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Originally posted by macMaestro
Nope. It's a SMART car, quite popular in Europe (or so I hear).

Europe (at least mainland Europe) has a lot of cool small cars. The locals probably thought I was crazy taking pictures of their cars :p
 

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does anyone know the translation of the sign on the secure box pic (The Secret Apple Boxes - E38S8570.jpg) I think it says "Portede Versailles Booth"
 
Re: translation on box

Originally posted by CircuitX
does anyone know the translation of the sign on the secure box pic (The Secret Apple Boxes - E38S8570.jpg) I think it says "Portede Versailles Booth"

It means "no G5s in here" :p
 
Originally posted by Jays
In one of the photos there is a banner with an icon i have not seen before! looks to me like a kind of office suit...

Hammer, blueprint and drafting tools?

New Xcode icon?
 
Re: translation on box

Originally posted by CircuitX
does anyone know the translation of the sign on the secure box pic (The Secret Apple Boxes - E38S8570.jpg) I think it says "Portede Versailles Booth"

Versailles booth carrier/container
 
Here's a picture that you should all ponder. I'm really surprised nobody picked on it yet ->

Image-AADD42D8E78611D7.jpg


Is it just me, or are there laptops next to every G5? They all seem aluminum, and really thin, like thinner than the 12"er is now. What do you guys say?

::Edit::
Forgot to say that I'm not sure if this is an Apple booth... those look like audio mixers infront of every machine... but why he hell mix audio with a lowly G4...? Are these the new 15" PBs? They look too small to be the 17" model.
 
Re: translation on box

Originally posted by CircuitX
does anyone know the translation of the sign on the secure box pic (The Secret Apple Boxes - E38S8570.jpg) I think it says "Portede Versailles Booth"

My French is a bit rusty but I'm pretty sure it means "No Powerbooks in here, nosir!".

Either that or "Mock turtlenecks, black".
 
Originally posted by charlesc
There is no way Apple would keep g5 pb's in locked metal boxes on the show floor for anyone to roll away.

On the other hand, A/V equipment for tradeshows commonly gets shipped to/from them in similar cases.
 
Originally posted by JoeRadar
Beetles with Apple music products inside... sounds like grounds for another lawsuit by Apple Corp. ;)

BIG ANNOUNCEMENT

STEVO BEATS RINGO STAR WITH A CANE - PINATA STYLE - AS NEW 'SPECIAL EDITION' IPODS COME TUMBLING OUT.

HOWS THAT FOR APPLES IN A BEATLE?
 
We're doomed to G4 Powerbooks

The frenzy has built to a crescendo. The masses rumored each other to death for the final Apple announcements and then...

Powerbooks available at the Apple Store in 2-3 weeks.

Sounds like a G4 upgrade, but how I want so bad to believe:

- that before even G5 duals have hit their preorders, Apple has G5 laptops ready to announce.

- that even before all the orders for the lower 2 G5s have reached the hands of their owners, we're looking at G5 PBs.

- that all this and more... If I read one more post by a guy saying that the G5 is too hot for a PB, I'll puke.

Sadly, I don't remember the last time Apple surprised with a big one and all evidence says it won't happen now.

So who cares what you think. Roll out the G5 powerbooks. :p
 
Originally posted by beefstu01
Here's a picture that you should all ponder. I'm really surprised nobody picked on it yet ->

Image-AADD42D8E78611D7.jpg


Is it just me, or are there laptops next to every G5? They all seem aluminum, and really thin, like thinner than the 12"er is now. What do you guys say?

::Edit::
Forgot to say that I'm not sure if this is an Apple booth... those look like audio mixers infront of every machine... but why he hell mix audio with a lowly G4...? Are these the new 15" PBs? They look too small to be the 17" model.

I looked at this pic and noticed that the keyboards look HUGE. Why wouldnt they use there apple keyboards on the powebooks? Oh wait i know why... cause they are so dam expensive... hhehe
 
Originally posted by beefstu01
Here's a picture that you should all ponder. I'm really surprised nobody picked on it yet ->

<snipped the pic>

Is it just me, or are there laptops next to every G5? They all seem aluminum, and really thin, like thinner than the 12"er is now. What do you guys say?

::Edit::
Forgot to say that I'm not sure if this is an Apple booth... those look like audio mixers infront of every machine... but why he hell mix audio with a lowly G4...? Are these the new 15" PBs? They look too small to be the 17" model.

It seems highly unlikely that Apple would leave a new, unanounced product where someone could wander in and take a photo of it. Also, who can tell with such a blurry image?
 
Is it just me, or are there laptops next to every G5? They all seem aluminum, and really thin, like thinner than the 12"er is now. What do you guys say?

I wonder whos booth is that? Every demo machine has a Midi Controller next to it. They look kinda like the new Korg Microcontroller. They are too blurry to tell though. Could be NI or someone.

As far as audio mixing on a "lowly G4" The Protools 6 Demo Digidesign put on was using an old 400(!!) mhz PowerBook with 36 channels of audio, midi and effects playing back at the same time. BT uses a G4 PB to produce most of his tracks as does Hybrid. I think the power of the G4 is underestimated with all of the G5 hype.
 
Re: We're doomed to G4 Powerbooks

Originally posted by Romanesq
The frenzy has built to a crescendo. The masses rumored each other to death for the final Apple announcements and then...

Powerbooks available at the Apple Store in 2-3 weeks.

Sounds like a G4 upgrade, but how I want so bad to believe:

- that before even G5 duals have hit their preorders, Apple has G5 laptops ready to announce.

- that even before all the orders for the lower 2 G5s have reached the hands of their owners, we're looking at G5 PBs.

- that all this and more... If I read one more post by a guy saying that the G5 is too hot for a PB, I'll puke.

Sadly, I don't remember the last time Apple surprised with a big one and all evidence says it won't happen now.

So who cares what you think. Roll out the G5 powerbooks. :p


I hope its G5 PB's also but I doubt it. They might release 2 G4 PB's then give a release date of the G5 in december or something like that... then of course it wont ship till Feb... hehe
 
Originally posted by e2chris
I looked at this pic and noticed that the keyboards look HUGE. Why wouldnt they use there apple keyboards on the powebooks? Oh wait i know why... cause they are so dam expensive... hhehe

That is an Apple demo set up. They had that at SIGGRAPH for Shake.

Those look like Midi keyboards for a logic demo. they are probably showing how great it works on laptops and desktops.
 
Originally posted by actionslacks
That is an Apple demo set up. They had that at SIGGRAPH for Shake.

Those look like Midi keyboards for a logic demo. they are probably showing how great it works on laptops and desktops.


that makes sense. I hope they give us a release date for Panther more than anything else...
 
OMFG, those pad locks on the metal boxes are so lame. You could've break it w/ the heel of a woman's shoe. Or a 1lb hammer. But you do have to take out all the near by guards w/ pepper spread first...

Mmm... secret boxes.
 
Re: more info

Originally posted by eric67
Dear All,

if you pay attention in the very last picture of the gallery there is a a banner with written on MacOSX 10.3 Panther, I guess for that point it is not a rumor anymore
Panther is going to be demoed and announced.

why are people so shocked/excited about the panther stuff in all those photos? in case you have forgotten panther was announced at WWDC and has had a page on apple.com for months, it's hardly a rumor.

or do you mean announced as in released?
 
Originally posted by FuzzyBallz
OMFG, those pad locks on the metal boxes are so lame. You could've break it w/ the heel of a woman's shoe. Or a 1lb hammer. But you do have to take out all the near by guards w/ pepper spread first...

Mmm... secret boxes.

You'd never get them to stand still long enough to spread it on them!
 
Originally posted by lynnpye
See, old tech CAN be superior. Think those bullets would have had a chance with a Titanium PB? NO WAY, IT'S TITANIUM BABY!

Oh, it's actually alluminum and a G5...sorry, you're dead.
 
I know its far-fetched, I know it probly wont happen, I know I will be dissapointed if it doesnt, but I really want to be suprised with G5 powerbooks.

I am going to have a ****y day tomarow, and nothing would be more awesome than to wake up, open the ibook, goto my homepage, and see "Introducing the Powerbook G5, the worlds fastest laptop".
 
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