More to Come from Apple... Soon?

[swingerofbirch]

Actually, thought the ad was absolutely brilliant. Whoever thought it up should win an award or something. Really. I typically despise commercials of all types. Virtually all of them have very little imagination and seem like they were thought up on the fly. But this one was really good.

To me, the ad said completely the opposite of what you think it said. I think it was a slam to Microsoft, not to Intel. I think Apple was clearly saying that Intel makes great, innovative products that haven't been able to show their full potential because they were trapped inside bland boxes doing bland tasks. They have never had the opportunity to really shine, but now they can demonstrate all the great things they've always been capable of doing.

I truly think that anybody who specializes in advertising and marketing and knows their craft well will think this is a brilliant ad. I believe even staunch Microsoft lovers and Apple haters who try to look at the ad objectively (for its own merits, regardless of which products it promotes) will think so.

Edit: Not just a slam to Microsoft, obviously, because they aren't the ones who actually make the bland, boring little boxes; they're just the ones who stopped the Intel chips from really performing to their full potential on the software side. Of course, they're also referring to the hardware companies who never thought to try making computers aesthetically pleasing until after they saw Apple do it.

Edit again: Oops, I didn't see the newer replies posted ahead of mine that basically said the same thing.

I haven't read everything in here so I am not sure if someone already said this, but the fact is that Intel chips were used by Pixar long before Apple developed its Intel contingency plan. Beautiful films like Finding Nemo were created on PCs.

Plus, when most of America uses these dull little boxes: to type up school reports, dissertations, emails, it's a bit insulting to them as well.

 

[MyLeftNut]

No doubt the Keynote did appear flat. Im wondering why.

The fact that they had to pull all this together in 6 months is phenomenal.
Tiredness seemed to factor into the presentation as well as the sense that Steve was being held back by something. I sure hope he is not having a relapse with his illness (and no, Im not superstitious in saying that).

One of the best things about the Keynote is when Steve introduces (bubbly) Phil into his presentation, its almost like the keynote goes up a notch. I think that is almost because Steve is happy that someone else he is confident in can take over the reigns and ease the pressure on him. A keynote that goes for an hour and a half is no mean feat. All the whingers online bagging the event dont seem to realise that.

Not to mention how uncomfortable he is with the other 'guests' on stage. I mean , who wants to see amateurs up there? Seriously, who gives a damn listening to heads of companies that clearly dont have the presentation skills blurting out dribble that could easily be handled by a Keynote slide?

Not to mention someone who went could help here. Were there more bigwigs at the keynote than usual taking up the seats? I could hardly here the cheering from the mobs in the background.

I also think this SF keynote has been purposely repositioned as not the only presentation to have all the cookies. This has been talked about before.

I like the MacBook Pro, (not the name) but it is clearly a work in progress. Perhaps Apple know this, but its not like theyre going to say on stage "Hey guys, buy this one but you gotta know its still needs work!"

The fact that Steve spent so much time on the software is significant in that the software suites have been reworked extensively (and remember they too are universal binary) so there is nothing stopping them from being released to the other side. Therefore, the pull factor of the software for PC owners to move to OS X is becoming more compelling. The hardware less IMHO.

Interesting times.

 

[matd]

Ipod with remote control

Yes that's probably the case, and they have time till tuesday to modify the screens. What might be possible is that this iPod has a touchscreen, and the presence of these icons ( Mail for an iPod would mean either wireless lan or a phone, but I don't think so). I think you can use this iPod either like a normal iPod or like a remote control to control your Mac, because the presence of the Mail icon would be too "strange" ( or Apple has decided to launch a phone, what would be the best answer ;-) )

 

[Meyvn]

I would bet the farm that it's a Photoshop job, if I had a farm to bet (and I NEVER bet). First of all, Apple putting a "6G" link on their website would never, never, never, ever, never, never, ever, never, ever, never happen. That's not the kind of "screwups" they make on websites. The kinds of screw-ups they make involve changing the EXISTING page of a product on the eve of its release. If they were going to post a "secret" link showing the new iPod, it would be codenamed, like all of their other future release products since, well, ever. It would also be password-protected, assuming it was even ON the same servers as the rest of their website. Second, that design is retarded. Your fingers would press in on the back (which would be the screen) while you thumbed the click wheel. You'd at least smudge up the screen, if not completely ruin the LCD over time.

 

[macintel4me]

Yes that's probably the case, and they have time till tuesday to modify the screens. What might be possible is that this iPod has a touchscreen, and the presence of these icons ( Mail for an iPod would mean either wireless lan or a phone, but I don't think so). I think you can use this iPod either like a normal iPod or like a remote control to control your Mac, because the presence of the Mail icon would be too "strange" ( or Apple has decided to launch a phone, what would be the best answer ;-) )

Maybe the Mail icon indication the iPod can sync your email in addition to contacts, calendar info, photos and music.

 

[mandis]

They took away FW800 for a reason.One that we will know more about in the next few months..

Will they replace it with the FireWire 1600?

...or perhaps add an external SATA S300?

...or nothing?

 

[windowuser82]

Arent they ahead of schedule anyway? With release of the intel Macs that is.

Apple wasn't totally ready and it's obvious.

The "supply" stuff is being blown totally out of proportion; Intel ALWAYS releases new chips slowly to up demand from makers and give them a position to demand certain prices. THEY ALWAYS HAVE!

 

[Meyvn]

Will they replace it with the FireWire 1600?

...or perhaps add an external SATA S300?

...or nothing?

They took away FW800 partially because it's overkill, and probably in another part because the new Intel chipset didn't support it. FW400 is rare enough in PCs; 800 is really nonexistent.

 

[windowuser82]

ok, i found a way to show you what i found when sniffing around at apple store entering possible names in the url:

The things appearing on the apple store by accident are released soon after, right? I think i'd buy that thing ^^

That is the ugliest thing I have ever seen. It looks way too candy like and reminds me a lot of Creatives players

 

[MacsRgr8]

- Steve Jobs was SICK, coughing a lot, and wasn't in the best shape to make a keynote, that's clear...that's why he was rushing a lot through features and slides...have you ever had a flu, people?

Steve always has these "coughs" on stage. Just watch any keynote you can find....

Couple of things belong to Steve's performance:

- good morning
- we've got some great stuff I'd like to show you
- isn't that amazing?
- *cough*
- BOOM
- *cough*
- the fastest <insert Mac here> ever!
- *cough*
- we think this is the best thing we have ever done
- oh.... and one more thing....
- *cough*
- so go and check it out

Steve is THE master of presentations.

Have you ever seen one of his keynotes live?

If not:
Please do.
And see how it should be done. The cough really is part of his act. Dunno why. Maybe it's a mental thing... part of his concentration.

 

[Joe2000]

I'm getting a little bit worried about what to do computer wise. I wanted an iBook core duo! Anyway my iBook is'nt a year old yet but I want to replace it before the warranty runs out. Should i wait till 1st April or sell now and buy a 1.33ghz G4 iBook 12"?

- Joe

 

[windowuser82]

What I wish the new iBook would look like

 

[matd]

There's a problem with the shade of the iPod on the right. The right bottom corner is round, the shade also, but have a look at the left bottom corner and it's shade : it's flat and not "round-cornered"....so for me either Apple designer were trying the fitting of this not completely finished image on the whole 6G.html page (I really doubt it because there are profesionnals so they are testing hopefully offline ) or it's a photoshop fake. ( in fact it is )

 

[iMeowbot]

The things appearing on the apple store by accident are released soon after, right? I think i'd buy that thing ^^

Cool.

Next time, you may want to count your pixels a little more carefully. iPods generally don't become shorter when you sit them on their sides.

 

[mandis]

They took away FW800 partially because it's overkill, and probably in another part because the new Intel chipset didn't support it. FW400 is rare enough in PCs; 800 is really nonexistent.

That's what i was thinking, but then again some brand new PC motherboards come with FW800 (1394B):

http://www.gigabyte-usa.com/Motherboard/Products/Products_nForce4+SLI.htm

Of course these motherboards are based on Nvidia's Nforce4 Chipset.

I also found this review from a while back explaining the advantages of FW800:

http://www.tomshardware.com/2004/04/02/go_external/

Which brings us to the conclusion that the only reason FW800 isn't there is because Intel doesn't support it in their new chipsets. So much for apple's independent hardware engineering team.

...or i could be wrong.

 

[AtHomeBoy_2000]

ok, i found a way to show you what i found when sniffing around at apple store entering possible names in the url:

The things appearing on the apple store by accident are released soon after, right? I think i'd buy that thing ^^

Google Keeps a Cache of webpages. What was the URL? you may be able to google it.

 

[doogle]

i can mail you the original screenshot i made. Just pm me. The url i found it on was http://www.apple.com/ipod/ipod6g.html. Unfortunetely it's gone now, but maybe o can find it again elsewhere. Sometimes google finds these kind of pics on the apple site they were there only for a brief time.

Now to describe what it is: According ti the url, this is/will be the 6g ipod. The screen fills the whole unit now, and the clickwheel is displayed on it. I suppose it's some kind of touch-screen. In the middle you can also see a movie icon (same as in front row) and the mail icon. On the left is the same unit put in horizontal showing a pic of an iPod ad with the little "play" triangle on the lower left on the screen.

Post the screenshot as an attachment please.

 

[Pistol Pete]

They took away FW800 for a reason.One that we will know more about in the next few months..

cant we just use an express card that has FW 800 or is that impossible to get the FW 800 speed though that?

 

[MrCrowbar]

Post the screenshot as an attachment please.

oh, didnt know you could do attachments. ok. here's the screenie.

 

[Marky_Mark]

Mr Crowbar is a character on the 'We Hate Tech" podcast - a bunch of nuts who hate the 'Turtleneck Mafia' ie us - so I wouldn't take this too seriously. And besides, if you blew up the image to a decent resolution you'd be able to see the joins, right?

 

[doogle]

oh, didnt know you could do attachments. ok. here's the screenie.

Thanks MrCrowbar. While it definitely is a PS job its a good idea (like my original (see: http://infotyte.adc.rmit.edu.au/ipodtype/touchpod.htm ...I will have to an updated version also.
The technology is not here yet to do this kind of thing...at least not in full colour I think and imagine the greasey fingerprints left all over the screen!

 

[Peace]

http://www.thenammshow.com/

Jan 19th-22nd

Apple has a fairly good size booth there.

 

[mdavey]

http://www.thenammshow.com/

Jan 19th-22nd

Apple has a fairly good size booth there.

Interesting. Are they attending CeBIT? That's March 9-15th isn't it?

 

[Legacy]

iPhone gadget, 30th Anniversary Mac, 30th Ani iPod maybe iTV

Yes I hope Apple releases some (or all) of the following

1. A beautiful iPhone type phone with full iTunes support, 1/2Gb Memory, Mac OS X for the phone, and and iPod Nano type design with advanced controller.

2. A 30th Anniversary Mac for $2999 featuring a 2.13 Core Duo, 1Gb RAM, 500Gig HD, DL Superdrive, 23" Screen, Radeon All in Wonder chipset 256mb memz, iSight and FrontRow 2.0 with TiVo VIIV style features...

3. 30th Ani iPod with 100GB HD for $699, update on shuffles to feature 1/2GB capacity, nano raised to 4/6Gb

4. MacBook with specs as iv contributed on another thread

5. Mac Mini with similar specs to the MacBook line

6. an iTV maybe, although I would better a 30th Ani Mac with TIVO..

 

[Xtremehkr]

If it has to do with supply issues, maybe it relates to the G5 Powermac replacement.

The new, whatever the Powermacs are going to be called, machines are going to have the top of the line chips.

Since they are just out of development, it kinda makes sense that there would be supply issues.