market for a new cpu, but a new toy.....I'm always up for that....:D
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Boy, I hope there's no new iPod introduced next week. I have a 60GB 5G iPod in repair. I would hate being returned a brand new one when, had I waited buying it in the first place, I could have a brand new 6G one. (If they're even bumping the generation number with the next iPod, that is. Maybe not. Maybe it'll just be the 'touch screen 5G', and the '5G with video' will become 'just 5G'.)
 
Vaphoron said:
So now we have Tuesday, Thursday and Friday next week to look for the new MacBooks. I will be seriously disappointed if next week goes by without anything new.
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Last time I was in Florida (January during MWSF) they announced the MBP and iMac.

I will be in Florida starting Tuesday, so hopefully the trend will continue that they announce things when i'm on vacation. Here's to MacBooks and iPods next week. If they do release a Black macBook without integrated graphics i may part with my MBP for one of those sexy things. :)
 
dongmin said:
Yup, there it is.

Steve + analysts/media + flagship store = MacBook

edit: I can't imagine a better way to get a flood of people to a new store. Steve will be there. The media will be there. Steve will wow the crowd with new iPod nanos, new slick black MacBooks, etc. EVERYONE in NYC will wanna come and see it for themselves the next day when the store opens.
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Yes, he's right guys. MacBook = thursday. This is it. Apple is bringing out everyone to this (media, analysts, etc.) Im pretty sure that's a sign. He wouldn't jump up on stage and be like "Hey guys! You like the new store!? Cool. See you next time! OH, by the way.......free cookies on your way out!"
 
A QUIET release of new MacBooks? That would be weird!

But Apple's weird lately, so I believe it :) Quiet release next Tuesday is my prediction. Not waiting for the store-tour event, although the store will certainly feature them too.
 
yippeee!! another thing to anticipate, obsess over, post specs about, add to wish lists, bite our nails, fret, dream, wait, until it all builds to a crescendo... and then! ...nothing!
 
This is just the preview of the store.

They did the same thing in London prior to Regent St opening. When it's a 'flagship', it's a big event and the press etc are invited. I'd like something new... but I'm not holding my breath

Why bother holding a second 'product' invite later? So you can get double the attention and invite them back again?
 
im sure i will get flamed as this is only my second post, but i read these boards alot, and based on this press event invite, dont you think it is exactly what is is :

just so the press can come see the new store, get photos, get their stories, then write about for fridays papers etc and they can say 'if youre interested come down tonight to the grand opening!'

this is a huge enough event, i think by bringing in the macbooks at the same time its a distraction maybe, although a tie-in with the new ads, the store and a new macbook, it could be possible.

all i am saying is, the invite does not seem to show anything that would make it a product launch, as it is right now.
 
milo said:
But my favorite recent rumor is macosrumors, they're still insisting the name will stay iBook. Idiots.
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I think it will stay "iBook"! It's silly for them to keep iMac but get rid of iBook. Doesn't make any sense.

although that "macbook" leak on the apple site seems to douse my argument a little...
 
If an invitation does eventually materialise, there will be an event. The media will start to get pretty pissed off at Apple if they have another event that is nearly a complete waste.

Here's hoping to an iPod update along with MacBooks now and an iPod AV later.
 
I'm getting a MacBook, with or without integrated graphics, if it's THIN and LIGHT and has a good display, those are the things that are most important to me.

The integrated graphics card and the processor should be enough for the graphics I'll be doing.

Oh, and another thing. It HAS to have a Core Duo, else I'm just getting a Dell for a cheaper price than the MacBook.

Here's to a cheap, light and thin MacBook with a good display and a Core Duo processor! :)
 
ero87 said:
I think it will stay "iBook"! It's silly for them to keep iMac but get rid of iBook. Doesn't make any sense.

although that "macbook" leak on the apple site seems to douse my argument a little...
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But didn't steve express that he wanted "Mac" on all the computers. that's why iMac stays and iBook goes.
 
Macrumors said:
May 19th is the launch day for the new 5th Avenue (New York) flagship Apple store. There has been some speculation that this event will mark the release of the new MacBook and iPod, but no confirmation on that is yet available. It is also felt possible that the MacBook could be quietly released this Tuesday prior to the event.

Rumors of the upcoming Intel MacBook peaked last week, but readers were left disappointed when the release was reportedly delayed.
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Yes! Gimme Gimme more MacBook rumors so every day I can wet my pants!
 
steve_hill4 said:
If an invitation does eventually materialise, there will be an event. The media will start to get pretty pissed off at Apple if they have another event that is nearly a complete waste.

Here's hoping to an iPod update along with MacBooks now and an iPod AV later.
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Agreed. The time is right.
 
ero87 said:
I think it will stay "iBook"! It's silly for them to keep iMac but get rid of iBook. Doesn't make any sense.

although that "macbook" leak on the apple site seems to douse my argument a little...
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Keep going to MacOSRumors.com, where they have their own little world. To quote Stephen Colbert, they believe the same thing on Wednesday that they believed on Monday... no matter what happened on Tuesday.

The leak on Apple's site was so blatantly obvious. Quite clearly they have already created the pages for the new MacBook and the programming for it got mixed up with an iTunes/iPod web update. (This is an easy mistake to make... it happens to me

I would be very, very surprised if Apple was keeping the iBook moniker.
 
Applespider said:
Why bother holding a second 'product' invite later? So you can get double the attention and invite them back again?
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Double the attention? No, more like double the opportunity for the press to say "You held this huge event...and THAT'S IT?" They don't want backlash and accusations of overhype like the iHiFi event. People know the Macbook is coming very soon, if they hold ANY event before a Macbook announcment, the press release would be nothing but disappointment that it wasn't the Macbook.


ero87 said:
I think it will stay "iBook"! It's silly for them to keep iMac but get rid of iBook. Doesn't make any sense.
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Makes perfect sense if you're aware that Jobs said that all macs would have MAC in the name.

Does iMac have mac in the name? Sure, keep it.

Does iBook have make in the name? Nope. It's changing.


BenRoethig said:
I think the rumor sites are just grasping at straws here and hoping it comes true to save face.
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The rumor sites aren't a single entity. TS has been grasping at straws. AI has been saying May since january, with their cautious predictions they've avoided the bad calls so far.


storage said:
Oh, and another thing. It HAS to have a Core Duo, else I'm just getting a Dell for a cheaper price than the MacBook.
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I don't think there's any question that it will be available with core duo. The question is if all the models will have it, or if the cheaper ones will have solo and the beefier configurations solo.
 
Since the supposed MacBook will be replaceing the 12" powerbooks too I really hope there's a model that comes with a decent GPU and a 1.83Ghz Core Duo. That would rock.
 
Applespider said:
This is just the preview of the store.

They did the same thing in London prior to Regent St opening. When it's a 'flagship', it's a big event and the press etc are invited. I'd like something new... but I'm not holding my breath

Why bother holding a second 'product' invite later? So you can get double the attention and invite them back again?
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That's it—I got the invite to preview the store. The cube on the invite is awesome too.

It would be great to have MacBooks too though!
 
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