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Intel iBooks, iLife '06, New Remote?

Mac Mini PVR

What about the Mac Mini PVR system. I still think they will introduce this later with a remote and DVR capabilities. Also they will release some sort of Wi_MAX (the technology is there) reciever like air tunes but for TV with which you'll be able to control your mac from another room and stream music, video, etc to another room, watch this space..........

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Frisco said:
I was waiting for a new iPod Shuffle.

Do you think it has been discontinued?
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No, they will probably like "redo" it, maybe with a screen and a tad more space and update the nanos at the same time? It might not happen here, though, maybe a "quiet" release or something.

Sorry if that doesn't sound right, I just woke up. :eek:
 
I wonder why people in here don't either 1) Read what's posted, or 2) Look at what's NOT posted.

This report is very brief and vague. What this blog-dude has HEARD is that there is something called a "15" intel Macbook." What does that mean? Who knows. It doesn't mean, however, that they are getting rid of the iBook or PowerBook, combining both into one line, or what. We just don't know yet. Speculation is one thing, but panicing and "oh noes!" at the thought of something changing or going away are a bit premature.

Also, a few people are complaining that "this is it?" No, this is probably just some of what is going to be released.
 
Lacero said:
There's going to be plenty of disappointed people if this is true. Intel MacBook sounds like a consolidation of the laptop lines. I can't see a Core Duo iBook while the PowerBook languishes for another 3-6 months?
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I agree - I can't really see Apple doing this, but I guess we'll see. Dual core Yonah iBooks now, and performance edition dual core Yonah PowerBooks a couple months down the road perhaps when that chip is ready? Dunno...

And keep in mind, whether this rumor is true or not, there will always be "one more thing"... :cool:
 
Frisco said:
I was waiting for a new iPod Shuffle.
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I'd say 85% probability since it hasn't been updated since it's introduction a year ago! Time for black as it is the new white, and longer battery life is much appreciated.

I'm listening to Spice Girls, trying to fall asleep, but all this rumour buzz is keeping me awake!! :mad:

Here's to the Crazy Ones ​
 
When Kevin says "Macbook" it could mean either a general term or a product branding thing. I wouldn't get too hooked on "macbook" until we hear from the horses mouth (Steve Jobs).
 
I still think Apple will have a consumer and proline. Apple needs to produce a cheap as possible iBook to compete with all the other laptop makers out there. For example iBooks don't have a DVI connector like the PowerBooks.
 
Can't imagine they'd stop producing the distinct laptop ranges (consumer vs pro) as that seems to have been a successful marketing formula for them. That said, if "Macbook" is really the name the laptops will have that are being announced today, then that doesn't imply which end they'd be.

If they are consolidating, then I assume the Macbook is an entirely new range of laptops replacing both, which also kind of suggests that the Mac mini/iMac/PowerMac groups might also be under threat by an entirely new range of Macs that do not necessarily replace one or the other alone. That's hard to explain - I guess, what I'm getting at is that Macbook really doesn't fit into the naming conventions Apple has, thus far, been using.

Radical proposal time: At some point this year:

* Mac mini replaced by VIIV-based consumer set-top box (STB) - TiVo functionality, full Mac OS X capabilities, output to a TV, VGA monitor, or HDTV, with SPDIF. While the device has a full version of OS X, it's intended to be used as the "digital hub".
* Plasma rumours are true: These are the two top end machines of the line that replaces the iMac, and are part of a range of Intel VIIV machines that start around $1,000-1,500 (probably the latter *sigh*) that are HDTV/STB combinations.
* Higher end Macs, replacing the PowerMac and co-replacing the iMac, are also released.

This assumes a massive change in emphasis in Apple's consumer ambitions and would show them adopting essentially mass-market consumer hardware profiles. It also changes the Mac from being a broad range of computers to being essentially a high-end line with low-end consumer hardware that incorporates Mac technology.

This might represent the beginning of the end of personal computing as we know it. That would be a crying shame if that's the case.

That's a lot to read into calling the next PowerBook the "MacBook", so it's probably all nonsense*. I don't know if I want it to be or not.

* I used a different word involving bovine waste but MacRumors's forum software changed it to asterisks. O. Kay. I wonder who's offended by the word in this day and age? Oh well...
 
In terms of the Intel switch over, I guess the question is which model can they get away with leaving till last while all the models around it get updated?

I think the PowerMac is going to look VERY bad if there is a Mac Mini floating around that out performs it. However, the Mac Mini still makes sense as the budget model (older tech) even if an uber Intel PowerMac comes out.

Just my 2p.
 
arn said:
so, no plasma... but interesting remote?

sounds realistic.

arn
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It really does, but I hope there will be a few more things because right now the only thing that it looks like I will buy would be iLife '06....
 
Funny poem I found over at digg.com by a user named bsuto

Twas the night before Macworld, and all through the house
Not a fanboy was using a two-button mouse
Old iBooks were listed on eBay with care
In the hopes that new Yonahs would soon be there
iPods and nanos were snug in their docks
Alarms set for 9 AM on their Cupertino clocks
Me in a black turtleneck and some blue jeans
Had just prepped my browser for keynote streams
When from Mail.app there came an alert
I paused my iTunes and smoothed out my shirt
I maximized the window without the Genie Effect
That is one preference that I've left unchecked
My IMAP was down so I checked it with POP
The spinning beachball threatened never to stop
But lo, this isn't Classic, there wasn't a bomb
Instead I got a message from steve@mac.com
I cried with joy, for in between sobs
I knew that this Steve was certainly Jobs
More rapid than eagles his new products came
I struggled to blog as he introduced them by name
"Now Mac Mini! Now iBook! Now Plasma! Now Viiv!
On iLife! On iWeb! On Mac OS X 10.5!
I'm really excited about these products I say!
They're better than before and they're shipping today!"
Quicker than iTunes 5 became iTunes 6
He choked on his words and issued a bug fix
Then he addressed all the developer girls and boys
With the great things about all of his new toys
"Some of these things may still be in Beta
But that doesn't matter 'cause we've got Rosetta"
At some point he lost me with all the words he could yield
And then, he was there, in my reality field
He was dressed like me: his turtleneck black
His denim jeans blue and a little bit of slack
He switched different glasses when reading the screen
The hair on his head was kind of lean
But there was a smile on his face that wasn't as thin
And some definite stubble growing on his chin
He held in his hand some blue device
That for all I could tell only advanced through the slides
He kept taking swigs from a bottle of water
And told me how URGE was going to be slaughtered
by iTunes and how that would settle the end
because as we know it's got better DRM
He then handed me a box, which was sealed hard
And asked in return for my credit card
I opened it up, and what did I see
But another device for playing an MP3
I sat there speechless; this wasn't so great
Forget iTunes 7, now I need iTunes 8!
Then just as quickly, he was gone, but I heard him sing
"Happy Expo to All! ...And there is One More Thing!"
 
lilstewart92 said:
That will NEVER happen.
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Why not? Consider this: releasing an intel ibook before the intel powerbook is not an option since then ibook will be to powerful compared to the powerbook. Also, intel releases the dual core before they release the single core so there is not the option to first release a singel core ibook and then the dual core powerbook. So I would not bet to much on this as a "never happen". But then again, in three ours we will all know.
 
All this talk of computers and remotes and such... and here I was hoping that Steve would FINALLY unveil a Gallactic Cruiser or some other stupendous world-changing product. The saundry talk of computers and peripherals never seems to be quite up to all the hype... :p
 
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