The first cloud-based laptop, and a very sexy at that too.
Fascinating! But isn't Apple supposed to release each revolutionary product every 5 years?
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iLife '11, MacBook Air and Possible New Product Revealed by Apple
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The first cloud-based laptop, and a very sexy at that too.
Fascinating! But isn't Apple supposed to release each revolutionary product every 5 years?
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I bought a new iMac on October 7th.... Hope I'm eligible for a free upgrade to iLife 11. What have been the trends in the past? Apple usually does give out free updates right?
I bought a new iMac on October 7th.... Hope I'm eligible for a free upgrade to iLife 11. What have been the trends in the past? Apple usually does give out free updates right?
This means that the reason they had a live stream last time was that Steve wanted less wifi clutter. This time he's obviously not going to show off any wireless stuff so they don't bother about the streaming.
Usually updates are given to anyone who buys after a new version is announced, so no. At best, perhaps a couple days grace period sometimes (someone was saying the last time they gave from the Monday before the announcement, though I don't recall that), but if you bought on the 7th, you're not eligible for a free update, not if Apple follows historical precedent.
BTW, you could've found that same answer on the previous page, this isn't a 400 page thread that's hard to look through.
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I wonder if the new macbook air will be offered as a suppository for easier transport. I can just see Steve pulling it out "One more thing..."
Didn't look very hard then. First page, three posts all talking about it:
This is interesting, I purchased a new Mac Pro on the 13th it was delivered on the 15th, am I eligible for a free iLife, if it comes out tomorrow?
If history is any indication, then NO
last time it was eligible from the monday before the announcement...
so if the story is an indication this time the first date to be eligible would be 18th october
jW
Which implies that this stuff will be available today. Nice
How so? I see nothing that confirms these forums will be open to the public today and even if they are Apple frequently opens forums up when a product is announced but before it actually ships.
All we can really infer is that there will be an iLife '11 and that the MBA is getting a new name -- perhaps new features to match the new name. It's a bridge to far to assume these products will be available today.
In the past only those who bought computers ON or after the announcement date were eligible under the Up-To-Date program. BUT I've also had experiences when you enter in your serial# and purchase date the UTD system lets you order an update copy anyway. So once the UTD site goes live put your serial# in and give it a try. BTW it's usually $10-20, not 100% free.
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Agreed. I've been around Apple announcements long enough (like most of you here) to take expectations, halve them and then halve them again and most of the time you'd be right on target.
Sometimes Apple pulls a stunner but most of the time it is exciting but incremental gains. Yes, some of us lived through the PowerPC 100 MHz gain days..
I'm hoping for a MacBookiPodPad Air Pro.
My votes go to iAirBook MacPad for the 11" and iAirBook MacPad Pro for the 13"!
Mysterious "10 20"
Yes, this will definitely be a major transformation of what was iWeb, something that makes use of the new server farm, cloud-based Web-development, with greater tie-ins to social networking and the like. I suspect it will be a full HTML5-compliant Web development environment, complete with an HTML5 video creator. It should also provide integration for iOS devices of some sort, that would be nice. It clearly will no longer be called iWeb, so it must be something very different. I only hope it provides a path for converting existing iWeb sites.
Yes, this will definitely be a major transformation of what was iWeb, something that makes use of the new server farm, cloud-based Web-development, with greater tie-ins to social networking and the like. I suspect it will be a full HTML5-compliant Web development environment, complete with an HTML5 video creator. It should also provide integration for iOS devices of some sort, that would be nice. It clearly will no longer be called iWeb, so it must be something very different. I only hope it provides a path for converting existing iWeb sites.
Here's a POI:
The 'Reserved 10 20' section can be accessed by clicking the 'up one category' link from any of the iLife '11 or the new MBA discussion boards. Clicking that link again in the 'Reserved 10 20' section takes us to a section called 'Reserved' from which we are taken to a section called 'Administration' by clicking the 'up one category' link again. This could possibly indicate that the category hierarchy is as follows "Apple.com > Support > Discussions > Administration > Reserved > Reserved 10 20 > (All the sections indicating the new iLife and MBA)".
The 'Reserved 10 20' section can be accessed by clicking the 'up one category' link from any of the iLife '11 or the new MBA discussion boards. Clicking that link again in the 'Reserved 10 20' section takes us to a section called 'Reserved' from which we are taken to a section called 'Administration' by clicking the 'up one category' link again. This could possibly indicate that the category hierarchy is as follows "Apple.com > Support > Discussions > Administration > Reserved > Reserved 10 20 > (All the sections indicating the new iLife and MBA)".
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What serial? My mac's?
(Btw, thank you for the help and being nice about it)
Chupa Chupa said:Which implies that this stuff will be available today. Nice
How so? I see nothing that confirms these forums will be open to the public today and even if they are Apple frequently opens forums up when a product is announced but before it actually ships.
All we can really infer is that there will be an iLife '11 and that the MBA is getting a new name -- perhaps new features to match the new name. It's a bridge to far to assume these products will be available today.
In the past only those who bought computers ON or after the announcement date were eligible under the Up-To-Date program. BUT I've also had experiences when you enter in your serial# and purchase date the UTD system lets you order an update copy anyway. So once the UTD site goes live put your serial# in and give it a try. BTW it's usually $10-20, not 100% free.
What serial? My mac's?
(Btw, thank you for the help and being nice about it)
