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Oct 12 Event For Power Macs & Powerbooks?

nomad01 said:
Yeah I sort of mooted this elsewhere. As there's not likely to be any HUGE updates, perhaps they can make a noise about updating a few lines at once.

I still think there's something iPoddy afoot. :)
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Yes, but I don't think we will also see an iTVS just yet. Some are predictig that is another possibility.

Just hope it isn't like my good friend wowser has said and all this ong and dance will just be for an iMovie upgrade.
 
corywoolf said:
Funny to think that some folks think he means a G5 processor powered iPod.

it's 5th generation for any newbs. thought i'd get that out of the way.


:D
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A G5 iPod, wow. What will they think of next, intel powered macs with, oh, wait a minute, that's already in the pipelines, (no pun intended).
 
WRXHokie said:
This finally makes some sense... no WAY would apple release video ipods right after releasing the nano. It would cut into their nano sales. Updated Powermacs and powerbooks make perfect sense and seem to agree with the earlier rumor that the updated powerbooks would be delayed (and not released at Paris) due to technical problems.
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I agree, video iPod will come, but not at this event. More likely the new airport express and new powermacs. I have a feeling the powerbooks wont be updated until january. So we have:

-Intel sneak peak, more demos
-Maybe 10.4.3?
-Airport Express Update
-and the "one more thing" is updated powermacs

At least it's realistic.
 
WRXHokie said:
This finally makes some sense... no WAY would apple release video ipods right after releasing the nano. It would cut into their nano sales. Updated Powermacs and powerbooks make perfect sense and seem to agree with the earlier rumor that the updated powerbooks would be delayed (and not released at Paris) due to technical problems.
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But their target consumers are two different sets of people. So many buying nanos will say that they aren't bothered by video or storage in the same way as those buying minis weren't interested recently in capacity and colour screens for photos.

Would you say apple would never announce new iBooks and then PowerBooks together or PowerBooks and PowerMacs because one might overshadow the other?
 
My favorite line in the article on ThinkSecret is the following :

"While full-size iPod sales have been depressed for the better part of the year, especially in capacities beyond 20GB, Apple's bigger priority at this time is halting the skid in both Power Mac and PowerBook sales."

This makes perfect sense to me, and it's what soooo many people have been saying on the forums. People aren't going to wait forever for the PB upgrades, and it doesn't make sense for Apple to make people wait another 9 months before upgrading the PB and PM line. It would be suicide for the professional lines.

I'm definitely hopeful that the powerbooks will be updated on the 12th. What a great belated birthday present (my bday is the 9th). :)
 
zac4mac said:
Hmmm. a curtain and "one more thing" - curtain call for the PPC? One last hurrah with a top o' the line 2.5Ghz DDP G5+ before going Intel? Makes more sense than a video iPod.
Hell I might even be tempted to upgrade my revA DP2.0 if they do that. Not that I need any more speed/power than I have, but there's no such thing as too much power...

<crosses fingers>

Z
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Yep, the curtains are the last hurrah for the PPC PowerMac which also eludes to the "One more thing" statement. "One more thing' meaning one last PPC update to the PowerMac. Makes perfect sense to me. :D
 
corywoolf said:
I agree, video iPod will come, but not at this event. More likely the new airport express and new powermacs. I have a feeling the powerbooks wont be updated until january. So we have:

-Intel sneak peak, more demos
-Maybe 10.4.3?
-Airport Express Update
-and the "one more thing" is updated powermacs

At least it's realistic.
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Why such a big media event for Airport express then? At least you could claim it was a big event with the Moto ROKR and then huge tiny news for the nano. If they announced the pro models getting a slight upgrade and then boom, iPod with video, that would really get the press juiced up.

Also, for a pro upgrade, they sure seem to be inviting a lot of people that would be interested in iPods and not much so in pro upgrades. Even apple wouldn't throw that many red herrings in.
 
steve_hill4 said:
Would you say apple would never announce new iBooks and then PowerBooks together or PowerBooks and PowerMacs because one might overshadow the other?
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I wouldnt go that far... but its unlikely they would release a video ipod now considering S.J. has been against it for so long. If he were to release one, it wouldnt be on top of the nano. What your talking about is a new product line essentially.
 
WRXHokie said:
This finally makes some sense... no WAY would apple release video ipods right after releasing the nano. It would cut into their nano sales. Updated Powermacs and powerbooks make perfect sense and seem to agree with the earlier rumor that the updated powerbooks would be delayed (and not released at Paris) due to technical problems.
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Good point, never thought of it that way.

Personally i dont see the point of a video ipod, a great thing about portable music is you can plug in your phones and forget the player is there, but with video, youd have to stare at the tiny screen to watch it. So, using it on a train etc. would be ctupic coz a)you would get mugged and b)you might miss your stop.
 
Nutter said:
If this event is for Macs, then why has Apple sent an invite to iLounge.com?
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That isn't that big of a deal. I am sure they have gotten invites before when there were no iPods involved. How would they release powermacs, powerbooks, airport express 2, ipod video, and video store in one keynote? Not going to happen. Airport express might have to do with why ilounge was invited. Maybe the iPod can be plugged into the airport express 2 or have some killer feature add on? Remote control with your nano/ photo?
 
Nutter said:
If this event is for Macs, then why has Apple sent an invite to iLounge.com?
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Precisely. With the much publicized move to Intel chips coming in 2006, Apple certainly isn't going to hold a special media event to show off any new PowerPC based Macs now for sure.

Besides, the event is referred to by Apple on the invitations as One More Thing isn't it?
 
First off, the Nano doesn't have a big margin. So that hurts the credibility of the Think Secret report.

#2, an iPod Video does not cut into the sales of the Nano because they'd be at opposite ends of the price point. An iPod Video would definitely clock in around $500.

So, what we will see is a speed bump on the PowerMacs and the PowerBooks to start the show with....much like how the last media event debuted the ROKR and then saved the big news, the Nano, for last.

The last part would be a new Airport Extreme (Pre-N?) station with video support, and the iPod Video.

Video podcasts are too trendy now not to have a video model.

But I would love to see Apple throw in a firmware update for the iPod Photos and Colors to do video too (despite the small screen) since their chipsets are capable of such.
 
Lancetx said:
I find it rather hard to believe that Apple would call a media event to introduce speed bumped Macs, unless Intel versions were ready which is highly unlikely. I have to go with AppleInsider on this one, this is almost certainly going to be an iPod centric event.
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I agree with this one. Also, for Apple to send out an invite with Steve's catchphrase means something big is coming. There's no need to figure out whether 'One more thing' means in addition to Nano or ROKR, or 'one more PPC', etc., it's simply a reference to Steve's famous way of saving the best for last.

New Intel Macs would obviously be super-big, but they're not nearly ready yet. The PowerBooks need an update, and the 7448 will be nice, but it's just not that big of a bump. I haven't been following PMac as much, so not sure what is realistically possible or probable at this time.

Rocket Rion said:
I think Apple leaked false info to Think Secret to confuse the issue.

Video iPod in 1 week.
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I think that's very possible. I mean false info could have been leaked to ThinkSecret or AI. But there have been an awful lot of rumors about a new iPod (including podfuture's). Plus Apple seems to have it out for TS.

Maestro64 said:
At what point does all your head explode from trying to guess what is behind the curtain... Remember do not pay attention to the man behind the current...

The fact there are two sites with obviously two different sources of information with two completely different stories do you not think people at apple are laughing their asses off at you all. At least you are providing them some entertainment value.
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Um, you know this is a Mac rumor web site where Mac fans like to shoot the breeze and consider what Apple might be doing, right? It's not like people's livelihood's depend on figuring out what the event will be, it's fun to speculate...
 
Yeah, those dual 2.7 GHz G5s really suck!

:rolleyes:

I hope it's something related to home theater. Extremely unlikely, but streaming video to my TV wirelessly would be hot (movies, not music videos. I don't get the whole music video craze. Most are pretty stupid IMO). Or a video iPod with out-to-tv capability.
 
4God said:
Yep, the curtains are the last hurrah for the PPC PowerMac which also eludes to the "One more thing" statement. "One more thing' meaning one last PPC update to the PowerMac. Makes perfect sense to me. :D
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So if it's a big press event to announce this, I presume we're all expecting pretty significant upgrades then?

Any speculation on what they might be?
 
I dont care who is invited to this thing, they wouldnt hold a press conference just to annouce airport express 2. That makes no sense. The only thing that makes sense is the final, "one last time" upgrade to the powerbook and powermac.

I know you all want a video ipod, but i'd bet alot of cash that aint coming on wednesday.
 
WRXHokie said:
I wouldnt go that far... but its unlikely they would release a video ipod now considering S.J. has been against it for so long. If he were to release one, it wouldnt be on top of the nano. What your talking about is a new product line essentially.
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He hasn't been entirely against it, he just doesn't see it as big a thing as say the intel switch. He may not see the point in them personally, but he isn't going to let the competition get ahead of him in the persoanl media market and put his own opinions ahead of what so many inside and outside of apple might be telling him to do. It just wouldn't make sense from a marketing view when finally lots of people are starting to look at mpeg4 players on the market.
 
For what it's worth.....

I'm going to guess it's some kind of Airport Express video or media server type device. The AE has become a little stale and while one could take a MacMini and some shareware to make a media server, Apple has no Apple-branded and supported home media solution.

The California Theater (http://www.operasj.org/California0506.html) is located a few blocks south of downtown San Jose. It used to be an elegant movie house, then fell into disrepair for decades. Last year (maybe two years ago) after a ton of political wrangling, it was fully restored and is now home to the San Jose Opera (http://www.operasj.org/). Could this mean that Apple too is re-launching a product line or something like that? I know, it's a stretch. :)
 
This is awesome!! Apple really nailed the excitement this time! The two major rumor sites are each reporting two different things!!! :D
 
T'hain Esh Kelch said:
This is awesome!! Apple really nailed the excitement this time! The two major rumor sites are each reporting two different things!!! :D
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Yeah, actually that's a pretty good job by Apple. Some rumors are good, but complete disclosures ruin the surprise. Having 2 major sites (as well as others) give out different predictions is probably best of all. There will be even more anticipation and discussion leading up to the event, and whatever is revealed will be a surprise.
 
Lynxpro said:
The last part would be a new Airport Extreme (Pre-N?) station with video support, and the iPod Video.
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*Drools* Finally someone else is thinking of Pre-N airport too. This is one of the reasons I am holding out my purchasing of a PowerBook. Without Pre-N, I don't think the range of my router-PowerBook would be enough for my needs.
 
steve_hill4 said:
He hasn't been entirely against it, he just doesn't see it as big a thing as say the intel switch. He may not see the point in them personally, but he isn't going to let the competition get ahead of him in the persoanl media market and put his own opinions ahead of what so many inside and outside of apple might be telling him to do. It just wouldn't make sense from a marketing view when finally lots of people are starting to look at mpeg4 players on the market.
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The personal media market in terms of video players is almost non-existant. So no one is getting ahead of him in this arena. Also, i think most would agree that Steve does what he thinks is best and doesnt listen to others when it comes to this sort of thing. Otherwise OS X would be running on intel boards a long time ago, macs would be all intel already, and video ipods would be on the 2nd or 3rd generation by now.
 
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