Ok, look. You guys all know me, and I don't ever go around saying "I know a guy from Apple that says..."
I have been talking to someone on Carracho though. A product reviewer for MacWorld magazine and such. He told me that I could download anything I wanted and be a member if I gave him an episode of Star Trek. He said he is leaving for New York on Sunday, and wants to watch the Episodes in his hotel.
We agreed on a deal, and I asked him what he thought was going to come for MWNY. Here is the convo:
Him: yes I know a bit... log off then on and I will tell you a few things
(So I logged off and signed on my admin account...)
Him: I gave you the priv of viewing drop boxes, that's where 6C87 is, and it is 95% GM, you'll love it.
Me: What is GM?
Him: Golden Master, or Final Version
Me: You a mac freak like me?
Him: have been since 1984. I'm 40 :-(
Him: I'll tell you a few....
First, Nick dePlume is all wrong, then again, he's just trying to piss apple off now, so don't listen to him...<more>
Him: Here are some things...
iTunes is going to be updated in Jaguar to handle WAV and AIFF encoding, you'll see that in this build....now you can rip a CD into WAVs and turn WAVs into MP3's...
iPod is going to 20GB, but I think most people knew that...
iMovie 3
New PowerMacs, now I haven't seen them, but I was told to expect brushed metal, squarish cases
Him: There are some other things, big things, but I just can't say, it's too big to spoil the surprise
Me: Can I have a clue
Him: low-end 1Ghz, but I don't know if they are going much past that. I was told to expect Dual processors across the board.
Want a clue to the BIG "one more thing...."
Inkwell
Me: Which episode do you want?
Him: ShockWave
Me: Thats the name???
Him: yes, Shockwave or one called 'Terra Nova', or if you can't get those, then one called "Unexpected"
Him: Oh, all Macs beginning with the Towers will have bluetooth built in
Me: So you mean the towers will go first, and the rest of the line will be updated with time?
Him: yep, the rest in the Fall. One new iMac bump, top of the line goes to 1Ghz with blutooth, but the rest stay the same, or so I heard
Him: iMac is staying at 15", not 17"
Me: What about Jaguar?
Him: Well, it will be announced for August 1st, which is only like 10 days after the show
Him: it will be done (Jaguar), that is what steve is going to say, he'll give a demo and then say "And it's done"... but it won't ship until August 1st
Him: it's not a free update..It's going to remain 2-CD's too,
I'm not going to put up the final version, I want Apple to make some money on it.
Him: It's going to be a real cool 2-CD package, very impressive looking...
I heard it will be $29.99 for an update, $99 for the full version
And the rest of the conversation was about the server and such. I don't know, but this sounds REALLY good to me!!!
I have been talking to someone on Carracho though. A product reviewer for MacWorld magazine and such. He told me that I could download anything I wanted and be a member if I gave him an episode of Star Trek. He said he is leaving for New York on Sunday, and wants to watch the Episodes in his hotel.
We agreed on a deal, and I asked him what he thought was going to come for MWNY. Here is the convo:
Him: yes I know a bit... log off then on and I will tell you a few things
(So I logged off and signed on my admin account...)
Him: I gave you the priv of viewing drop boxes, that's where 6C87 is, and it is 95% GM, you'll love it.
Me: What is GM?
Him: Golden Master, or Final Version
Me: You a mac freak like me?
Him: have been since 1984. I'm 40 :-(
Him: I'll tell you a few....
First, Nick dePlume is all wrong, then again, he's just trying to piss apple off now, so don't listen to him...<more>
Him: Here are some things...
iTunes is going to be updated in Jaguar to handle WAV and AIFF encoding, you'll see that in this build....now you can rip a CD into WAVs and turn WAVs into MP3's...
iPod is going to 20GB, but I think most people knew that...
iMovie 3
New PowerMacs, now I haven't seen them, but I was told to expect brushed metal, squarish cases
Him: There are some other things, big things, but I just can't say, it's too big to spoil the surprise
Me: Can I have a clue
Him: low-end 1Ghz, but I don't know if they are going much past that. I was told to expect Dual processors across the board.
Want a clue to the BIG "one more thing...."
Inkwell
Me: Which episode do you want?
Him: ShockWave
Me: Thats the name???
Him: yes, Shockwave or one called 'Terra Nova', or if you can't get those, then one called "Unexpected"
Him: Oh, all Macs beginning with the Towers will have bluetooth built in
Me: So you mean the towers will go first, and the rest of the line will be updated with time?
Him: yep, the rest in the Fall. One new iMac bump, top of the line goes to 1Ghz with blutooth, but the rest stay the same, or so I heard
Him: iMac is staying at 15", not 17"
Me: What about Jaguar?
Him: Well, it will be announced for August 1st, which is only like 10 days after the show
Him: it will be done (Jaguar), that is what steve is going to say, he'll give a demo and then say "And it's done"... but it won't ship until August 1st
Him: it's not a free update..It's going to remain 2-CD's too,
I'm not going to put up the final version, I want Apple to make some money on it.
Him: It's going to be a real cool 2-CD package, very impressive looking...
I heard it will be $29.99 for an update, $99 for the full version
And the rest of the conversation was about the server and such. I don't know, but this sounds REALLY good to me!!!
