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Apple Expo Paris Booth

Yvan256 said:
I'm in Trois-Rivieres, Quebec, Canada.

And yes, my profile is correct. Thanks. :)
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Your welcome. I think my parents have been there snowmobliling but not 100% sure.

Anyways back on topic. Are they here yet?.....nope, puts credit card back in wallet and tucks back into pocket.
 
SiliconAddict said:
http://www.hardmac.com/news/2005-09-16/#4498



Now that's just interesting. What are you up to Apple? :confused:
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Don't you think that the lack of recording devices is to allow a controlled Apple environment. If questions aren't required to be reviewed in advance by the Apple PR, they may not want some poorly phrased replys by Jobs captured on film and tape. Otherwise we might have embarrasing video of a Job's "faux paux" circulating on the internet killing the new buzz that Jobs wants to highlight. Otherwise it makes very little sense to hold a press session without sound and video.
 
SiliconAddict said:
I think they will be demoing early x86 stuff to start a buzz. That is the only reason I can think of why they don't want any recording devices. Something that isn't coming out that day. Maybe x86 PowerBooks? They couldn't this early. Could they...naaa. Maybe they are realeasing the x86 Mac Mini and x86 iLife. Its still too early though. Its has to be. Right?

God damn it this company needs to stop dicking with my mind!!
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I don't think they'll do early demos. Think "Osborne" .
 
OKComputer said:
To me at least it makes sense to update the PBs now and wait on the powermacs. I think that the Powermacs should be the first forray into the Intel world. If you think about it, they are the ones that would benefit the most from the jump in architecture, not to mention power users and design houses have the most cash to plunk down for the new powermacs. Imagine, a dual 4ghz powermac...power users drool.

Powerbooks and iBooks are dearly in need of a PPC refresh
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Not really. Dual G5's are very competitive and in fact are faster for floating point operations. Plus pro PM users run Pro software, most of which won't run or will run crippled on Intel based Macs.

Updated PPC PM's are almost a sure thing in the near term. But the lack of iBooks and PowerBooks in the regular display booth suggest a change in color, or form factor, or some change in those models that they don't want to be shown until the black veil drops. ;)
 
Guess what?

Nothing spectacular (new) this week aside from a PB freshen up and I'll bet we get dual-core PM's.

Those are my bets.
 
Flynnstone said:
I don't think they'll do early demos. Think "Osborne" .
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If the Osborne effect was going to happen it would have happened by now. Demoing a new machine isn't going to hurt Apple any further then the announcement of the transition to Intel has. People are still buying Macs because then need a computer for school. They need something to replace a aging POS. A demoing mac Mini or PowerBook wouldn't change that.
 
.mac maintenance!

Funny that on the eve of the expo, .mac is out for maintenance and no mac-site had a clue and what it could be about. Hope it's not the only thing the black curtain was about!
 
OKComputer said:
To me at least it makes sense to update the PBs now and wait on the powermacs. I think that the Powermacs should be the first forray into the Intel world. If you think about it, they are the ones that would benefit the most from the jump in architecture, not to mention power users and design houses have the most cash to plunk down for the new powermacs. Imagine, a dual 4ghz powermac...power users drool.

Powerbooks and iBooks are dearly in need of a PPC refresh
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Powermacs are going to be the last updated (well Maybe their server line.) because the chips Apple wants to put in them won't be out until 2007 and if IBM does indeed have a dual core chip ready to roll there is no reason that such a system (dual core dual CPU. Remember the Apple tools listed as supporting 4 CPUS?) could easily tide people over until 2007.
 
Alert!!! .mac is down.. 8:06pm West coast time

It appears that something for .mac may be released tomorrow! I am really looking forward to seeing some enhanced .mac features! :D
 
under the black cloth

Eluon said:
laptops?
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Some people who quikly looked under the black cloth describe two new "things" FLAT and GRAY on the poster. The first thing is clear gray and the second dark gray. Two different size.
It look like closed laptops (no screen) with new colours.

This is why they thought it was new iBook, but grey in "out" for iBook and the update of iBook was in july, whereas PowerBook are in end of life.

Majority think it will be new laptops with a new design. But ONLY TWO SIZE! 90% of chance for new PowerBook with a new design, but where is the 17"?

Only 10% of chance for an other surprise like Apple can do. ;)
0% for a Palm (not with these design).
PowerMac dual core?? In 2 size?? I don't guess... but nothing is impossible :confused: :p
 
Too early

SiliconAddict said:
If the Osborne effect was going to happen it would have happened by now. Demoing a new machine isn't going to hurt Apple any further then the announcement of the transition to Intel has. People are still buying Macs because then need a computer for school. They need something to replace a aging POS. A demoing mac Mini or PowerBook wouldn't change that.
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It's way too early for Intel demos.

Plus why wouldn't they allow the press to record the demos. The great thing about a demo is that it can be practiced over and over until it is flawless. If there are flaws, just those flaws are quickly fixed until things "just work".

Also demos are very visual. It doesn't do any good to show a demo if no one can video it.

No, I think this is just damage control in case Jobs looks bad in an impromptu setting. (ie live questions, unrehearsed responses).
 
liven2 said:
It appears that something for .mac may be released tomorrow! I am really looking forward to seeing some enhanced .mac features! :D
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There was a message on the .Mac page earlier saying that due to maintenance all .Mac services would be affected at 7:00pm PST. But let's hope it's something more than just standard maintenance!
 
SiliconAddict said:
$10 says that some of the folks at Apple are sitting in a room watching this thread go nuts laughing their heads of. Sick bastards. :p
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I'd give that rumor a 100% probability of being true. :D
 
Abercrombieboy said:
Intel powered laptops so soon? I think Apple would be wasting money to put more investment into a dead processor (PowerPC) at this time."
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PPC is not a dead processor. there are far more ppc macs than intel macs in circulation now (for obvious reasons), and there will be for many years. if macintels can catch up to the number of installed ppc macs, that would be great, but it aint gonna happen soon. the ppc is here for a good while longer.
 
digitalbiker said:
It's way too early for Intel demos.

Plus why wouldn't they allow the press to record the demos. The great thing about a demo is that it can be practiced over and over until it is flawless. If there are flaws, just those flaws are quickly fixed until things "just work".

Also demos are very visual. It doesn't do any good to show a demo if no one can video it.

No, I think this is just damage control in case Jobs looks bad in an impromptu setting. (ie live questions, unrehearsed responses).
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I guess. However I have heard of closed demos before where recording devices aren't allowed. I think Nintendo did this with the N64 when it came out. Put up one heck of a buzz in the industry. No pictures of the device. Just descriptions. Rough drawings. Enough to stir the imagination until the launch whenever that might be.
again. I'm pulling this all out of my butt. You very well could be right.
 
I just want my email damnit!

I'm a New Orleans evacuee displaced to Galveston Texas and just want to check my email and tell people that I may be moving again since I am in the path of another one. But .Mac is down! Apple please give me something good to keep me occupied another few weeks. As any responsible mac owner would do in a similar situation I pulled my hard drive out of my iMac G5 and grabbed my ibook before getting on the helicopter (I had a little extra time, thanks Bush!).
 
Wonder Boy said:
PPC is not a dead processor. there are far more ppc macs than intel macs in circulation now (for obvious reasons), and there will be for many years. if macintels can catch up to the number of installed ppc macs, that would be great, but it aint gonna happen soon. the ppc is here for a good while longer.
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Its a dead processor as far as Apple is concerned from the standpoint of development. Apple isn't going to put any more R&D or development funds into a PPC *book if the future looks very bright for Intel mobile chips. Sure as Jobs is dicking with us that Apple is putting all their effort into migrating their hardware over to x86.
Obviously PowerMacs are a different matter since the chips these systems are intended to run on won't be out until early 2007.
But PowerBooks? iBooks? eMacs? Mac Minis? and possibly the iMac? Those are going to be 2006 transition devices.
 
SiliconAddict said:
I guess. However I have heard of closed demos before where recording devices aren't allowed. I think Nintendo did this with the N64 when it came out. Put up one heck of a buzz in the industry. No pictures of the device. Just descriptions. Rough drawings. Enough to stir the imagination until the launch whenever that might be.
again. I'm pulling this all out of my butt. You very well could be right.
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Who knows! Only Apple knows.

It could even be that the French press that posted that article was mistaken about the conditions of the interview. Shawn King reported that no cameras were allowed on the showroom floor prior to the opening tomorrow. This could have caused confusion with some smaller French press.
 
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