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New, Fun Products Next Week?

Well I'll give it a go and try out my own prediction... Apple is inviting the media to the town square. Apple has said "fun new products." Apple's 30th anniversary is still over a month away.
Here's the list of rumored new/updated products.
1) iPod Boombox
2) Consumer MacBook
3) Intel MacMini
4) Media Center Mac-Mini
5) 17 in MBP
6) Media Center Displays
7) New Shuffle
8) Video iPod
9) BT Mighty Mouse
Judging by the media invitation I feel like it has to be something noteworthy, but not life-altering. If I were apple I would be saving the big releases for their Anniversary. As much as I hate to admit it, anything Media Center related would be considered huge, giant, earth-shattering. While I think there will be a time when iTMS video sales is replaced by DVR or ViiV, I think Apple is enjoying its current success. Furthermore, I dont think any pro devices would be considered "fun."
From this logic, the MBP, and Media Center devices are out of my consideration. BT Mighty Mouse is hardly worth mentioning at a keynote, leaving iPod and consumer Macs left to handle. Assuming low clocked dualies will be used in both the mini and MacBooks, than this seems like a great time to release them (with back to school season coming up). If they decide to go solo, then we may see these later on. Furthermore, iPod=fun. A boombox and a new shuffle will round it out.
Because a new vPod would require changes in resolution than what is currently offered in iTMS, I think they will wait to release it when the Media Center bomb is dropped. Unless of course, next tuesday is actually much bigger than I am expecting... here's to hoping Apple drops the bomb. A little MacMini Tivo would sure make my day.
 
psycho bob said:
Am I the only one who has been underwhelmed by previous Apple announcements like this?

I'm not expecting anything spectacular especially not with the catch line 'fun new products'. I would love to see new macs but I suspect it will be consumer software or ipod/itunes related... yet again.
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yup. amen, brother. new ibooks, tablets, or mac minis? not so likely. the scope of the announcement doesn't seem big enough; surely those things would've been hyped up a lot more. besides, ibooks aren't expected until march/april at earliest, and tablets...well...rumors just started getting serious about those within the last month. Sorry, guys.

Much more likely: Some big software goes from powerPC/Rosetta to Intel-native, iTMS reaches 1 billion, and the ipod does some fabulous new ********.

C'mon, Apple. Remember computers?
 
Why Would a Demi-God Pick On His Underlings?

~Shard~ said:
That is a simply mind blowing statement.
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Why so harsh? I hoped newbies would be afforded a little more leeway. Or are you trying to scare him/her away by humiliating him/her?
 
There will be a lot of disappointed people on MacRumors on Feb 28.

We are all expecting an Apple Phone, Apple Gaming Console, MacBooks, PDA's, Tablets, etc. - but what we are really going to get is a lovely set of iPod accessories. :(
 
what i would like fore apple to do

this isnt speculation. i know that this has little chance of coming true, but here;

ok apple, go ahead and get crazy with the ipod. add big screens and video outputs and pdas and phones.

but remember me, the audiophile. i simply want a great music player. that was the original plan. things change, cool, i can see color screens and thinner ipods are what sell more ipods. but i am not incredibly concerned with how thick my ipod is so long as it fits in my pocket while inside it's case. i i don't care about a color screen while i listen to music.

i want a 80+ gigs of space with a black and white screen and 20 hours of battery life. i am willing to "deal with" twice the thickness of the current ipod to attain this...if the capacity wasa actually above 100 gigs i am sure others would deal too. line in recording and a better headphone amp would also be greatly appreciated.

mind you, i would want this to happen alongside whatever crazy additions apple wanted to add to the iPod. they could make this a spinoff called the "iPod Audio"

</rant>
 
Le Big Mac said:
I can't believe there are 560+ posts about an announcement that no one knows (at least who's talking) what's potentially going to be announced.

I can't believe anyone will actually read this post, either.
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Of course someone would actually read your conjecture on the subject. We all have better things to do than read all 25 or so pages of this thread, but this is so much more time wasting.
 
I also believe it is something with software.. games maybe.. think abiout it.. they say some new fun stuff.. so maybe intel macs will be able to run a popular game because its been ported over.. and i also hope a touch screen video ipod..
 
boncellis said:
I tried to submit this, but I'm not sure if it will become its own thread. MacDailyNews has a story about a rumored Cube-like device supposedly linked with the event next week.

http://macdailynews.com/index.php/weblog/comments/8657/

I think it's a fake, considering the timing, but nonetheless I would be interested if it were real!

What do you think?
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I think it looks a lot like the boxes at the top of this page. Other comments suggest it's a cardboard box hoax, others say it's a bad 3D render.

In any case, I wouldn't want that thing next to my VCR and DVD player... Something made for the living "has to be flat", not a cube.
 
boncellis said:
Why so harsh? I hoped newbies would be afforded a little more leeway. Or are you trying to scare him/her away by humiliating him/her?
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well, he did leave himself wide open for attack there. it's okay though. i highly doubt there'll be a separate media event like this for mere ipod excessories (not a typo); apple deserves a bit more credit than that. they've been hinting at something major for the last few months. phones are stupid, everyone has a phone. and i'm willing to bet apple will never release the one they've been working on. a 30th anniversary mac? we still have another year to go (20th An Mac was released on 97.) but i wouldn't rule it out. cnn's talking about another line transformation from ppc to intel (like the ibook er.. "macbook"), but that's something that can wait until the next macworld conference in june. something fun... I KNOW! a SexPod!! hahaha!!!
 
Yvan256 said:
Shouldn't such a product be announced April 1st?
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20th anniversary was actually introduced in march. but then again, that was 97, implying we'd have to go another year for 2007... so maybe not yet for 30th ann mac
 
What We will Get is a Apple branded Motorola Phone which will be like a Blackberry. It will use OSX mobile! with ilife 06 for mobile with space for 1000 itunes or 250 photo taken with the 2mb cam included which you can sent to your .mac account!. hahahaha:D
 
You gotta be kidding me....

boncellis said:
Why so harsh? I hoped newbies would be afforded a little more leeway. Or are you trying to scare him/her away by humiliating him/her?
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Wow, it's called a joke, lighten up! ;) Some people have no sense of humor... I would apologize for trying to inject a little humor into the thread, but I'm not sorry for doing it, so I won't. :p :cool:
 
Added features to iCal

Trust we will have a MacMini Media with tv-turner and Frontrow.
New iCal features for programming the incl. DVD/HD-recorder and a strong enough machine to export your favorite programs in say iPod format.
Yes - that would be fun :)
 
Geez

~Shard~ said:
Wow, it's called a joke, lighten up! ;) Some people have no sense of humor... I would apologize for trying to inject a little humor into the thread, but I'm not sorry for doing it, so I won't. :p :cool:
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Now youre picking on TWO newbies here, way to go man, I'm sure theyll never come back now. He did say it was a new product. I'm just thinking that whatever new, fun product is being released will definately HAVE to be by apple.
 
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