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Apple Event on Thursday May 18th, 2006?

freeny said:
I think this is just a way for the press to see the space without the throngs of Macfans and lookieloos to deal with.
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If that was the case wouldn't they just open the doors an hour or two earlier for just the press?? It seems odd to call them out 2 days in a row, anyone agree?
 
I have it on good authority that they will announce -- get ready for this -- the iMacBook.

There. I've said it.
 
i have a feeling we're going to get a few more things than just a new ibook/macbook/whatever it's going to be called. we haven't had an Apple event in several months and the last one wasn't that great. (february 28th-- ipod hifi, $100 ipod leather case, intel mac mini.)
 
tcloyd said:
Apple is set to open its newest retail store on New York's 5th Avenue, the company said on Thursday. "Think inside the box," said the invitation sent to select press this morning for a preview of the location before it officially opens -- an obvious ironic message for a company that is well known for thinking outside the box. Pictures of the store show a giant cube on 5th Avenue that "will form a stunning gateway to a circular glass staircase and cylindrical elevator leading to an underground 25,000-square-foot Apple retail store." "
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"Think inside the box". That's the clue. Apple isn't coming out with a line of MacBooks as the replacement to the iBook at all. No.

They're going to be selling... Thinkpads! That's it. You'll be able to walk into any Apple Store and purchase a Thinkpad, running Mac OS X. You'll be able to get a T60, with a 1400x1050 screen. 2.5GHz Core Duo, X1800 graphics, 1G of RAM, and a DL DVD burner, for $3,000, or a R51e, with a 20MHz 386SL, 6 megabytes of RAM, and a 2.88megabyte floppy drive, with 640x480 VGA graphics, for $399.

It's the only possible explanation!
 
milo said:
Sure, those all matter. But names do have some effect on public perception and sales, even if it may be a small one. If the name turns people off, people may not even take a look at game, performance, or price.

You think if you took a product and released it in one market with a good name, and in another market named iTurd, it would sell the same in both?
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Yeah. You are actually getting my point now. Just tell me out of MacBook and iBook which one sounds like iTurd.

Do you get it now. Both the names are good enough. One has the legendary, "i" in it and the other has an even more clasic "Mac" in it. Might the rumor had been that the name of new iBooks will be iCooks or MacHooks then your point is valid. But MacBook is not that bad a name. Then why all this fuss?

OMG. I m doing exactly the same thing for which I cursed others. Gettin in to worthless arguments. OK it`s not as bad as Why MacBooks and not iBooks when there`s been no change in the name of iMac. But Suppose both of us come back tomarrow and there`s yet another rumor bout iBooks. And instead of commenting on iBooks or the rumor, We two start this Wats in a Name thing again. And then Again on next day. And once more on day after that. Thats what frustrated me. People are still arguing bout the same thing which they did yesterday, the day before and the day before that too and so on. Whats the point. I seriously dont get it.

This is not to say that name doesn matter. You wont find much takers for iTurd. But then someone has to be really stupid to name their muti million dollar product as iTurd or something.
 
peharri said:
"Think inside the box". That's the clue. Apple isn't coming out with a line of MacBooks as the replacement to the iBook at all. No.

They're going to be selling... Thinkpads! That's it. You'll be able to walk into any Apple Store and purchase a Thinkpad, running Mac OS X. You'll be able to get a T60, with a 1400x1050 screen. 2.5GHz Core Duo, X1800 graphics, 1G of RAM, and a DL DVD burner, for $3,000, or a R51e, with a 20MHz 386SL, 6 megabytes of RAM, and a 2.88megabyte floppy drive, with 640x480 VGA graphics, for $399.

It's the only possible explanation!
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I was wondering if I cud run parallels on the latter. Ok I`ll double the RAM to a whopping 12MB. That should do it. Yeah...........
 
vikas soni said:
Yeah. You are actually getting my point now. Just tell me out of MacBook and iBook which one sounds like iTurd.
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I've been getting your point all along. I was just responding to the post about the Wii. I agree that neither MacBook nor iBook is bad. I don't really care which name they use. I just think it's stupid for people to insist that it will stay iBook when Jobs has pretty much said it won't.

vikas soni said:
This is not to say that name doesn matter. You wont find much takers for iTurd. But then someone has to be really stupid to name their muti million dollar product as iTurd or something.
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About as stupid as naming a billion dollar product Wii? :)


mazola said:
Sometimes a store opening is just a store opening.
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True. But when it includes TWO press events...it's usually not.

Unless apple WANTS the press to rake them over the coals for much ado about nothing. Again.
 
mazola said:
Sometimes a store opening is just a store opening.
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<nods>

So let me get this right: The press is invited one day before the opening. Probably to take pictures for the newspapers and stuff. There is no real clue for a keynote for new stuff right? However, the new store would be a great occasion to announce new products. So we ahould watch out for Macbooks and/or iPod Nanos and maybe "one more thing" or two.
 
We may see the fabled MB next week, we may not.

But the mass of opportunities next week sugest that something is on the pipeline. So fingers crossed! :D
 
APPLENEWBIE said:
I've not been paying attention... how long has the apple store only had 12" PB's?
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I think since the day the 17" Macbook Pro was out. And yes, I want a 12" Macbook Pro ;(
 
Legacy said:
On a related note....the computer WILL be called MACBOOK...how can you like, see a hiccup on the Apple site saying 'MacBook' and yet think the iBook name will remain...it is beyond my belief :rolleyes:
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That's a good point. Are there any other reasons to think the name will--or won't--be MacBook?

:)


vikas soni said:
But MacBook is not that bad a name. Then why all this fuss?

OMG. I m doing exactly the same thing for which I cursed others.
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For shame! :D
 
milo said:
...Don't forget, this is Appleinsider reporting this, and they've been mostly right recently. If it were Think Secret, I'd be much more skeptical.

But my favorite recent rumor is macosrumors, they're still insisting the name will stay iBook. Idiots.
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Agreed. And I have to say, a thread is just not complete without milo putting the smack down on someone...in this case MacOSRumors--and rightfully so.

I think this would be a good venue to introduce something new, especially because it seems like the design/specs have been in Apple's back pocket for a while now, just that production has had hiccups (from what I have read).

I don't have much use for another portable--but this is one more step until Merom!
 
mazola said:
I have it on good authority that they will announce -- get ready for this -- the iMacBook.

There. I've said it.
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I wouldn't consider a name invented on this forum "good authority." :rolleyes:

You'll see the MacBooks released this coming Tuesday, May 16th. The MacBook release has nothing to do with the event on Thursday nor the store opening. Watch for an upcoming article by AppleInsider spilling the beans on the MacBook release. ThinkSecret may run such and article also, and in a way they already have, but they've cried wolf one too many times on the MacBook to really be credible.

The store opening IS just a store opening, and it has nothing to do with the MacBook. The store opening is a local event; the MacBook release is a worldwide event. Everyone else outside of the NY area probably is not too interested in the NY store opening. But, the new store in NY will be a great way to sell the MacBook to local folks, and Apple will be sure to highlight the MacBook for the press.
 
ImAlwaysRight said:
You'll see the MacBooks released this coming Tuesday, May 16th. The MacBook release has nothing to do with the event on Thursday nor the store opening. Watch for an upcoming article by AppleInsider spilling the beans on the MacBook release. ThinkSecret may run such and article also, and in a way they already have, but they've cried wolf one too many times on the MacBook to really be credible.
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Wow. Rumors about upcoming rumors now... :rolleyes:
I agree ThinkSecret wasn't very accuratwe lately. Actually, there's not been any "official" hint about the Macbook except the page on apple.com, right? I must say, Apple has really done a great job keeping it all secret. Al we know right now is the name "Macbook" as many here had guessed (MBP without the Pro... quite obvious). We don't know about specs, material or color. Only wishful assumptions have been made here. I'd really like to see spme specs and elevator photos in here. What's the point in visiting these photos if I don't get information before it's officially announced? :D Oh well, I guess it's just me being too excited about the Macbooks. :eek:

PS: Remind me to wait the few months until Merom. Just bought an iMac and I'd really like to fulfil my personal transition but I just don't want to buy a new laptop now if Merom is waiting with much better battery life. I'd like 5 hours on normal usage (I hate turning the brightness down, makes me squint). I don't really mind about performance. What I want is pure battery life and a good keyboard (like the Powerbooks). Think I'll get a white one to match the iMac. :)
 
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
APPLE YOU'RE KILLING ME...... (SINCE JANUARY) :rolleyes:

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE LET THERE BE A MACBOOK... FOR MY SANITY'S SAKE!

yea, i agree with everyone that its quite unlikely for apple just to randomly throw in two press conferences.....

hope is all we've got left ..........
 
It does seem logical (at least to me) to announce a new product before the opening of ther flagship store. This opening has been hyped for a while, and it's bound to generate a lot of attention. Doesn't seem like a bad marketing strategy to me (on the other hand, I'm just a Biology major :rolleyes:)


On a completely different, thread irrelevant note: How on earth do you pronounce Wii? something like "weeeeeee!!"?
 
iBook and MacBook

milo said:
Why not? You think instead they'd have a big press event just for a store opening, only to have a second event a couple weeks later? Putting them together makes perfect sense. I don't know about ipods, would they be a capacity bump or a new design?

Don't forget, this is Appleinsider reporting this, and they've been mostly right recently. If it were Think Secret, I'd be much more skeptical.

But my favorite recent rumor is macosrumors, they're still insisting the name will stay iBook. Idiots.
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The name for the intel iBook is likely to distinguish it from a higher
end MacBook thin which will be introduced next month.
 
Double Whammy

ImAlwaysRight said:
I wouldn't consider a name invented on this forum "good authority." :rolleyes:

The store opening IS just a store opening, and it has nothing to do with the MacBook. The store opening is a local event; the MacBook release is a worldwide event. Everyone else outside of the NY area probably is not too interested in the NY store opening. But, the new store in NY will be a great way to sell the MacBook to local folks, and Apple will be sure to highlight the MacBook for the press.
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By releasing the iBooks Tuesday, they could be said to be
available on Friday at the new flagship Apple Store Grand
Opening. An opportunity to double advertise!
 
Fake MacBook on eBay...

If any of you havent seen this from the other thread here it is:

http://cgi.ebay.it/MacBook-nuovo-iB...50000117097QQcategoryZ171QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Proposed specs are:

MacBook 13.3" :
13.3" Widescreen (w/ 4:3 1280x1024 resolution?:p)
Intel Core Duo a 1,66 GHz (fair enough)
512MB RAM (i guess so)
60GB 5400rpms HDD (possibly)
SuperDrive 2x (more unlikely than likely to see a 2x)
ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 64MB memory GDDR3 (X1400 more likely)
iSight+FR

Pricepoint: ~ 1500Euros ($1900 lol)

Selling slogan: 'INCREDIBILE: una vera bomba!'

Well at least..now we know what the Italian rumours are like:rolleyes:
 
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