Apple Media Event Near April First?

[baddaddy]

Ok, I am throwing my 2 cents in...

The New Macbook, is going to be a a mac mini with a screen. Deal With it. If you want gaming buy a MBP. May or may not hav iSight, but I kinda think it will. I expect a redesign and new form factor, mag latches, etc..., but it's still a Mini-to-go.

Price Points $899 and $1099.



iPod AV touch screen and all. And everyone collectively goes oriwho? It night even do some light gaming.

Price Points

$399 and $499




iMovie Store of some kind. Probably opens with Disney (including Touchstone and Castle Rock) at first.




Maybe a new shuffle, it's due and the parts providers heard several weeks ago that they aren't making parts for the next incarnation.



No $10K computer (a'la 20th Anni Mac) No one want's to spend 10 grand on something that will be old tech in a couple of years! We've all grown since the ninety's.



No $100 leather covers withing 50 miles of the event. Steve's mommy stuck him in the corner for a week after that silly assed announcement.





All pro and semi pro software will be universal.




No iTab or Power Mac Pro....yet. Gotta save something for August don't we? besides, that bad boy needs a quad core and they aren't out till Aug/Sept.



Surprise Announcement....Airport AV.


Those are my amazing psychic predictions for this event.

 

[Josias]

I don't think there will be X1800 in the 17". not to be a killjoy, but what the f**k would you use FW800 for? External HDD with 500-2000 GB? And BTW, nobody can fit 4 ram-slots into a laptop, not even 17".

 

[Synapple]

Ok, I am throwing my 2 cents in...

The New Macbook, is going to be a a mac mini with a screen. Deal With it. If you want gaming buy a MBP. May or may not hav iSight, but I kinda think it will. I expect a redesign and new form factor, mag latches, etc..., but it's still a Mini-to-go.

Price Points $899 and $1099.



iPod AV touch screen and all. And everyone collectively goes oriwho? It night even do some light gaming.

Price Points

$399 and $499




iMovie Store of some kind. Probably opens with Disney (including Touchstone and Castle Rock) at first.




Maybe a new shuffle, it's due and the parts providers heard several weeks ago that they aren't making parts for the next incarnation.



No $10K computer (a'la 20th Anni Mac) No one want's to spend 10 grand on something that will be old tech in a couple of years! We've all grown since the ninety's.



No $100 leather covers withing 50 miles of the event. Steve's mommy stuck him in the corner for a week after that silly assed announcement.





All pro and semi pro software will be universal.




No iTab or Power Mac Pro....yet. Gotta save something for August don't we? besides, that bad boy needs a quad core and they aren't out till Aug/Sept.



Surprise Announcement....Airport AV.


Those are my amazing psychic predictions for this event.

I kinda agree with you... except for the price points.

Just gimme an A/V express and a movie store and I'll be settled!

 

[RollTide]

Macbook underestimated

Ok, I am throwing my 2 cents in...

The New Macbook, is going to be a a mac mini with a screen. Deal With it. If you want gaming buy a MBP.


The new Macbook is pretty much guaranteed to have a 64mb video card(at least) that works out good for games. 512 mb ram is fine, but can definetly be upgraded, the processor, if it is a core solo at 1.66 gigs or whatever will do fine. My hp notebook runs call of duty flawless and is barely 1 gig. I may be all wrong, but unless you buy a game that is made to push a computer to it's limit one should be fine. no hardcore stuff and it will run good

 

[baddaddy]

Ok, I am throwing my 2 cents in...

The New Macbook, is going to be a a mac mini with a screen. Deal With it. If you want gaming buy a MBP.


The new Macbook is pretty much guaranteed to have a 64mb video card(at least) that works out good for games. 512 mb ram is fine, but can definetly be upgraded, the processor, if it is a core solo at 1.66 gigs or whatever will do fine. My hp notebook runs call of duty flawless and is barely 1 gig. I may be all wrong, but unless you buy a game that is made to push a computer to it's limit one should be fine. no hardcore stuff and it will run good

I agree with you. I just get sick of everyone wanting the ibook to be a hardcore gaming machine. Apple isn't going to throw in all the bells and whistles into its entry level laptop. My old emac was ok for gaming untill you tried to run a really graphic intensive game on it.



I really think apple wants this to be an entry level book, and not a portable iMac. I think a price cut will reflect that.

 

[RollTide]

I agree with you. I just get sick of everyone wanting the ibook to be a hardcore gaming machine. Apple isn't going to throw in all the bells and whistles into its entry level laptop. My old emac was ok for gaming untill you tried to run a really graphic intensive game on it.



Yea the ibook, or whatever book will be fine for most of the shooters out there, maybr a few sims n stuff, but it will be capable all around for the average consumer, but then again that is who apple is targeting

 

[Surreal]

I don't think there will be X1800 in the 17". not to be a killjoy, but what the f**k would you use FW800 for? External HDD with 500-2000 GB? And BTW, nobody can fit 4 ram-slots into a laptop, not even 17".

umm...why wouldn't they put the X1800 as at least a BTO option?

FW800 - Fireface 800. Hard drive. using both with isochronus throughput (which eSATA does not have.)

and the RAM..yeah, i know...which is why it would change my physiology. i would be so overcome that it would alter my physical being. in other words...i KNOW it hasnt be...but before we say something without checking. thick, but hey, if the 17" gained a few mm for the sake of 2 more RAM slots..i don't know many people who would complain. (out of those who would actually consider buying it.)

 

[puckhead193]

Lol. Actually, I was kind of hoping they'd do something fun for April Fool's as well as release products for their birthday. Or make a April Fool's joke of some sort, or have a sale, or something.

Apple have a sale, now that's an April fools joke right their

 

[mashinhead]

Prepare to start whinning when those 13" iBooks come with IIG..

( Personally, I don't care - I'm hoping for dual cores!)

whats IIG? I just hope they have a dvi out option, or else i'm in powerbook territory, i just hate the ibook materials though, the keyboards on powerbooks, er sorry macbook pros, are great. I'm sure they'll have a dual core BTO option, but they this is really a transitition chip so i dont' know if i should wait til the end of the year.

 

[mozmac]

I want to see films. If they released films on iTunes, that would add HUGE value to the new Mac Mini.

 

[direzz]

i hope they lower the prices on the imacs.

 

[Multimedia]

NAB Sunday April 23rd Press Conference

I'm not holding my breath for April 1 or 4 (more likely in my opinion than March 28).

Apple releases things on their own schedule or around major planned events. MacWorld, WWDC, MacWorld Paris?

So, yes, everybody knows that Apple will be coming out with new iBook replacements, new iPods, etc., we just don't know when. And based on Apple's history of celebrating their birthday or the birthday of the Mac, they have usually been no shows.

And the next MAJOR planned event is the NAB Sunday afternoon April 23rd Press Conference where they are more likely to present the 17" MacBook Pro along with the next version of Final Cut Studio. Only caveot is that this year is the 30th anniversary April 1. So because of that, any red herring could emerge in 3 weeks. There's no way to predict what special surprise Steve will show up with. I'm guessing MacBook and Full Screen Face Video iPod for the 30th event. Red Herring could be a MacTablet Computer. But I think the 17" MacBook Pro wants to wait until NAB where one of its primary target markets hangs out.

 

[zack.williams]

wouldnt it be awsome if that patient for a touch screen was actually for the new ibook, not the ipod? writing notes on the screen or something?

i am probably wrong...but what if?!?!

i like to think out of the box...

 

[lorien]

i'm very interested to see what comes out. i suspect something groundbreaking, something no one's even expected, something that's been under wraps so well that even the people working on it don't know what it is.

something that's going to sell in the billions.

He, he....Apple is hiring blind engineers now

 

[Multimedia]

MacTablet For 30th Anniversary?

wouldnt it be awsome if that patient for a touch screen was actually for the new ibook, not the ipod? writing notes on the screen or something?

i am probably wrong...but what if?!?!

i like to think out of the box...

This may also point to an entirely new class of Mac - the MacTablet computer. They've been out for the PC for a while now. Apple is really quite behind on this front. Perhaps they needed Intel Yonah Core Duo to pull it off.

 

[ScottB]

whats IIG?

That's what I said until I thought Intel Intergrated Graphics.

 

[zack.williams]

i would like to hear some opinions on how long it will take from the release of the macbook till it starts shipping...i want it as sppn as possible, but how long?

 

[thinkdiffifdent]

A few here have expressed doubts as to whether the new iBook (whatever it is called) will have iSight. I'd be very surprised if it didn't. Apple wants its consumer audience to know that all new Macs that come with screens (i.e. laptops and iMacs) can do iChat video straight out of the box. It's not very Apple-like to mix and match over different models on features it's trying to make mainstream.

On the other hand, I'd not be at all surprised to see the modem go. Apple is taking the same approach there as it did with floppy discs. If you really need it, you can pay for it as an accessory.

 

[baddaddy]

i would like to hear some opinions on how long it will take from the release of the macbook till it starts shipping...i want it as sppn as possible, but how long?

I think it will ship same day.



If....and I know it's a big IF.....they do release the iTab, what does everyone think pricing on it will be?

 

[AidenShaw]

just stick 2 GiB SO-DIMMs in the two slots that it has

if the 17" gained a few mm for the sake of 2 more RAM slots...

2 GiB SO-DIMMs are sampling, and HP and IBM are mentioning them on their Yonah laptop pages.

 

[Surreal]

2 GiB SO-DIMMs are sampling, and HP and IBM are mentioning them on their Yonah laptop pages.

i am not complaining about the current situation regarding RAM...but 4 slots would be welcome in my opinion. ...i can't find nything about 2gb modules sampling...is there any info publicly available?

 

[jjd]

Why no 12" (or smaller) pro laptop?

I don't get why Apple seems to have no intention of developing a pro-spec laptop smaller than 15". There is a healthy market for small form factor, powerful laptops in the PC world. Personally, I would pay up for a thin, light, hi-res, 12" Macbook pro. I cannot be alone in this. In fact I would also consider a 10-11" wide screen, a la the Vaio TX. Small, light and good battery with a decent (say 2 GHz Duo) chip and they could name their price.

 

[Peace]

I don't get why Apple seems to have no intention of developing a pro-spec laptop smaller than 15". There is a healthy market for small form factor, powerful laptops in the PC world. Personally, I would pay up for a thin, light, hi-res, 12" Macbook pro. I cannot be alone in this. In fact I would also consider a 10-11" wide screen, a la the Vaio TX. Small, light and good battery with a decent (say 2 GHz Duo) chip and they could name their price.

Could be way off base here but why would any "Pro" want to use a 12" laptop for work ?

Seems to me a real Pro would want a 15" for mobile work..This is why imho Apple is doing away with the 12" "Pro" laptop..aka 12" PowerBook and transitioning to the 12" Intel MacBook.

 

[ahlee]

I don't get why Apple seems to have no intention of developing a pro-spec laptop smaller than 15". There is a healthy market for small form factor, powerful laptops in the PC world. Personally, I would pay up for a thin, light, hi-res, 12" Macbook pro. I cannot be alone in this.

You're not alone - I want exactly that. I don't mind if the rumored 13" is in ballpark size of the 12" (which it sounds to be) but I hope they offer it, at least eventually, in a Pro enclosure. Or hopefully the new iBook's enclosure will be improved in quality, closer to the Powerbook style. The 12" Powerbook keyboard is much nicer than the equivalent iBook.

 

[jjd]

Could be way off base here but why would any "Pro" want to use a 12" laptop for work ?

Seems to me a real Pro would want a 15" for mobile work..This is why imho Apple is doing away with the 12" "Pro" laptop..aka 12" Powerbook.

Same reason they've wanted them for the past 4 years - portability. I travel every week with my 15" AlBook and its way too heavy. I need the grunt - I do not need the screen real estate. At home I have all the screen size I need. On a plane, in a coffee shop, meeting - I want small and light. Photojournalists for example need a fast processor and, lots of RAM and HDD capacity but also obviously have portability as a key requirement.