miketcool said:
I can safely say, Merry Christmas everyone! Enjoy your maxed out credit cards, yay apple!
Merry Christmas indeed, considering I
do not have a maxed credit card(s).
dernhelm said:
So all, this whole things comes down to one questions for me, why is MacWorld in Jan? Seems to me that some of the holiday purchasing will turn (even quicker than it normally does) into one gi-normous bout of buyers remorse when some of these switchers find out that their brand new computers will be seen as instantly outdated by the second week of January.
I understand that Apple likes to wait for MacWorld to introduce new products, but it seems like January is the worst of all times to do that.
MacWorld SF, does not really mean that Apple will always update hardware. There is that remote chance that they will introduce something new or update something that require an update for a long time coming. Plus you have to remember that it will take weeks if not months depends on what hardware is released along with availability issues.
The iMac G5 line that was mentioned in this article along with the iPod line will not see an update so soon in January as it was indeed updated for the holiday season.
People who are waiting are those who are waiting for an iBook, PowerBook and or Mac Mini.
ksz said:
We are one of those who 'knowingly' purchased a PPC-based 20-in iMac for Christmas. Despite the looming switchover, the current iMac is a very good machine and it's inexpensive enough to be replaced within 2 years if need be.
There might me one more update for the iMac G5 come 2006, as at that point it would have reached rev D. Usually and I say usually in a loose term that after 4 revs it jumps to another chip or a dual processor configuration.
If you have noticed the iMac G5 has been update about every 6 months and making the jump from PPC to x86 might bring some issues that people are not accustom to expect from the iMac line.
Remember the iMac is what started it all, if you cripple the line it does not reflect good upon the company.
hubristol said:
I am, as someone who is familiar with the system. I'd be damned to see the iMac upgraded to intel in January and the iBook and Mac Mini hold no interest for me. I think a lot of people who are familiar with the system are choosing to hold off because they don't want a somewhat buggy Rev A model and/or the current PPC models work just fine for them.
It's the software lineup, since there are already few titles compared to the wintel world for applications and when launched there will be even fewer for an x86 Mac.
Peoples business runs on key applications and without those, there is no tempting reason to buy leading edge hardware if they software will not run on it.
Bill: is that one of the new Intel Mac's you have there.
Steve: yeah it is, it does all this neat stuff and I am glad I am one of the first to have it. All those other PPC users out there don't know what they are missing.
Bill: will your business software run on that Intel Mac.
Steve: aah....NO..but who cares its the latest thing in Mac hardware and on the bleeding edge as far as Mac OS 10.4 (x86) and the Mac community care about.
Bill: so what are you going to do to run your business if your new Intel Mac will not run the current business tools you have,
Steve: aah.did you hear me.....it the "NEW INTEL MAC" who cares if it runs my business software.
Bill: you just don't get it do you, Steve.
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I have to say this, in the past Bill Gates was right in his comments. Steve Jobs was wrong and he has learned that lesson since then. Steve Jobs is playing not hard however "smart ball." He introduced the iMac to re-market Apple to give them enough press that is positive rather than all the historic negatives under some other CEO.
With that he introduced the G4 Cube, which was a great machine however it was a little too early and expensive. (re-designed into the Mac Mini for far less).
Steve Jobs then introduces the iPod, keeps it a Mac only hardware. Good move since he wanted to test it out without investing too much into a flop if it did turn into one. Later introduced it to the x86 Wintel market as a testing ground to see how well it would do, and well it did very well (However no x86 software to manage those tunes for the iPod that existed at that time, which was created by Apple).
Apple introduces iTunes for Windows, to get the word out that you no longer has to own a Mac to acquire a partial experience of what the Mac has to offer. iTunes for Windows was very popular since it offered a glimmer of what the Mac and its applications behaved like.
Apple then introduces iTMS, for Mac and Windows. Integrated into iTunes that is already popular with the Windows crowd and will not harm them as it will be a tester, if you like it great if you do not, not big deal. You gained something for nothing. Which WIndows user could resist.
And from there we have the T.V. shows..........its all following the same path, my friends........Steve Jobs has learned and he is telling Bill Gates that Yes you were right to a certain point and I was wrong to a certain point. However that being said there is a way to convert people to the Macintosh ideology.
Steve Jobs, I have to commend that this business plan is one of the most brilliant in years.
