Apple Invites Media to 'Notebook' Event October 14th

[puffnstuff]

While you wait, why not have a look at the Apple Store from 2001

UK: http://web.archive.org/web/20011010044359/store.apple.com/0800-7834846/WebObjects/ukstore/
US: http://web.archive.org/web/20011011025106/store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore

Now thats a bezel on the g4! Don't think it will be like that though

 

[juststranded]

Could be worse:
http://web.archive.org/web/19991002175352/apple.com/powerbook/

Hehe I'm having a lot of fun with that archive site. Should probably start a thread.

Oh good God. Thanks for the encouragement.

I like how the size of it is one of the main marketing points. It's hilarious to go back and look at this stuff and remember how awesome you thought it was.

 

[thewireman]

Oh finally! G6 Chips are coming!

But no, I can't wait! Sweet!

 

[dh80]

14th Oct Event

Do you guys know how long the event might last and how long after the video will be added on the apple site?

 

[Cloudane]

Now thats a bezel on the g4! Don't think it will be like that though

I started with the Albook and thought that was impressive, but I have to say the TiBook looked like their finest hour in terms of engineering/design. Look at that puppy!
http://web.archive.org/web/20011109195716/www.apple.com/powerbook/
http://web.archive.org/web/20010924202421/www.apple.com/powerbook/

Well, you never know. If there's a real gem every 7 years, we're in for a treat. Hopefully this new manufacturing process will blow all the previous ones out of the water.

 

[singhjeet29]

how much do you think I can sell my Macbook Pro for, lol, I just bought it in March >_< wish I hadn't

 

[dh80]

I started with the Albook and thought that was impressive, but I have to say the TiBook looked like their finest hour in terms of engineering/design. Look at that puppy!

I agree.. I even like the ad..

http://web.archive.org/web/20011111083049/www.apple.com/hardware/ads/powerbook_g4-1.html

 

[-kumar-]

YEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!

 

[SilentEvoker]

So I want to make this clear:

This means those new macbooks will be available in stores on the 14th right? Not on the 15th?

 

[wx4svr]

So I want to make this clear:

This means those new macbooks will be available in stores on the 14th right? Not on the 15th?

No... the Keynote is the 14th... we will have to wait until the keynote to get a time frame for when they will be in stores. Usually about a week or 2 after the keynote.

 

[Belly-laughs]

Oh good God. Thanks for the encouragement.

I like how the size of it is one of the main marketing points. It's hilarious to go back and look at this stuff and remember how awesome you thought it was.

Thought? Although not a speed demon by todays standards, the Pismo is still gorgeous; curvaceous and soft to the touch. The TiBook defined "thin", like Twiggy. The Alu G4s and MBPs never appealed to me. I´m having great expectations for these new models, though.

 

[mclmk8d]

From the New York Times
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/09/the-hottest-ticket-in-silicon-valley/?hp

 

[yamaha106]

So I want to make this clear:

This means those new macbooks will be available in stores on the 14th right? Not on the 15th?

After the majority of keynotes it takes about one to two weeks for the new products to hit stores.

 

[rhett7660]

Bout time.... Jzzz.. Was beginning to think this wasn't going to happen. The 14th can't come quick enough for a lot of us.

 

[SilentEvoker]

No... the Keynote is the 14th... we will have to wait until the keynote to get a time frame for when they will be in stores. Usually about a week or 2 after the keynote.

So it isn't like the new Nano when it was released last month? That sucks, I'll be leaving the US on the 17th and NEED a laptop...

Hope it's not true ^^;

 

[Tensakun]

Great. I admit I had lost hope.

Yeah, I was girding my loins for a wait possibly up to MacWorld in Jan.

Oh, happy day, credit card is at the ready!

 

[stewy]

Thank god thank god thank god.... I was beginning to think this wasn't going to happen this month.

 

[MatLane]

Fantasticccccccccccccccccccc!




Whooooooooop

 

[SilentEvoker]

After the majority of keynotes it takes about one to two weeks for the new products to hit stores.

But weren't they 'shipped' already before leading to this event?

Dang it, I'm kinda disappointed now despite the very good news

 

[corinhorn]

But weren't they 'shipped' already before leading to this event?

Just a rumor. I am banking that the new MacBooks are going to be available the day of the announcement or the day after.

 

[wx4svr]

But weren't they 'shipped' already before leading to this event?

Usually, you'll see them withhold shipments if its a big announcement like this. Things like new iPod's or a simple notebook / desktop revision could be available the next day.

 

[deputy_doofy]

Will this finally be the MB(P)s to make me "salivate" for a new machine? I'm not in the market to buy, but until now, no new MBP has been compelling enough to make me want to lose what I have now. C'mon, Core i7. Oh, am I jumping the gun? lol

 

[mobilehaathi]

I wonder if there will be some "big surprise" outside of what is already expected.....

 

[peepboon]

I had a funny feeling they were going to send invites a few days later to throw us off the leaker's predictions, etc etc. This will make the next release harder to predict lol

anyways... my wait is almost over... just have to wait until they arrive in store >.> lol

 

[wx4svr]

I wonder if there will be some "big surprise" outside of what is already expected.....

--> Apple Logo on screen
--> Steve takes a drink from his water bottle
--> Walks to the middle of the stage
--> Still silent
--> "But you know..."
--> "IT" shows up on screen....
--> "There is one other thing!"
--> PEOPLE GO CRAZY!!