New MacBook Air and Revolutionary Mac OS X Feature on Wednesday?

[GregAndonian]

Um, a bunch of people had done that before Apple. The MP3 player existed well before Apple.

Read the comments when Apple announced it
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/apples-new-thing-ipod.500/

I like this one the best:

"All that hype for an MP3 player? Break-thru digital device? The Reality Distiortion Field™ is starting to warp Steve's mind if he thinks for one second that this thing is gonna take off."

 

[PurrBall]

They already pretty much do. Sleep takes a bit, but wake is quite instant on my Macbook.

Wait until you try 10.6.5. The speed of sleep took me by surprise!

 

[pfml07]

The iPhone is just like any other phone with lacking features and a crap camera. and the iPad well thats just a big iPod touch again lacking features that it should have. Sorry

 

[joeytribbiani]

Are there a spoiler free thread or service for this keynote?

 

[buckers]

Live stream

I'm beginning to doubt they're going to have a live stream. Will MacRumors post a direct, spoiler-free URL to the recorded video of the event?

 

[KyPosey]

looks like my wife is going to be getting a mac.

 

[Thomas2006]

That seems like a lot of things for one keynote.

I'd say Mac Book refreshes for sure...available immediately or within weeks. Updated iLife makes sense with new laptops. iWork...uggg...I wish MS and Apple could partner to make Office better...and more Apple-like.

10.7 could very well be the one more thing.

Final Cut Studio might be pushing it, but Final Cut Express is reasonable since it so closely related to iMovie. It is also due for a refresh since the current version came out three years ago. At the very least, it will be Intel-only, but I expect it to require "Snow Leopard" because of the technologies (Grand Central Dispatch, OpenCL, QuickTime X) in it.

With Apple pushing to get OpenGL support current, PowerPC code removed from the OS, the user base on the rise, gaming on the iOS devices a success, and Valve/Steam available for the Mac, Apple developing a game development environment and/or framework(s) is not unrealistic. Whether Apple would build it into Xcode or have a separate IDE is another matter. Including it would make for a single IDE for all development, but a separate IDE would make it easier for Apple to focus on gaming.

 

[kps]

a "revolutionary new feature" for Mac OS X.

Fixing the bugs before they ship?

 

[Mal]

Fixing the bugs before they ship?

To be fair, I don't think that's a bug with OS X as it is a malfunction of third-party software, at least every time I've seen it. Just had that message yesterday (5-6 times actually), but it was because of a problem with CandyBar. Not to say that CandyBar wasn't able to cause that problem because of a bug possibly, I don't know, but I wouldn't count on that being a bug.

jW

 

[BigQid]

I really hope the feature train slows down a bit. I'd prefer things work better and more stable. I don't need 3D and more animations for crying out loud. What I need is a better finder, two way ftp, smarter file system and integrated cloud support. come on.

Well said, sir. I'm pretty satisfied with OS X. I don't even see Snow Leopard as that big of a leap forward. I would much rather see the computer get faster and more stable. My ideal is to have OS X use a SSD and a HDD that automatically puts programs on the SSD so that the computer works faster.
I have no desire for a 3D desktop, nor would I see it as revolutionary. Steve Jobs is great at selling stuff, but I've seen 3D before and it was only slightly cool. My main use of my mac is the internet and playing video. If they want to do something, they can integrate better with cloud applications like Google Docs and Calendar.