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Apple's October 19th Media Event

bryanc said:
I talked with my wife about the swirling MacRumors over dinner, and she had an interesting thought:

iTunes is a content *distribution* system as much as a content-management system.

What if the new iPhoto was similarly linked to Apple's servers, allowing them to get into the stock-photography business? The new iPhoto allows Photographers to not only manage their libraries of images and do minor-retouching, but also to upload their collections (as full size images ready to use) to Apple's iPhoto server-farm (either free or for a modest fee) and then charges commission on all downloads made through their service. The advantage to the photographer is centralized global distribution with high visibility, easy searching, and easy/integrated management with software on their Mac. The advantage to the photoeditor is a great search engine, low cost, high availability, and single provider. The advantage to Apple, is the revenue generated by the service, the fact that every photographer will need a Mac to use it, and even more visibility. Everyone wins.

Whadayathink?
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a bit like iStockphoto?

i saw this recently, and got a couple of photos for a website - great idea really.

Iain
 
Frobozz said:
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So if you need a Mac now, buy it now. You're not going to be shooting yourself in the foot.
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What a great synopsis! Hell, I'm itching to complete my "switch" with a PM for my office. I would almost certainly not want to wait for the Rev B Intel Macs so I am going to invest in the most tricked-out PM I can afford, pair it with a nice LCD and plan on getting 5 years out of it.

Just want this "event" to occur so I can figure out what to buy!


JT
 
Frobozz said:
You won't have a problem, Sai. Let's boil this down to processor speed only-- disregarding form factor, features, OS, etc. The truth of the matter is that Steve Jobs said that PowerMacs will be the last computers to receive the Intel chips, and this could be as late as the end of 2007.
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No he didn't. Steve has never said which will be the first macs to go Intel. At the WWDC he made no mention of a product specific time-line.

The truth is we may all speculate pretty accurately which will go first based on Intel production and shipping but Steve has not given a definite word as to which will be the first Mac to sport and Intel processor.
 
duklaprague said:
a bit like iStockphoto?

i saw this recently, and got a couple of photos for a website - great idea really.

Iain
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Shhhhhh! Let's keep iStock a designer secret.

If my clients found out that I charge them the same price for a stock photo from iStock as I do for one from Corbis...
 
Passante said:
I'm thinking that Apple is about to fire a warning shot across the bow of Adobe and announce a Photoshop competitor. Especially since Adobe was whining about not being able to have a native Photoshop application ready for the Intel Macs next year. A little competition may change their minds.
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Or could them off enough to say F-off to Apple and not bother porting ANY of the Adobe products to intel Macs, thus REQUIRING Apple to create an entire Adobe-like Suite, or make us all depend on Quark XPress. :eek:
 
Squire said:
Appleinsider calls it a "very exclusive digital invite." Hmmm...the plot thickens. I like the idea of a tablet-like device. Excuse my ignorance (my digital photo touch-up skills are limited to Photo Studio) but how important are tablets to this industry? Perhaps Apple has finally figured out a way to make them a hit product.

Squire
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I work in the graphic arts industry and every retoucher we have lives by their Wacom tablets. They don't use mice anymore. If there was a keyboard built into the Wacom, they'd probably eliminate them too. ;)
 
I thought it was shoot for the stars you'll land on the moon. :)

Dual Duals would be nice. Hope that rumor of a Quad 970Fxa chip is quelled. Sounds like more money than 2999
 
Mr Maui said:
I work in the graphic arts industry and every retoucher we have lives by their Wacom tablets. They don't use mice anymore. If there was a keyboard built into the Wacom, they'd probably eliminate them too. ;)
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Agreed.

A Wacom and Apple collaboration would be nice, but I'd settle for an Apple tablet... as long as it's pressure sensitive and not just a big Palm Pilot device.
 
Temujin said:
True. I have a P4 running XP SP2. It's a purely Bittorrent download / media center PC. It runs non stop 24/7. Has done so for several months. Not one crap up yet.

So lets put this rumor to death once and for all. XP is stable, ugly and booooring.
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I will take ONE exception to that rule: games. On XP it seems since games have such low level access ot the hardware that they can THRASH a system easily. Some games behave nicely. Some don't. Case in point- Battlefield 2.

*Poor analogy warning.* XP is like a getting an XM Satellite radio. Based on the feature set you think you're getting a great deal. Then you have to change the station! You realize it takes 8 clicks on buttons who's purpose could only be deciphered with an advanced PHD in Hieroglyphics. You cry.
 
Frobozz said:
I will take ONE exception to that rule: games. On XP it seems since games have such low level access ot the hardware that they can THRASH a system easily. Some games behave nicely. Some don't. Case in point- Battlefield 2.
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I thought that was what DirectX was supposed to do - provide game developers with a low level hardware abstraction but keep them out of NT's "ring 0"
 
john7jr said:
Agreed.

A Wacom and Apple collaboration would be nice, but I'd settle for an Apple tablet... as long as it's pressure sensitive and not just a big Palm Pilot device.
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I third that motion.

Aside from being the ONLY good way to edit photos or draw (I'm big on Illustrator), it prevents Repetitive Stress Syndrome. I consider it as essential as a keyboard.
 
Frobozz said:
I will take ONE exception to that rule: games. On XP it seems since games have such low level access ot the hardware that they can THRASH a system easily. Some games behave nicely. Some don't. Case in point- Battlefield 2.

*Poor analogy warning.* XP is like a getting an XM Satellite radio. Based on the feature set you think you're getting a great deal. Then you have to change the station! You realize it takes 8 clicks on buttons who's purpose could only be deciphered with an advanced PHD in Hieroglyphics. You cry.
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But can you play BF2 on your mac? :p

Doom 3, HL2, Warcraft 3, Castle Wolfenstein, Battle Field Vietnam all works fine on my 64 bit
 
Chundles said:
No he didn't. Steve has never said which will be the first macs to go Intel. At the WWDC he made no mention of a product specific time-line.

The truth is we may all speculate pretty accurately which will go first based on Intel production and shipping but Steve has not given a definite word as to which will be the first Mac to sport and Intel processor.
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You took the words right out of my...keyboard. It was actually the Wall Street Journal and CNet that said it. However, as you (and Frobozz) mention. The PowerMacs will likely be last to go.

Mr Maui said:
I work in the graphic arts industry and every retoucher we have lives by their Wacom tablets. They don't use mice anymore. If there was a keyboard built into the Wacom, they'd probably eliminate them too. ;)
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Thanks for pointing that out. I was always curious whether they were just a luxurious gadget or an integral part of the designer's arsenal.

Squire
<edit> Spelling of "Frobozz"
 
eric_n_dfw said:
I thought that was what DirectX was supposed to do - provide game developers with a low level hardware abstraction but keep them out of NT's "ring 0"
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Yeah, me too... But I can attest to running XP enough to know that it seems games are temperamental. It's not just Battlefield 2, but that's by far the worst. But I agree it's more likely to be DirectX than the core OS at fault. Doom 3 behaves well, for example-- but that uses OpenGL.
 
emotion said:
you do realise XP is as stable as osx these days don't you?
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Are you being disingenuous? College I work with has computer labs, sadly one is near the graphics lab where I work. IT is in there all the time servicing the Windoze (they're "dude, you're getting a" Dull computers), usually 1 in 5 has a note or sign on it "not working." One basics of creating an ad class works in there and the professor, a friend of mine, usually has to hold up every other class due to an XP machine locking up or acting wonky. I'm not going to lie, he had to do this once for a Mac (ahem)... ONCE! XPs is such a constant issue that most the students, even the peecee weenie kids, move over to a Mac at least just for that one class, not that they're converting or whatever, just you look like a dweeb when you hold up a class. Oh, did I mention the IT guys are in there all the time? They're not doing that for poops and grins, they're in there cleaning up XP, or reinstalling, or adding a service pack, whatever, I've seen them on every computer in there, well, every PC computer. Only one Mac have they had to fix (bad RAM chip).

So you're totally spinning something if you truly believe XP is as stable as OS X, sure, if you never RUN anything on it, it's solid, or you luck out. But you do actualy WORK on the thing then no, it's not as stable, or you've been the luckiest PC user ever to grace the planet, in which case, congrats, you're a miracle.
 
Less than an hour...

Time to bring out the DVD's till 3am when everything is up and running again. The 4077th is calling to me..

See y'all soon.
 
Photorun said:
Are you being disingenuous? College I work with has computer labs, sadly one is near the graphics lab where I work. IT is in there all the time servicing the Windoze (they're "dude, you're getting a" Dull computers), usually 1 in 5 has a note or sign on it "not working." One basics of creating an ad class works in there and the professor, a friend of mine, usually has to hold up every other class due to an XP machine locking up or acting wonky. I'm not going to lie, he had to do this once for a Mac (ahem)... ONCE! XPs is such a constant issue that most the students, even the peecee weenie kids, move over to a Mac at least just for that one class, not that they're converting or whatever, just you look like a dweeb when you hold up a class. Oh, did I mention the IT guys are in there all the time? They're not doing that for poops and grins, they're in there cleaning up XP, or reinstalling, or adding a service pack, whatever, I've seen them on every computer in there, well, every PC computer. Only one Mac have they had to fix (bad RAM chip).

So you're totally spinning something if you truly believe XP is as stable as OS X, sure, if you never RUN anything on it, it's solid, or you luck out. But you do actualy WORK on the thing then no, it's not as stable, or you've been the luckiest PC user ever to grace the planet, in which case, congrats, you're a miracle.
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Give that man a medal !!!!!
 
It's on all the major networks!! Man this is bigger than world peace..

:rolleyes:

Sorry chaps..Just woke up ;)


4Mac..It's not on any tele that I know of..
You'll just have to be very impatient like the rest of us :)
 
Peace said:
It's on all the major networks!! Man this is bigger than world peace..

:rolleyes:

Sorry chaps..Just woke up ;)
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Umm, I don't think they will break into the Today Show for that... :cool:

I'm guessing CNBC is probably the best bet! :D
 
4Mac said:
Is the press event broadcasted on TV? If so which channel?

Thanks all!
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No the event won't be broadcast on TV.

We only have 45 minutes to wait now. I'm surprised that the forum isn't busier at the moment.
 
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