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iQuit said:
Apple has been making me mad, I will be really pissed if they come out with another iPod....they are a freaking COMPUTER company.
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Not anymore.
In fact, they made a digital camera a long time ago.

And they make software.

I think all you guys that complain about the iPod are right...Apple should trash the whole division and iTunes with it. Go back to just being a total Mac company with its stock in the toilet. That will make you happy.
 
Mebe its a look at some proto-type Intel machines? Like powerbooks ect to come early next year? :) You know showing off potential designs and the hardware.

Hopefully though its a strong showing of PPC goodness.
 
well...

Please forgive me for not reading over 300 posts so this may already have been said, but I'll say it anyway.

PowerMac and PowerBooks are pro-level machines. Pros buy what they need when they need it, or, as is usually the case, when they can afford it. Pros are not holiday-driven. Consumers are holiday-driven.

Therefore I find it quite unlikely that Apple would release new PowerMacs and PowerBooks with the Christmas (or other) holiday in mind.

That's not to say that new PowerLine (did I just make that up or has it been used before, either way I like it) hardware won't be released shortly given their dire need for upgrades.

Obviously there are exceptions to every rule and some of you may well be realisticly expecting PowerLine hardware under your tree (or other symbol of significance) but I find it hard to believe that you would be in the majority.

So what would be significant enough to warrant such an event?

Well, a video enabled iPod would be as would a related video download store.

New PowerBooks might be..., I'm not sure.

New PowerMacs might be..., but again I'm not sure. It would have to be a significant upgrade such as dual core processors or PCIe (did I get the acronym correct? you know what I mean).

Announcing all three together? Again I'm not sure but I doubt it. A consumer-level product like the video iPod announcement would be watered-down by a co-announcement of new PowerLine hardware, wouldn't it?

Just my thoughts. Feel free to dissagree, just please do it gently. :)

~iGuy
 
RobHague said:
Mebe its a look at some proto-type Intel machines? Like powerbooks ect to come early next year? :) You know showing off potential designs and the hardware.

Hopefully though its a strong showing of PPC goodness.
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Like competition doesn't copy Apple enough. I would say those are new PBs
Either dual core G4s or low power G5 let say 1.8GHz 900MHz FSB(perhaps 600)
 
laughingboy said:
Take note of the venue .

Year of HD...

Video Airport Express...

iTunes Movie (and special content) Store...

Should be a fun Wednesday.
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I think so too... this may explain why Steve jobs insisted so much at the Paris Expo his doubts about having an ipod with videocapability... He want to deemphasize the vPod to put it on a brand new product category.
 
If only it were true.

digitalbiker said:
This is it!!!

This is so obviously the NEW POWERBOOK G5.
Featuring;

low-power IBM G5 @ 2 ghz.
2 mb L2 cache with 1 Ghz FSB.
PCI-E Bus card system with user upgradable ATI X850 Mobility GPU card.
Dual layer DVD superdrive
7200 SATA HD
1920X1080 16x9 AR HD Hires screen,
Backlit keyboard.
Two Button scroll pad.

The Last PowerBook to ever be made! The entire line goes out with a bang, just in time for Christmas.

New Merom MacTel pro-portables to be announced Sept. 2006.

COUNT ON IT! :eek:
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mac-er said:
They are not necessarily "movie" curtains...they are just curtains. Curtains are always used to hide things they don't want you to see.

Besides, what theater have you been to that have curtains over the whole screen?
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Ok, you're about the nth person to parrot this line, so I'm finally going to take the bait and answer.

The Arlington Theatre
The Emerson Theatre
The Eastwood Theatre
The Irving Theatre

And that's just 4 off the top of my head, all within 2 miles of my old house. I'm sorry that many of you grew up on Megaplex postage-stamp sized cookie-cutter theatres, but we "old people" still associate real red velvet curtains with movie houses, where the universal signal to shut the hell up was the sound of the curtains drawing back.

Whether these particular curtains on the invitation mean a video iPod and downloadable feature films, I don't know... but I know I certainly do not associate red velvet curtains with Apple hiding things... they always drape their "wait-and-see" displays in black at the expos.
 
I will admit that an iTVS with exclusive content could be a potential cash cow. Consumers much more go after special/bonus features on DVDs than on CDs, in my opinion and creating exclusives for video content on iTunes would make it look very nice to said consumers.
 
oddfuzz said:
3) Other:

Pros -"Year of HD" so what's apple done for HD this year? As far as i'm aware, its just been a couple upgraded software titles. Maybe something up their sleeve? Remember that asteroid thing and all those law suits?

Cons -There's been no rumors of anything along these lines as of late. Usually someone throws us a little tip or two here before things get launched and this time it seems to be the video ipod.
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Well, vPod for playing HD video on HD TV that would make it, it seems...
 
touch screen

if it's a video ipod i'd like to see a touch screen to maximize the viewable area. i can't see apple abandoning the scrollwheel/interface though.
 
i trust you guys too much. time for me to sell my nano and start saving.. 8 days.. bah.
 
iGuy said:
Announcing all three together? Again I'm not sure but I doubt it. A consumer-level product like the video iPod announcement would be watered-down by a co-announcement of new PowerLine hardware, wouldn't it?

Just my thoughts. Feel free to dissagree, just please do it gently. :)

~iGuy
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Well, PM line, PB and iBook line are in nedd of an upgrade... they will do so but this will not be part of the event... don't knwo when...

One more thing... this kind of statement is reserved when you have something really new.... the nano was not that new, it is a replacement for something... a fifth generation iPod capable of playing HD videos on a TV over the air could make 'one more thing' up to its meaning.
 
the original ipod concept

Does anyone remember the original ipod concept. It was like the walkman for the digital age. With itunes you can put your entire CD collection in your ipod. Then the P2P networks nearly exploded. It was always there but since the ipod came out it was easy to take your pirated music to go. THEN a few years later after some R&D apple realized that the digital music over the net was so big and they found a leagle way to download music at .99 Now pirating movies is the Number 2 most pirated form of media online. Apple will release a video ipod like device but not with a store. They want to test the waters first before they go back on there word about a video ipod and store. Just my opinion I could be wrong.
 
:eek: Thank God, I am pulling myself away from this forum. Steve's RDF is weakening and I am going to get a snack and some sleep. Real world stuff tomorrow. When it's all said and done, I don't care if it is just a video Ipod. If they come out with the mac mini/media center and movie store that would be cool. However, the coolest thing would be to have the latter happen and AN UPDATE TO THE POWERBOOK LINE. :mad:

;) Anyway, it is always surreal checking this madhouse out.
 
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guys this is a dedicated event. we don't usually hear of these press meetings, so this is a keynote, because it is in a theater. they are not going to futz around with powerbooks, powermacs, intel, super ibm processors, or computers at all. he his going to jump to the point, and give us a groundbreaking video/movie solution. it is too clear. i am just so happy they gave us time to sell our old ipods. this is so big i have had the goosebumps for 5 minutes.
 
iQuit said:
It won't be an iPod Video...it's not logical...you people are crazy. You could fit next to nothing on there, and if all it will ONLY play music videos.
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Yes we are crazy .... next.

If it plays Video (even music videos) won't that make it an iPod Video?

it IS coming. Only the type of content is in doubt.
 
yeah I'd like to see a new PowerBook. However, they will probably introduce a new audio related something. Next they will probably have something new like iVideoCast, then next year they will change their name to iApple Entertainment Inc.

Brian
 
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