perhaps Steve listened to us bitching about his weight, so he grew his hair a bit, went to Mc Donalds ate a years supply of crabby pate's and special sauce et voila our new transformed CEO.
Can' wait till "Frito-Lay World 2010"
If in some shock statement Al Gore is announced as Steve's successor it'll be little more than a PR stunt ...
That guy in the spy shot is a tech guy. I work in TV and I can tell he is wearing a headset. If you look closely there is a small white or silver metal in his hair which is one side of the headset.
looks to me like the guy from intel,maybe he,s coming on stage about the new i7s,releasing the new macpros
Dude!!! Who better to take over the reigns from Steve Jobs than none other than the INVENTOR of the internet!!!
Looks like Al Gore's profile imho.
While not belittling Gore's CV at all, I'm just not entirely convinced he's the best choice to put at the head of a computer company.
I didn't vote for the man. I'd prefer not to hear his name on a regular basis.At least Al Gore uses a Mac and actually uses FCP himself. That says a lot for a matured executive.
I didn't vote for the man. I'd prefer not to hear his name on a regular basis.
That'd be nice... except they haven't even started making Nehalem Xeon chips yet, so any announcement would come with a two month minimum wait for the computers, and Apple isn't going to not sell the Mac Pro for two months.
But thanks for playing. I wouldn't be opposed to it if they're available for preorder, but that darn Osborne Effect says that it's stupid from a business standpoint.
how do you know with such certainty they haven't started making them yet? I agree that it does seem a bit unlikely now that they will announce the new Mac Pro's at MWSF. More surprising things have happened, and after all, there have been samples of them kicking around for a couple of months so it would be quite possible to have the machines ready to go just needing the chips to drop in
the only comment from Apple about Steve is likely that folks need to shut the F up about his health, it's none of anyone's business and he's not doing the speech cause he's not the only person at Apple with a brain and it's time for the world to get that through their collective thick skulls -- which they have basically said several times already.
Steve Jobs' Health Declining Rapidly, Reason for Macworld Cancellation
By Jesus Diaz, 12:15 PM on Tue Dec 30 2008
According to a previously reliable source, Apple misrepresented the reasons behind Macworld and Jobs' keynote cancellation. Allegedly, the real cause is his rapidly declining health. In fact, it may be even worse than we imagined:
Steves health is rapidly declining. Apple is choosing to remove the hype factor strategically vs letting the hype destroy apple when the inevitable news comes later this spring.
This strategic loss will be less of a bang with investors. This is why Macworld is a no-go anymore. No more Steve means no more hype. Saying they are no longer needing [Macworld] is the cover designed by the worldwide "loyalty" department.
This source has repeatedly been 100% correct before. Those times, however, were always related to news and images of unreleased Apple products. I can only hope that, in this more personal matter, it is absolutely wrong. And that if he is not, that sentence just means that Steve Jobs is retiring according to his plan.
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and they already explained why they are pulling out of Macworld -- they don't need it anymore. there are other and better ways to do their announcements.
Looks like Paul Otellini
Agreed..
Mini and Pro - pretty much neglected for a while.
Meaning they are eligible for an upgrade.
Meaning they are eligible for an upgrade. Also, the 17 inch MBP hasn't been updated in a while.
I'd buy a Mini if it had graphics performance on par with the MBP.
I also think we'll hear about a new iPhone software update. No hardware updates this year, so Apple will put the team to work on a major software update to address many of the issues still bugging iPhone owners.
I'd buy a Mini if it had graphics performance on par with the MBP.
looks to me like the guy from intel,maybe he,s coming on stage about the new i7s,releasing the new macpros