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anyone
wanna buy a 14" ibook?
more to the point, does anyone know where i could do this legally other than ebay? ebay makes me nervous...and i don't have a record...
wanna buy a 14" ibook?
more to the point, does anyone know where i could do this legally other than ebay? ebay makes me nervous...and i don't have a record...
Tivo for Mac coming soon?
According to a blurb on Apple's Rendevouz website:
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TiVo
?TiVo?s upcoming premium service package will use Rendezvous technology to automatically discover Macintosh computers within the home network and determine which services they provide, allowing customers to listen to their shared music or view their shared photos on their TV,? said Jim Barton, Co-founder and CTO for TiVo. ?We are excited about working with Apple on other ways Rendezvous can help TiVo Series2 DVRs connect to a Mac to deliver future services.?
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Was this covered/demoed during the keynote? this sounds pretty cool, can't wait to see it in person.
According to a blurb on Apple's Rendevouz website:
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TiVo
?TiVo?s upcoming premium service package will use Rendezvous technology to automatically discover Macintosh computers within the home network and determine which services they provide, allowing customers to listen to their shared music or view their shared photos on their TV,? said Jim Barton, Co-founder and CTO for TiVo. ?We are excited about working with Apple on other ways Rendezvous can help TiVo Series2 DVRs connect to a Mac to deliver future services.?
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Was this covered/demoed during the keynote? this sounds pretty cool, can't wait to see it in person.
WOW.
Just WOW.
The 17" PowerBook is one of the coolest computing... anythings I have ever seen.
Safari seems good so far. It's having a little bit of font issues but that's about it.
Page scrolling in Safari is about as fast as Netscape was in 8.6... impressive. Rendering is fast too.
The new iApps look nice, and so does Keynote. I have 2 questions, though:
1) Is the new 12" PB basically a silver-colored iBook with a slot loader? That's what it looks like in the pics. (in terms of the exterior, that is.)
2) Is Apple ready to give the finger to MS? First, a web browser, then a major component of Office (Keynote -> Powerpoint). Will we see a word processor and spreadsheet next? I can't see Apple making ONLY a presentation program.
Looks like they're picking a fight to me.
Just WOW.
The 17" PowerBook is one of the coolest computing... anythings I have ever seen.
Safari seems good so far. It's having a little bit of font issues but that's about it.
Page scrolling in Safari is about as fast as Netscape was in 8.6... impressive. Rendering is fast too.
The new iApps look nice, and so does Keynote. I have 2 questions, though:
1) Is the new 12" PB basically a silver-colored iBook with a slot loader? That's what it looks like in the pics. (in terms of the exterior, that is.)
2) Is Apple ready to give the finger to MS? First, a web browser, then a major component of Office (Keynote -> Powerpoint). Will we see a word processor and spreadsheet next? I can't see Apple making ONLY a presentation program.
Looks like they're picking a fight to me.
12 inch Powerbook real disappointment
No DVI
No PCMCIA
Dumb 128MB built in limits it to 640MB
No cache
WTF were they thinking? I don't want to lug the 17 or 15 inch monsters around, but I wanted a SERIOUS LAPTOP. What difference will the 887MHz with no cache vs the 800MHz with cache on the iBook make? The iBook can be hacked to get external VGA video, at which point there's very little difference.
Very disappointed!!!
No DVI
No PCMCIA
Dumb 128MB built in limits it to 640MB
No cache
WTF were they thinking? I don't want to lug the 17 or 15 inch monsters around, but I wanted a SERIOUS LAPTOP. What difference will the 887MHz with no cache vs the 800MHz with cache on the iBook make? The iBook can be hacked to get external VGA video, at which point there's very little difference.
Very disappointed!!!
New Powerbook
And I thought it wasnt possible to improve on the DESIGN of the TiBook.
I thought wrong!
The keyboard will be a HUGE hit.
And I thought it wasnt possible to improve on the DESIGN of the TiBook.
I thought wrong!
The keyboard will be a HUGE hit.
Re: Re: SAFARI
Amen to that! Safari is really quite good - been surfing for about 90 minutes - no bugs as yet!
Great day fro Apple!
And Macrumors....well, take a bow, gents!
Originally posted by paulwhannel
IE and Netscape are officially off my dock... yay!
pnw
Amen to that! Safari is really quite good - been surfing for about 90 minutes - no bugs as yet!
Great day fro Apple!
And Macrumors....well, take a bow, gents!
Well done!
Thanks to Arn & all the others at Macrumors. You guys run a great forum. To me you are the number 1 rumor (and sometimes news) site. Keep up the good work.
What a show this was... There's only one problem, where do I get the money for a 17" powerbook??? The iApps look great en so does Final Cut Express, it's exactly what I wanted. I've downloaded Safari and it works great so far. And it starts much quicker than IE.
Thanks to Arn & all the others at Macrumors. You guys run a great forum. To me you are the number 1 rumor (and sometimes news) site. Keep up the good work.
What a show this was... There's only one problem, where do I get the money for a 17" powerbook??? The iApps look great en so does Final Cut Express, it's exactly what I wanted. I've downloaded Safari and it works great so far. And it starts much quicker than IE.
Good work MacRumors! And good work Steve Jobs. What a great presenter he is. He even got applause for the old "A" post office story.
When talking about the 17" PowerBook, he said something like "It's the most advanced product made on the planet." I notice that he didn't say which planet.
The "airplane passenger" TV ad for the PowerBooks is truly wonderful.
Now, the part that worries me: If iLife is free, Safari is free, Final Cut Express and Keynote are cheap, and there was no announcement of new iMacs, new Power Macs, new displays, new Apple Store locations, etc., then how is Apple going to keep the money flowing in? Can they really rely on the two PowerBooks as the only addition to their income stream? They'd have to sell an awful lot of Burton snowboarding jackets otherwise.
P.S. Steve said he checked out some rumor sites. I can't imagine he didn't include this one. So Hi, Steve!
When talking about the 17" PowerBook, he said something like "It's the most advanced product made on the planet." I notice that he didn't say which planet.
The "airplane passenger" TV ad for the PowerBooks is truly wonderful.
Now, the part that worries me: If iLife is free, Safari is free, Final Cut Express and Keynote are cheap, and there was no announcement of new iMacs, new Power Macs, new displays, new Apple Store locations, etc., then how is Apple going to keep the money flowing in? Can they really rely on the two PowerBooks as the only addition to their income stream? They'd have to sell an awful lot of Burton snowboarding jackets otherwise.
P.S. Steve said he checked out some rumor sites. I can't imagine he didn't include this one. So Hi, Steve!
Good show...
Great show, Apple...No complaints.
However...
The PDA crowd will continue to hang tough with the hope that SJ and Apple come to their senses and realize that those of us committed to the Mac Platform still need an ultra-portable computing solution.
Great show, Apple...No complaints.
However...
The PDA crowd will continue to hang tough with the hope that SJ and Apple come to their senses and realize that those of us committed to the Mac Platform still need an ultra-portable computing solution.
They're picking a very smart fight. Apple has analyzed the Office Suite and gone after the most vulnerable components first -- Entourage (with iCal, Address Book and Mail), now Power Point with Keynote.
This way they can take baby steps ... if the Mac community becomes comfortable with some non-MS parts of the Office suite, they can slowly introduce the other parts without starting a full-blown war with a suite program. Later they might want to try to reinvent the spreadsheet. And if that takes, the final, frontal assault on Word.
damn, it's been a while since i've been here! These are cool but one thing, NO L3 CACHE ON THE 12"??? this kind of puts it in the same boat as the Rev B TiBooks, aside from the sort-of "DDR". the lack of L3 is what made the Rev Bs such slugs with audio, eventually being the reason i sold mine. the 12" would be so perfect for my uses. hopefully this detail will not be a letdown. overall, the price, form, and everything else make it a winner in my opinion. can't wait to see one up close. it has a VERY similar layout to the iBook regarding placement of ports, optical drive, etc. lets hope it's not just a paintjob. and lets hope the new alluminum casing will be stronger than the Tofu-based Titanium Substitute they used for the TiBooks.
Same here, I'm on a 512K cablemodem
The keynote went well though, I was disappointed the protools announcement was more an exercise in name dropping than a presentation of new features or performance enhancements like the graphics or gaming demos usually are. It's still good to know a definate release date now.
I love the new browser, shame my mac's too slow to even waste the money on jaguar so I can try it. The reasons for buying a more recent mac so I'm not left in the cold just keep piling up and the lack of funds just keeps knocking it down again!
I was really impressed with the integration of the iApps now, I think OS 9 being dead is a pain but missing out on so many NEW things by staying with OS 9 is really starting to make OS 9 seem like windows 95 or something these days.
Agreed.
I have been posting here for the better part of a year that a Powerbook version for videographers was needed and soon to arrive. The 17 inch display closely approximates the HDTV format I predicted and the Firewire 800 port implements the raid everywhere strategy. It is about 1/3 the bandwidth of Fiberchannel which you can buy for about $3000.
The new "low end" Powerbook offers everything a student or highly mobile professional could hope for including either CDRW or DVD-R as well as a sensational plus in Airport Extreme. Plus properly runs OSX in full implementation.
So can we get updates to Airport cards that utilize some of the additional bandwidth of AE?
The whole chip speed discussions seems to have been silenced by "extreme" revelations everywhere else. Thank goodness.
Rocketman
FINALLY...two built in antennas on the PowerBook(s).
That single improvement in itself makes the 17" PowerBook the absolute RULER of all portable machines.
Upbeat, straightforward, surprising and clean Keynote Speech...one of the best yet, and, boy, did we all need it!
And, of course, this SITE ROCKS!!
That single improvement in itself makes the 17" PowerBook the absolute RULER of all portable machines.
Upbeat, straightforward, surprising and clean Keynote Speech...one of the best yet, and, boy, did we all need it!
And, of course, this SITE ROCKS!!
safari is fantastic. It is fast and clean.
I've had plans to get the 867 tibook, now they've go tme ready to shell out an additional grand. The 17" powerbook is stunning. A big grin came across my face as I read up on it.
The only thing that really shocks me at this point is that the monitor line hasn't been updated. What's the deal? I've got a dual 867 with a beige 17" monitor waiting to be replaced with a new 19" widescreen Apple display.
I've had plans to get the 867 tibook, now they've go tme ready to shell out an additional grand. The 17" powerbook is stunning. A big grin came across my face as I read up on it.
The only thing that really shocks me at this point is that the monitor line hasn't been updated. What's the deal? I've got a dual 867 with a beige 17" monitor waiting to be replaced with a new 19" widescreen Apple display.
Gr8 Show
Yes!
Steve made my day with Safari (kick IE), and a great app: Keynote (kick PowerPoint).
Ans so it is true:
The new Mac's after 01-01-2003 can only boot into X. Maybe that's the reason the current iBooks and TiBooks will still be able to sell.
And congrats to Arn... super call, those "AlBooks"
Yes!
Steve made my day with Safari (kick IE), and a great app: Keynote (kick PowerPoint).
Ans so it is true:
The new Mac's after 01-01-2003 can only boot into X. Maybe that's the reason the current iBooks and TiBooks will still be able to sell.
And congrats to Arn... super call, those "AlBooks"
Re: Good show...
Well, Apple is committed to letting you sync to your SonyEricsson P800 to your Mac. (Basically a PDA, and you can install 3rd party Java apps). I don't think the iPhone or iPDA is going to happen. If it was going to it would've hapend at this Macworld. In retrospect Apple is making the right choice. The PDA is dead, dead, dead as a standalone device, and SonyEricsson, Nokia, etc. are making great phones with all the PDA functionality you could ever want (the P800 even has a stylus/touchscreen interface), so why not focus on integration instead of trying to make everything in-house? That's what got Apple into trouble before, after all....
Well, Apple is committed to letting you sync to your SonyEricsson P800 to your Mac. (Basically a PDA, and you can install 3rd party Java apps). I don't think the iPhone or iPDA is going to happen. If it was going to it would've hapend at this Macworld. In retrospect Apple is making the right choice. The PDA is dead, dead, dead as a standalone device, and SonyEricsson, Nokia, etc. are making great phones with all the PDA functionality you could ever want (the P800 even has a stylus/touchscreen interface), so why not focus on integration instead of trying to make everything in-house? That's what got Apple into trouble before, after all....
Re: 12 inch Powerbook real disappointment
I was all ready to go to apple.com to buy one until I saw this and checked it out. No way will I buy one with only a Level 2 cache and no Level 3 ... the performance hit will be significant ...
so close ... <sigh>
I was all ready to go to apple.com to buy one until I saw this and checked it out. No way will I buy one with only a Level 2 cache and no Level 3 ... the performance hit will be significant ...
so close ... <sigh>
If this were a stockholders meeting instead of a revival for true believers, Jobs would have been asked that question. How indeed. Apple has roughly 9 months of tap dancing to do until the Power-4 is ready in sufficient quantities. The 12 inch PB is great, but it will cannibalize iBook sales. The 17" PB is incredible ... but it is expensive and a product better suited to the desktop ... therefore it will compete with the 17 inch iMac.
The Merrill Lynch sell rating on Apple is harsh, but it's not entirely out of line. 2003 is going to be a difficult year for Apple ... even though I'm extremely optimistic about 2004 and beyond.
1. I've got broadband thru ComCast and the keynote was near flawless for me.
2. FCE is what Apple's been missing, more than iMovie, less that FCP, perfect for the advanced home user/hobbiest.
3. iLife isn't free. iDVD costs $$$, but it's well worth the $$$ IMO. iLife will be installed on my G4 on Jan 25th.
4. I wish I didn't just get laid off 'cause I really want a PB. Oh well.
Lethal
2. FCE is what Apple's been missing, more than iMovie, less that FCP, perfect for the advanced home user/hobbiest.
3. iLife isn't free. iDVD costs $$$, but it's well worth the $$$ IMO. iLife will be installed on my G4 on Jan 25th.
4. I wish I didn't just get laid off 'cause I really want a PB.
Oh well. Lethal
Best Macworld in history. Nothing could top it.
The new products are sweet. I love the way apple is appealing to the open source community. I'm glad someone finally put a bullet in PowerPoint. Take that Microsoft. And good riddance to IE. It was buggy and terrible.
The new products are sweet. I love the way apple is appealing to the open source community. I'm glad someone finally put a bullet in PowerPoint. Take that Microsoft. And good riddance to IE. It was buggy and terrible.
Re: 12 inch Powerbook real disappointment
You don't seem to get the idea of an ultra-portable. Many business users need only the most basic funtions. What they need is small and light an durable. As far as this class of notebooks goes, this one is quicker, smaller, lighter and cheaper than the competition (sony, mainly.) People drop thousands on these things because they are tiny, not for DVI out and PMCIA cards. What do you need a card lot for on the thing. It has built in ethernet and modem, airport for wireless, bluetooth built in. all the ocnnections you could want. What do you need a card for?
You don't seem to get the idea of an ultra-portable. Many business users need only the most basic funtions. What they need is small and light an durable. As far as this class of notebooks goes, this one is quicker, smaller, lighter and cheaper than the competition (sony, mainly.) People drop thousands on these things because they are tiny, not for DVI out and PMCIA cards. What do you need a card lot for on the thing. It has built in ethernet and modem, airport for wireless, bluetooth built in. all the ocnnections you could want. What do you need a card for?
