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MacWorld Expo Revamp? End of the Keynote?

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I DAMN HOPE THAT THIS IS A RUMOR!! I want my good old New York MacWorld Expo back! Less exibitors!? WHAT!? This is turning itno crap, I hope this DOES NOT HAPPEN!
 
Keynote address is not the show

The keynote is usually not the most interesting thing at a show. 3rd party vendors and what they are doing is where the good stuff is at.

Besides, Apple Computer should make releases on its own schedule, not MacWorld's schedule. I think Steve Jobs is realising that he doesn't need MacWorld to hold a captive audience anymore.
 
eh thats true, but It is coolt o see stev on stage talknig about new apple stuff. The third-party vendors rule! Mac Addict, Connectix, MacPlay and all those other good companies make the show great. I hope they are still there and that this doesnt cnahge a lot.
 
I would much rather see Avie Tevanian put journalists to sleep for an hour and learn something, than watch Phil do his best Ballmer imitation...
 
Re: can see why

Originally posted by marcsiry


It's likely that the "straw" that's breaking this particular camel's back is the 970. Sure, Apple might have some prototypes ready for the keynote, but will they be able to confidently ship anything they announce?
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As if that matters...FP iMac, 17" PB, 1.42 P Mac, Xserve RAID.

Apple will gladly announce something they 'feel' good about producing in a 60-90 day window, put a rolling target date on it, and be done with it.

I'll remind you that the only 17" PB user here is the daughter of an Apple employee...the 1.42s are just starting to arrive, and the Xserve RAID was announced and pushed back umpteen times.

If they 'need' thunder, they'll announce, regardless of delivery dates.
 
Well, I think there will be the new iPod, Al 15", new iTunes and a 970-based unit (either XServe or a top Tower) all by July at the latest, and I think all are possible sooner than we think.

Just my thoughts (and hopes?):)
 
Not exactly. In August of 1998, MacWeek became eMediaWeekly-- a thinner mag with a broader focus and Mac & PC coverage.
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Alas, the slimming campaign was already well underway before the name and editorial change occurred!

Having poured much heart and soul into MacWEEK, I completely understood the heated response of many Mac users to the shift -- and despite our reduced circumstances, the online group put a lot of energy into keeping the MacWEEK torch burning on the site.

However, the bungie-drop in Mac advertising came well before the editorial changes from MacWEEK to eMediaweekly. Close your eyes and heft a 1998 copy of MacWEEK in one hand and eMw in the other; bet you can't tell which is which.

If anyone wants to organize an angry mob to ask major Mac vendors (from Apple on down) why they let this great Mac book sink, I'll grab my pitchfork and join you in the village square! But I can't ding the editors of the print pub for trying to steer it out of a particularly vicious spiral.

Matthew Rothenberg
Managing editor
Ziff Davis Internet
 
Drink Up!

Actually, the next version of KeyNote will have a "koolaid" option that will automatically launch an artificial Steve to make presentations. Apple plans to use this to great effect at the Expos.
 
Originally posted by ntg
Well, I think there will be the new iPod, Al 15", new iTunes and a 970-based unit (either XServe or a top Tower) all by July at the latest, and I think all are possible sooner than we think.

Just my thoughts (and hopes?):)
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Steve won't release a 970 unit without Quark. He said in the Q1 Financial Report that the pro users didn't buy P.Macs because of Quark.
 
My $.02

They're going to have to do more than change the name, the focus, and pull Steve's keynotes to get me to attend. Whose brilliant plan is this?!
 
I am going to miss MacWorld Expo in the East

I am going to miss MacWorld Expo in the East. I live in the East and I only made one trip the SF expo in the west because it is simply too expensive.....especially on a CompUSA income. Now that I am unemployed, I may not be able to attend MacWorld of any kind for a long time. The last one I attended was the one with the Cube.....of course that was NYC. I went to NYC in 1998, 1999, and 2000......I couldn't go in 2001 because management wouldn't let me.....man I wanted to go so bad too. I have to say Macworld NYC in 1998 and 1999 with the original iBook and iMac was the best expos I ever attended. I never did get to see everything from the SF expo and my boss never gave me enough time to see it all.....I only got to be there 2 out of the four days. I was so glad to hear that it was moving to Boston because I lived in Boston from 1996-2000 and my family is still there.....it would have been easy to crash in the apartment and save on hotel and etc. I wouldn't even need a car. I could just take the T with a weekly pass....and I know how to get those. Now there might be no reason to go at all.......and no chance of seeing the family......Man I thought I was getting Lucky for once!
 
It trully sounds like Apple is pulling out of MacWorld on the East Coast! :( My wife went to MWNY '01. We both went to MWNY '02. Don't plan to attend whrn Apple and Steve will be absent. It just wouldn't be the same. If we could get a good deal on airfare and a hotel, just might attend MWSF '04!

http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,986809,00.asp
 
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