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April 1 2006; Apple's 30th Anniversary and April Fools 2006
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I also clicked the link with excitement but alas was played a fool of. 
Oh well - Come on Tuesday! - Why Tuesday anyway???
Oh well - Come on Tuesday! - Why Tuesday anyway??? zelda3@gmail.co said:
That's exactly what I'm doing. All jokes aside, I would think that if they were really gonna do the "let's make them think were not gonna release anything by staying completely silent" and then changing the website at midnite, then they would do that on Pacific Coast time since they're based in California.
Well, another 2 hours and 38 minutes to go...
boncellis said:
All good "boncellis."
But I agree with you that maybe they're all just too hungover to do anything until Monday or Tuesday.
ok apple, you got us!
So I guess this was their bestest April Day fools ever....
Apple has gone through today with little fan fair and pretending they don't have any new gear to announce. And THAT is their April fools joke. The goods will be unvailed any day I expect... I hope....
So I guess this was their bestest April Day fools ever....
Apple has gone through today with little fan fair and pretending they don't have any new gear to announce. And THAT is their April fools joke. The goods will be unvailed any day I expect... I hope....
ONE MORE THING... daylight savings time adjustment TONITE!!!
For those of us who are still holding out hope that Apple will do something at midnight Pacific Coast Time [PST] in about 2 1/2 hours, we must also remember ONE MORE THING...
TONIGHT is the night that we have to adjust for DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME, effectively making 12am, 1am instead [Spring = forward 1 hour, Fall = back 1 hour].
Now that throws a wrench in the conspiracy system, don't it?
Could Apple possibly do something at 11pm, which most people wouldn't expect because they'll probably check back at 12am PST, and later say that they were REALLY April Fooling us by counting the daylight savings time adjustment a little early, meaning 11pm is actually 12pm?
DAMN YOU APPLE!!! ... and HAPPY BIRTHDAY !!!
For those of us who are still holding out hope that Apple will do something at midnight Pacific Coast Time [PST] in about 2 1/2 hours, we must also remember ONE MORE THING...
TONIGHT is the night that we have to adjust for DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME, effectively making 12am, 1am instead [Spring = forward 1 hour, Fall = back 1 hour].
Now that throws a wrench in the conspiracy system, don't it?
Could Apple possibly do something at 11pm, which most people wouldn't expect because they'll probably check back at 12am PST, and later say that they were REALLY April Fooling us by counting the daylight savings time adjustment a little early, meaning 11pm is actually 12pm?
DAMN YOU APPLE!!!
... and HAPPY BIRTHDAY !!! boncellis said:
Now "WOW!!!" us Apple in celebration of you're 30th... I'm dying here.
dawgma said:
Yeah, I know.
That's why I said "... later say that they [Apple] were REALLY April Fooling us by counting the daylight savings time adjustment a little early...".
I know that we don't adjust at midnight, rather at 2am as you have stated, but I just didn't want to confuse the issue any further.
I'm not concerned with any time zone other than the one that Apple bases it's event and/or announcement times on when they're in their home state of California.
Is There A Difference Between Celebrating Apple and the Macintosh?
One thought occurred to me the other day as I was reading about the Twentieth Anniversary Macintosh that retailed for $7500--perhaps Apple would only come out with a "celebratory" product in conjunction with the product's original date of introduction as was the case with the TAM. Maybe the company's anniversary doesn't coordinate with any potential "special edition" or particular promotion...
I personally don't believe so, I think Apple could do just about anything and take advantage of the timing and gain some free publicity.
One thought occurred to me the other day as I was reading about the Twentieth Anniversary Macintosh that retailed for $7500--perhaps Apple would only come out with a "celebratory" product in conjunction with the product's original date of introduction as was the case with the TAM. Maybe the company's anniversary doesn't coordinate with any potential "special edition" or particular promotion...
I personally don't believe so, I think Apple could do just about anything and take advantage of the timing and gain some free publicity.
happy b-day apple
p.s., dells brake, who gives about hardware specs. my mac mini is faster than a $5,000 Vaio tower
kiss my mac loving, oh never mind
p.s.s. i actually respect bill gates for his charity work, but thats off topic
happy 30th again. i am fatithful to ma, even if we dont get new stuff
p.s.s.s steve jabs, you are my hero
p.s.s.s.s ill shut up now
p.s., dells brake, who gives about hardware specs. my mac mini is faster than a $5,000 Vaio tower
kiss my mac loving, oh never mind
p.s.s. i actually respect bill gates for his charity work, but thats off topic
happy 30th again. i am fatithful to ma, even if we dont get new stuff
p.s.s.s steve jabs, you are my hero
p.s.s.s.s ill shut up now
Something that I was just thinking about:
Even if Apple wanted to release products later (either to play a joke, or stick with weekdays), they still should have placed something on their website celebrating their 30th Anniversary, no matter what else they had planned.
What are we going to see on the Apple page tomorrow? "We're celebrating a day late! April Fools!" -- Ya, that look real professional.
It also doesn't make much sense to post your 30h anniversary a day late.
They still could have played a perfectly good joke by celebrating today and releasing products later. In fact, it would have been even trickier if they placed a birthday cake on their home page but didn't release anything; then we would really['i] think they weren't going to release something.
I'm starting to loose hope.
Even if Apple wanted to release products later (either to play a joke, or stick with weekdays), they still should have placed something on their website celebrating their 30th Anniversary, no matter what else they had planned.
What are we going to see on the Apple page tomorrow? "We're celebrating a day late! April Fools!" -- Ya, that look real professional.
It also doesn't make much sense to post your 30h anniversary a day late.
They still could have played a perfectly good joke by celebrating today and releasing products later. In fact, it would have been even trickier if they placed a birthday cake on their home page but didn't release anything; then we would really['i] think they weren't going to release something.
I'm starting to loose hope.
xy14 said:
Ugh, this daylight savings time thing confuses me so much! It's 3:00 AM here on the east coast... so I thought it was midnight over on the west coast. I'm going to bed... be back tomorrow!
p0intblank said:Nothing.
Well, so much for the "April fools! We're gonna update the main page at 11pm to throw everyone off who's gonna come back and check at 12am because they forgot about the daylight savings time adjustment and this is how we're gonna celebrate our 30th anniversary" theory.
50 minutes to go until 12am PST, and I lose all hope
... until Monday at least. p0intblank said:
You know you can't do it. You have to stay awake for another 50 minutes or else you're gonna miss out on all the new stuff that Apple will release at midnight.
Macnoviz said:
DAMNIT!
Why don't those Japanese people just speak English already?!!!
I had Google translate Apple's Japanese main page, and I saw the Special Event section that you're talking about. It looks like it's just somekind of College Night thing though.
Macnoviz said:
Unfortunately, that's not it.
(http://www.apple.com/jp/articles/tgc/event.html)
Translated Version:
The large popularity brand & the yearning model assemble, the biggest ?????????? ' Tokyo ?????????? ' in history. The super luxurious event which is by popularity k tie sight " girlswalker.com " held, March 11th of 2006 (the Saturday), at Tokyo * national generation after generation wooden hippodrome first gymnasium the ???? rose with the attendance person of the multitude which wrapped the body in fashion increased! The original iPod nano case which the model has worn with show in a row in the booth of the meeting place. Having been even from gorgeous system to matte I I system, it makes either one, the extent which is perplexed.
MacQuest said:DAMNIT!
Why don't those Japanese people just speak English already?!!!
I had Google translate Apple's Japanese main page, and I saw the Special Event section that you're talking about.
http://www.apple.com/jp/articles/tgc/event.html
Just looks like some sort of fashion show...
Translated page of the OTHER Japanese "special event"
This one just looks like a demo of Apple stuff for college students
I figured as much, but hey, made you watch!!
(I didn't lie in my previous post, so don't blame me for not posting more info there, like April Fools or so)
(I didn't lie in my previous post, so don't blame me for not posting more info there, like April Fools or so)
Macnoviz said:I figured as much, but hey, made you watch!!
(I didn't lie in my previous post, so don't blame me for not posting more info there, like April Fools or so)
Oh, I see. You April fooled me. Touche.
I'm thinking that this may be an Apple/Intel joint April fool's joke, and that besides the Intel MacBooks, vPod, iMovie Video Store [iMVS], and the MacPod/MacPad/Mac Mobile [cliboard sized ultra thin & lightweight pda/tablet hybrid], that Intel may also announce that they are again 6 months ahead of schedule on producing their entire 64-bit processor line-up [mobile-Merom, desktop-Conroe, server-Woodcrest] and that we'll consequently see new Mac Pros [PowerPC PowerMac replacements] and MacServes [PowerPc Xserve replacement].
The cherry on top will, of course, be the Mac Mobile phone/iPhone.
I am editing this post at 11:56pm PST, so there are only 4 minutes left until you all see that I am right.