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Apple: Jobs Will Not Present at Apple's Final Macworld Keynote

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Wow. If you guys think Apple stock is going to tank over this, you are delusional on how the stock market works. There are not enough fanboys who own company stock to make it drop below 85$ (And some of them will never part with their Apple stock), and some of you went as low as $65. lol.

I don't own stock but would love to see it hit $65 so I can buy. Sadly this stock won't dip below $90 tomorrow. Wall street does not care about the expo. They do care November sales were flat compared to a year ago. It's a recession out there and Apple's are priced for luxury. They need to fix that or they will have a bad year in 2009.
 
Goodbye Steve ?

It's quite funny that earlier today all the steve jobs fanboys were saying
"Oh don''t worry he'll be there"....WRONG!!!!
I'm still thinking we will be seeing a change at the top of apple very soon.
 
TechnoLawyer said:
There's a simpler explanation. Apple doesn't want to release its big bang products in January. So Phil will introduce a new Mac mini and a new iLife and a new iWork and call it a day. Jobs will unveil more important products at some later date and from this point forward Apple will schedule keynotes for WWDC and when it wants to schedule keynotes. Introducing major products right after Christmas never made sense anyway.
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I'm agreeing with you about what will be released software wise, but there probably won't be a new Mini. Like you said, they'll probably further delay it and release it a WWDC. Just my opinion because they've held it off for so long, a few more months won't make that much of a difference.
 
IJ Reilly said:
I sense a rift between Apple and IDG, which we got a glimpse of several years ago when Apple pulled out of the New York/Boston expo. The fact that this announcement came so close to the show itself, when IDG was telling us to expect Steve to be announced as the keynote speaker at any moment, suggests that something needed be resolved between the companies but wasn't.
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That's just typical of you, suggesting an entirely reasonable explanation for Apple pulling out. ;)
 
mklos said:
Why would Apple get money off the expo tickets? The show is ran by IDG MacWorld (the Magazine), not Apple. Apple just CHOOSE to be the main display vendor there.
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For some reason, I thought Apple owned the event, rented space and sold tickets. Thanks for the correction.
 
kryszrich, In the past everytime their is rumor that Steve is ill or that something maybe wrong Apple stock tanks. Look at the stock prices from last years keynote, they were out of control. Or the heart attack rumor.
Investors are really out there these days.
 
I really don't think anyone other than the diehard Apple fan ever watched or cared about the MacWorld keynotes. While trade shows are nice, I would agree that they are completely unnecessary in this day and age. With the Internet, products now get leaked months before they are unveiled. It's not like we still won't be able to partake in Apple rumors and it's not like we'll never know about new Apple products. They will just be announced in other forms now, instead of the keynote. I really don't see what the big deal is.
 
This is sad.
We will miss all the excitement of the keynote pre-days. Anyway. two things to take into consideration.

With the hard economy and the outrageous rates of the unions charge on Moscone Center, is probably a better deal to utilize the internet and have journalists coming to Cupertino.

Secondly, Apple will leave WWDC for developers training and create special events anytime they feel ready to introduce a product. So the pressure of having stuff ready for MWSF will end.

Finally, I don't think this is relate to Steve jobs health at all.

Times are changing.
 
IJ Reilly said:
I sense a rift between Apple and IDG, which we got a glimpse of several years ago when Apple pulled out of the New York/Boston expo. The fact that this announcement came so close to the show itself, when IDG was telling us to expect Steve to be announced as the keynote speaker at any moment, suggests that something needed be resolved between the companies but wasn't.
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Or it could be that IDG was just hoping they'd get the call from Apple saying Steve would be there. Or, they knew all along, but were holding off so they could sell more tickets and were just going to let Apple make the announcement instead of themselves.

I can't see what Apple did 9yrs ago effecting what they announced today. They would have backed out many years ago if this was true.
 
as others have said, this is all likely due to Apple wanting to get away from the constraints of having to get new products ready by either january or june. now they are free to have a "special event" whenever they please. and why have steve present when nothing big will be introduced? thats what I think Apple's thinking is on this one...
 
This is sad, but being 100% honest, I was not impressed with Steve's keynotes as of late. His energy level was near 0. Go on YouTube and look at keynotes from around 2000-2004. They were high energy and exciting. But recently, not the case. I think Apple needs someone who can back up the excitement of the products Apple produces. :apple:

I think Phil will do fine. At least he'll be more energetic than Steve.
 
The argument about these type of events no longer being relevent is a perfectly good one and probably true. Apple simply doesn't need events like macworld AND everyone has come to expect new product releases at these events, every time! That's just not possible and apple it seems to me clearly want to get away from that, and have to as it's took much pressure for a business like theirs... Better to just have randomly timed press releases when the need arises... However, considering the history with macworld you would have thought Steve jobs would want to give the keynote on the final one! I don't think it's anything to do with health (but I may be wrong), I think it's probably more to do with the heckling he's likely to receive from the macworld faithful if he turns up! Also mr jobs doesn't seem the sentimental type! ;) even after saying all that, they must be aware that the press will now go bananas speculating on steve jobs's health (again!)... Not a suprising decision to stop exhibiting at macworld but I think a bad one to not have mr jobs doing the final keynote!!
 
If Jobs was ever to bow out to a less prominent role, wouldn't potentially MWSF be one? Or maybe WWDC?
Just wondering, due to the number of Macs they could unleash at MWSF. Would he wait till a Snow Leopard 10.6 launch at WWDC?
Let Schiller take one keynote, then do the last one in the summer, ushering in 10.6?
*(if it is schiller to take the spot, there are more notable people that could take the spot)
 
If Phil Schiller releases a new Mac Pro, will it still be the "fastest computer on the planet"?
 
Okay, Okay I get now

so there won't be a PowerBook G5 in the card for MacWorld 2009

my apology for being a bit slow:D

Cinch
 
gugy said:
This is sad.
We will miss all the excitement of the keynote pre-days. Anyway. two things to take into consideration.

With the hard economy and the outrageous rates of the unions charge on Moscone Center, is probably a better deal to utilize the internet and have journalists coming to Cupertino.

Secondly, Apple will leave WWDC for developers training and create special events anytime they feel ready to introduce a product. So the pressure of having stuff ready for MWSF will end.

Finally, I don't think this is relate to Steve jobs health at all.

Times are changing.
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Exactly, we're moving from a trade show-era of announcements to a smaller, intimate special event-style. I think it's for the better, and I don't think it means that Steve is resigning anytime soon.
 
I think Apple got pissed off at their shares plummeting based on Steve Jobs appearance.

News Flash: Steve Jobs', brothers, wifes, cousins, friends, mother, said Jobs took two asprin today. AAPL plummets.
 
There is a bit of over-reaction going on here. People are acting like the Beatles just split up.

Apple never waste money on products or ideas that were not strong enough to make sense (or a profit). Such ideas were dumped without ceremony. And I am guessing MacWorld fell into that category.

Apple does not want to hold-back announcments or rush products to launch to fit-in with someone else's calendar. MacWorld has its own timing.
The smart thing to do is launch products precisely when they are ready. Not a week too early or a week too late.

Bye MacWorld, its time for something better.

C.
 
Bye Bye Apple

Not at the IBC. Not at MacWorld after 2009. No more xraid. Dropping firewire.
No more pro machines in 2009? Glossy screens, glossy notebooks, iPods and iPhones, that's what's left of a company that was once in the pro business.
 
MvdM said:
Not at the IBC. Not at MacWorld after 2009. No more xraid. Dropping firewire.
No more pro machines in 2009? Glossy screens, glossy notebooks, iPods and iPhones, that's what's left of a company that was once in the pro business.
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Yeah, but did you know you can 'shake to shuffle' the new iPod Nano??? OR that it comes in NINE colors???
 
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