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Apple Hints at a 'Product Transition' and a New Product Soon?

New Cinema Displays-perhaps with a glossy option and HDMI-so it could be used in conjuction with ATV.

Final Cut Studio 30unless that'll be in 2009.

Elimante combo drives and go all-Superdrive on all Macbooks and minis that currently have combo drives.

New version of DVD Studio Pro-and Blu-ray, though Apple hasn't stated its plans about BR publically.
 
Shot22 said:
I don't know. That's why I'm asking. Do they even shut down their website at midnight (or at all)?
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Their website goes down during preparations for major launches. Remember the night before the iPhone 3G went live for instance.

They put a sticky note on the website that says "we'll be right back" or something.

And yes, they're in California, so midnight PT would make more sense.
 
Cameras-Apple came back to that category when it put a 2.0mp camera in the iPhone.

Though, Apple designed digicams would be a suprise-after a 11 year absence in the market.

A Apple Flip cam rival might be a good idea.
 
omega21 said:
I'll wait up, just in case.

I'm not expecting it to happen tonight, but I really really want to buy a Macbook Pro; I'm hoping for a redesign ASAP.
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what are you talking about newbie?? you will not see anything this month!@
omg
 
globalhemp said:
I noticed that Best Buy has huge discounts on Apple's Time Capsule (AirPort + Hard Drive for "Time Machine"). This is for both the 500GB and 1TB size. These are also out of stock.

So, either Best Buy is trying to get people to shop, or they are clearing the channel of inventory for a product refresh. Perhaps the 1TB will now be the intro size at $299?

As for this article, I can tell you one thing: take a good look at all the routers and external hard drives on the market. There are far too many of them and some will say that they are for streaming media, etc. Well, with Apple's approach, there would be 3 products to choose from and a tremendous amount of them sold ... which means that even if they don't work perfectly out of the box, they will soon be able to work w/o any problems for most. This will be important for the upcoming age of having media in the living room! Nobody wants to mess around too much with getting their media on the TV, etc.

So, ... I feel that Apple's forthcoming "new lines" of product will continue with their strength in media, but more so in the living room. Perhaps Apple has finally figure out a business model for Apple TV?

As for new products in the coming months, Apple finally "got it" last year and starting releasing product PRIOR to two VERY important business cycles for the company: 1. Back to School and 2. Christmas. Traditionally, Apple tried to push their OLD inventory off on these 2 markets, ... then people felt bad about the newer products coming out a month or 2 later. Well, I certainly hope Apple continues to refresh products just prior to Back to School season and Christmas, then refresh software like the OS in January, etc. We hold onto our hardware much longer and hate to purchase new hardware just prior to product refreshes, etc.
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Decrepit said:
I'd love to see a HDTV 1080p AppleTV that could bring down NHL/NFL games with a slight delay.

If they added a legal way to upload movies that I owned so that it could store them instead of me having to get it out, it would be that much better.

I'd pay monthly for that kind of ability.
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The Mac Mini or AppleTV isn't too far away from that. Add a tv tunner, HDMI, BluRay drive and Huge HD (500gb/1tb/2-3tb) and there you go. Maybe even a Co-Axial out to get regular cable to older TVs. It'll be the Apple TV done right. The only real reason why I don't think it's selling is that you are paying Apple to buy shows/movies from them. Add a computer style DRV (without subscriptions) and you will sell, sell sell.


What you get:
High Def for DVD play back
DRV
Server for movies already owned (Copyright issues will need to be worked out)
and a Mac. The Front Row/Apple Tv firmware as a bootable and launchable option.

No idea what pricing would be. Maybe $899-1k?
 
OS X based iPods that aren't the touch model-except for the shuffle or some new features-eg. custom eq.

How about a rival to the Sony EX85 earphones and noise canceling gheadphones -but Apple designed and made.
 
Shot22 said:
I don't know. That's why I'm asking. Do they even shut down their website at midnight (or at all)?
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Apple uses Pacific Time. So if you lived in the East Coast, if they took down the store, it would be 3 am over there, while it would be 12am over in the West
 
brendanspah764 said:
Apple uses Pacific Time. So if you lived in the East Coast, if they took down the store, it would be 3 am over there, while it would be 12am over in the West
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And, do they always shut the store down at midnight for a major release, or is it random?
 
Decrepit said:
Grabbing your theme... a television of extreme quality so that it had the resolution to be an amazing desktop display, but also capable of driving game consoles and Blu-Ray players would be insane.

You could integrate an Apple TV into a firmware on it, but make it so you could still plug stuff in if you didn't want to use the Apple TV.

(The reason I won't pay for an iMac: If the display dies, the computer is a hunk of dead screen sitting on your desk as you plug in an external display. If the computer dies, you have a useless LCD display)
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Alright, so let's revise: MacTV with Blu-Ray integrated, with a (in story?) exchangeable screen! That way if the screen fails, you can take it to the store and have them crack open the tv, pull out the old screen and insert a new one. Think of the 'computer' more of like a picture frame with the screen the painting.
 
stone315 said:
except no one watched movies or listened to music on floppies. you buy a cd/dvd and you want to put it on your ipod, you're not gonna want to pay for an external optical drive. until mass media moves away from discs (which i don't foresee happening anytime soon), it's not going to be wise to remove the drive. of course that doesn't mean apple isn't going to try...
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+1 :)
 
Slayerboym88 said:
Alright, so let's revise: MacTV with Blu-Ray integrated, with a (in story?) exchangeable screen! That way if the screen fails, you can take it to the store and have them crack open the tv, pull out the old screen and insert a new one. Think of the 'computer' more of like a picture frame with the screen the painting.
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Nope. Some countries don't have Apple stores, and it doesn't help once the product is out of warranty. I can use my LCD on any computer I buy for 10 years if it will last that long.

All-in-ones are a bad idea for somebody on a budget. When one component failure downs the entire product permanently, it's no good. It's very wasteful to toss something that could be used with a different display.
 
Appleinsider is all a buzz about Job's health.

It is kind of odd that the company line has changed from
"He is recovering from a flu bug" to "Steve's health is a private matter"

I hate to say it but it sounds like Steve's cancer is back. Everyone noticed how thin and sickly he looked at WWDC and now no comment to investors concerned about his health.

Apple knows the reality and is waiting to gain more information and hope for recovery before having to announce a successor.

I hope I am wrong. But once something like pancreatic cancer returns the odds of survival go way down.

My dad died 6 months after his cancer returned.
 
Yebot said:
I suspect they'll expand on the technology that allows a MacBook Air to hook into the optical drive of a nearby PC or Mac. Or if you still need access to optical media all the time...

MB397

http://store.apple.com/us/product/MB397G/A
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I'd buy that! :D
 
Decrepit said:
Nope. Some countries don't have Apple stores, and it doesn't help once the product is out of warranty. I can use my LCD on any computer I buy for 10 years if it will last that long.

All-in-ones are a bad idea for somebody on a budget. When one component failure downs the entire product permanently, it's no good. It's very wasteful to toss something that could be used with a different display.
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Would you like something like that?

Personally, I think that would fill the group of people who want a 13" MacBook Pro (if the specs are there) and people like me. Who like the portability of a laptop while out, but love the feel of a mouse, keyboard and separate screen while at home.
 

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I like what someone suggested earlier: merging the MacBook and MacBook Pro into one product. I do realize that these are already two separate products for two separate demographics, but I love the idea, especially if the MacBook does indeed switch to aluminum casing.

This "key product transition," and the supposed effect it will have on sales, I think has to do with the iMac, though. Those of you claiming that this "has nothing to do with a computer" are forgetting that "shutting out the competition" could easily refer to all-in-one computers. I know many people who admire and even desire Macs, but cannot afford them. Imagine dropping the cost of an iMac to something well below $1000 (think $500!). WOW. A significantly higher number of people would purchase iMacs (especially considering Apple's growing appeal among customers), but Q4 would fall a few points because the computers would cost less, bringing in "less" money but propagating more sales.

I don't like the idea of an iPod nano touch - that's such a long product name. How many people do you know who already prefer saying (whether consciously or subconsciously) "iTouch" rather than "iPod touch." And an iPod nano? Personally I highly doubt this - If they could make the iPhone any smaller (while sustaining its key features), they would have with the 3G update. It just doesn't sound very appealing - let the iPhone continue to climb what will become a very high mountain.

I just don't see how an iPod "transition" would be brought about in order to shut down competition. The iPod line hasn't had a formidable competitor yet - I don't know the numbers, but come on, people... Until Apple sees a significant decrease in iPod sales / customer interest, I don't see any need for a dramatic "product transition." Notice I say "dramatic" - sure, some evolutionary changes are necessary to keep the product fresh and up-to-date... but this, I think, has so much to do with the relevance to competition, and the iPod just doesn't really have any...

This has everything to with Macs, in my opinion. The iMac is going to become more mainstream... Macs, Macs, Macs... We shall see!
 
Maybe it's because i'm in a bad mood, or because i'm tired, or maybe just because i didn't manage to get an iPhone....

But i'm really getting sick of "we're very exited about the future" and "several more wonderful new products to launch in the coming months"

It would be nice if they could actually give a hint and cut a bit of the pr bs
 
Decrepit said:
Nope. Some countries don't have Apple stores, and it doesn't help once the product is out of warranty. I can use my LCD on any computer I buy for 10 years if it will last that long.

All-in-ones are a bad idea for somebody on a budget. When one component failure downs the entire product permanently, it's no good. It's very wasteful to toss something that could be used with a different display.
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Keep in mind that it is still Apple, who has relished in the All-In-One concept! Besides, who said anything about budget. If anything, the news report was saying that people should be prepared to pay out the wazoo for whatever is up :apple:'s sleve.
 
Product transition? How big? OS X for PC?!?!?

I miss building computers. I don't miss windows. That would be perfect. I'd easily pay $250 for that.
 
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