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Macworld San Francisco 2010 Kicks Off This Week
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Apple should be at MacWorld
Agree with this. Apple basically thinks the Apple Stores have replaced Macworld for marketing. I just wish they understood that having them at the show, keeps the show alive and buzzing. Even if they don't keynote, but they have a booth that would be fine, even a smaller booth. Apple pulling out is just a bad move imho. Also, big names like CANON wont be there this year too. think this will be my last macworld.
bummer
party at the Marriott for the last time
Agree with this. Apple basically thinks the Apple Stores have replaced Macworld for marketing. I just wish they understood that having them at the show, keeps the show alive and buzzing. Even if they don't keynote, but they have a booth that would be fine, even a smaller booth. Apple pulling out is just a bad move imho. Also, big names like CANON wont be there this year too. think this will be my last macworld.
bummer
party at the Marriott for the last time
Quicken for Mac 2010 to be released at Macworld
After years of delay and poor reviews and criticism of not just poor support but arrogance will you buy or upgrade to Quicken for Mac in 2010? The problem is that there really has never been a great alternative on the Mac. I have tried iBank and YNAB and neither quite worked for me. I am hoping that they have come up with something viable for us Mac Folk. So far it is on record as saying it will not support transfer to Turbo Tax which makes no sense to me and it can not be used to pay bills again, just weird. Anyway, I sure hope this works. Just curious if you are going to give Intuit anther chance.
After years of delay and poor reviews and criticism of not just poor support but arrogance will you buy or upgrade to Quicken for Mac in 2010? The problem is that there really has never been a great alternative on the Mac. I have tried iBank and YNAB and neither quite worked for me. I am hoping that they have come up with something viable for us Mac Folk. So far it is on record as saying it will not support transfer to Turbo Tax which makes no sense to me and it can not be used to pay bills again, just weird. Anyway, I sure hope this works. Just curious if you are going to give Intuit anther chance.
Quicken for Mac 2010 to be released at Macworld
After years of delay and poor reviews and criticism of not just poor support but arrogance will you buy or upgrade to Quicken for Mac in 2010? The problem is that there really has never been a great alternative on the Mac. I have tried iBank and YNAB and neither quite worked for me. I am hoping that they have come up with something viable for us Mac Folk. So far it is on record as saying it will not support transfer to Turbo Tax which makes no sense to me and it can not be used to pay bills again, just weird. Anyway, I sure hope this works. Just curious if you are going to give Intuit anther chance.
After years of delay and poor reviews and criticism of not just poor support but arrogance will you buy or upgrade to Quicken for Mac in 2010? The problem is that there really has never been a great alternative on the Mac. I have tried iBank and YNAB and neither quite worked for me. I am hoping that they have come up with something viable for us Mac Folk. So far it is on record as saying it will not support transfer to Turbo Tax which makes no sense to me and it can not be used to pay bills again, just weird. Anyway, I sure hope this works. Just curious if you are going to give Intuit anther chance.
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They easily could update the Air and Pro however next week would make them look better since they didn't want to release with macworld but you never know normally the last update would have been a month ago but all we got was an oversized iPod.
They easily could update the Air and Pro however next week would make them look better since they didn't want to release with macworld but you never know normally the last update would have been a month ago but all we got was an oversized iPod.
Agreed. Would be a good thing to throw something their way. It's time for a MBP refresh anyway. Why not at Macworld?
Apple could throw them a bone and update the MBPs on Tuesday or Wednesday after the Nvidia Optimus announcement. It would give the show a buzz.
Its not like Apple has to be at a show or hold an event to refresh a product. They've done it plenty of times before by just taking the store down for an hour or so.
Yeah, but there could still be a silent release of the new MacBook Pros kind of like the silent release of the new iMac last year. (Silent meaning no press event or keynote, just putting them online)
**** off. They don't want to do it anymore, and they're not. Quit crying like a damn baby and deal with it.
Updates this or next tuesday please! Or at very least this month would be more than welcome! MBPs>iPad to me
what's the point of this expo????if apple isn't their!!!!!
it's like a high school science fair.....with guys who want to impress people with powerpoints.
it's like a high school science fair.....with guys who want to impress people with powerpoints.
a previous company i worked for exhibited at multiple macworld expos - and i gotta tell you - the costs are a lot higher than you might expect.
it's not just the huge fee for the booth and the extra staff - these are full-on productions that take weeks of planning and prep. it's also the staff accommodations for those traveling, the lost work time at their primary jobs, the equipment rental, etc.... it's easy to blow millions in a blink.
on top of that, the impression we got from IDG was that their business model of continually rising costs for the exhibitors and conferences etc was never gonna stop. but the IDG value-add is hard to quantify... in fact, i can't think of any company that's made it big solely because of an appearance at a macworld.
from a business perspective - say that you're apple.... you can spend 2 or 3 million (easy) and participate at a macworld - an event at which you might be the namesake but not have control - or spend maybe 20% of that - at most - and get the type of media bang for your buck that we saw with the iPad announcement by renting Yerba Buena Center solo and controlling your message 100%.
it's not just the huge fee for the booth and the extra staff - these are full-on productions that take weeks of planning and prep. it's also the staff accommodations for those traveling, the lost work time at their primary jobs, the equipment rental, etc.... it's easy to blow millions in a blink.
on top of that, the impression we got from IDG was that their business model of continually rising costs for the exhibitors and conferences etc was never gonna stop. but the IDG value-add is hard to quantify... in fact, i can't think of any company that's made it big solely because of an appearance at a macworld.
from a business perspective - say that you're apple.... you can spend 2 or 3 million (easy) and participate at a macworld - an event at which you might be the namesake but not have control - or spend maybe 20% of that - at most - and get the type of media bang for your buck that we saw with the iPad announcement by renting Yerba Buena Center solo and controlling your message 100%.
it may not be the time for the Macworld as apple annouce ipad lately and no new items will be release
