And on the 30th it will be punched to NAB etc etc etcinvaLPsion said:I think that was all Crl900...
But he's puched his explosion date back to the 30th.
A wise decision...
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PowerMac G5 Updates - March 23rd?
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Lovable, likable APPLE. sometimes
Because their stuff works, and it's pretty user friendly?
Because their website is well organized, and all professional looking?
Because their Apple Stores are so "pretty" and PRO looking?
Because they are constantly hitting us with updates, and upgrades, and "making things better" for us whether we like it, or know it, or NOT?
DAMN STRAIGHT that's why!
Sure we're all feeling low and unfullfilled (ok, let down) over the 23rd NOT being THE DAY. So what?
NEWS FLASH: It's supposed to be a surprise anyway, Apple keeps these things secret until APPLE decides when to spring the NEWS.
The new Macs are coming, but they are just not ready yet.
Hey, for us, our Macs gotta be perfect! Am I right?
No one @ Apple was committed to the 23rd!...publically or otherwise.
The 23rd may have been nothing more than a TARGET DATE (press "T" upon Startup)
It's not like (his holiness) Steve Jobs is giving the March 23rd Keynote address because of the special event scheduled on, on.....on the 23rd?
Oh, there is NOTHING scheduled by Apple or anyone else for the 23rd!
there is ALWAYS A CATCH!.
NO. That's not the gig. There is no artificial target date, the next Release Date is dependent very simply upon the actual state of readiness and preparedness of the PRODUCT.
It's ready when it's ready - (can you say "hemi"?) end of discussion!
So, what do we do now?
"I ain't doin' nothin' until they build me a
new Mac to replace what I already got.
They build, I look, if I like, I buy! Simple.
Until then, it's business as usual."
WHY do we even "like" Apple?Gyroscope said:Apple is such an unprofessional, sad, sad company these days.
Something terrible is going on there in Cupertino.
Don't anyone dare to argue this with iPod and iTunes success
I look at their consumer offerings and prices they are charging for it and get depressed straight away. Xserve was announced back in January, took them almost 3 months to ship it.
Sorry but I must go back to sleep now...zzzZZZzzzZZZ
Because their stuff works, and it's pretty user friendly?
Because their website is well organized, and all professional looking?
Because their Apple Stores are so "pretty" and PRO looking?
Because they are constantly hitting us with updates, and upgrades, and "making things better" for us whether we like it, or know it, or NOT?
DAMN STRAIGHT that's why!
Sure we're all feeling low and unfullfilled (ok, let down) over the 23rd NOT being THE DAY. So what?
NEWS FLASH: It's supposed to be a surprise anyway, Apple keeps these things secret until APPLE decides when to spring the NEWS.
The new Macs are coming, but they are just not ready yet.
Hey, for us, our Macs gotta be perfect! Am I right?
No one @ Apple was committed to the 23rd!...publically or otherwise.
The 23rd may have been nothing more than a TARGET DATE (press "T" upon Startup)
It's not like (his holiness) Steve Jobs is giving the March 23rd Keynote address because of the special event scheduled on, on.....on the 23rd?
Oh, there is NOTHING scheduled by Apple or anyone else for the 23rd!
Have you noticed that when the pressure is ON the big APPLE to announce a NEW release of their latest widget-computer @ the San Francisco CONVENTION where 15,000 people have all paid big bucks to see a national SHOW with big Steve in his black turtleneck and bottle of purified water, with computer toys all neatly displayed before a BIG SCREEN to make an ANNOUNCEMENT, and...Production Manager said:
there is ALWAYS A CATCH!.
Mr. BigMac said:
NO. That's not the gig. There is no artificial target date, the next Release Date is dependent very simply upon the actual state of readiness and preparedness of the PRODUCT.
It's ready when it's ready - (can you say "hemi"?) end of discussion!
So, what do we do now?
"I ain't doin' nothin' until they build me a
new Mac to replace what I already got.
They build, I look, if I like, I buy! Simple.
Until then, it's business as usual."
PB & G5 "special promo" price
Don't know if this has already been mentioned elswhere, but late this afternoon I called the UCLA campus store and found out that the PB 15" 1.25 is on a "SPECIAL PROMOTION" of $1,999.00 while supplies last. Also, the G5 1.8 Dual has the same "SPECIAL PROMO" of $1,999.00.
Don't know if I should read to much into it, but seems like it could be signaling "something"... - no?
HT
Don't know if this has already been mentioned elswhere, but late this afternoon I called the UCLA campus store and found out that the PB 15" 1.25 is on a "SPECIAL PROMOTION" of $1,999.00 while supplies last. Also, the G5 1.8 Dual has the same "SPECIAL PROMO" of $1,999.00.
Don't know if I should read to much into it, but seems like it could be signaling "something"... - no?
HT
HTwidescreen said:
This situation of which you speak has been occuring on campuses across the U.S.
Yes, it is signaling something. It is quite obvious that powerbook and especially powermac updates are imminent.
But we already knew that...
HTwidescreen said:
We've had the special promo at the UCSF IT store for months now. Nothing special there.
BTW, shouldn't the mods close this thread as 3/23 has come and gone and Apple left fanatics hanging?
Maybe we should have a combustion countdownMr Maui said:I wanna see "combustion" ... no more pushbacks!!
HTwidescreen said:
Granted i am waiting for the rev B but would i be able to get that SPECIAL PROMO price on the apple online store for education. As i don't have an Apple Education store around here (that i know of). Not sure if the actual Apple stores in the area would know about this special price either as they are not an EDU store although i believe they can give me the EDU discount unlike some other stores that i know of.
FuzzyBallz said:
I don't think so because starting a "PM updates on 3/30" dosen't make sense as we don't have any hint when updates could happen. Since we're completely in the dark, Rev. B could be relased anytime from now until MWSF 05
Thats right we have no clue when the updates will occur. They will occur when they do. This is a rumor site so we could start a March 30th thread as it is just a rumor. We may not have hard evidence but we are going by when the Apple Promotions are ending and the IBM scheduled thing on March 31st.
Powerbook Rumour?
Did anyone read the following rumour from macosXrumors?
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Apple to announce new PowerBooks at WWDC 2004.
I've never specialized in hardware rumours and, as such, they remain occasional on this site., However, I think this piece of information, although it is hardware related, can be taken seriously.
Some reliable sources have informed me that Apple is preparing to present it's next-generation PowerBooks during the World Wide Developers Conference that takes place in San Francisco from June 28 to July 2, 2004.
Sources could not confirm with certainty that the new PowerBooks would be equipped with a PowerPC G5 processor or if they would remain with the G4. The initial source said it was possible for Apple to release a G5 based PowerBook in that timeframe though.
In terms of hardware characteristics, other than the processor, sources indicated that the SuperDrive (DVD-RW) could become standard in all models (at least the 15" and 17" ones) and that all the models would include faster graphic chips.
Another clue showing WWDC could be an appropriate time to release the new Powerbooks is that most of Apple and also a lot of Unix developers are known to be big PowerBook fanatics. I've also questioned some resellers about stock quantities of the PowerBook models and most of them told me there were still strong stocks and that it was still possible to order. The only hold up seems to be the normal end-of-quarter shortages.
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What is macosXrumors track record like?
Did anyone read the following rumour from macosXrumors?
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Apple to announce new PowerBooks at WWDC 2004.
I've never specialized in hardware rumours and, as such, they remain occasional on this site., However, I think this piece of information, although it is hardware related, can be taken seriously.
Some reliable sources have informed me that Apple is preparing to present it's next-generation PowerBooks during the World Wide Developers Conference that takes place in San Francisco from June 28 to July 2, 2004.
Sources could not confirm with certainty that the new PowerBooks would be equipped with a PowerPC G5 processor or if they would remain with the G4. The initial source said it was possible for Apple to release a G5 based PowerBook in that timeframe though.
In terms of hardware characteristics, other than the processor, sources indicated that the SuperDrive (DVD-RW) could become standard in all models (at least the 15" and 17" ones) and that all the models would include faster graphic chips.
Another clue showing WWDC could be an appropriate time to release the new Powerbooks is that most of Apple and also a lot of Unix developers are known to be big PowerBook fanatics. I've also questioned some resellers about stock quantities of the PowerBook models and most of them told me there were still strong stocks and that it was still possible to order. The only hold up seems to be the normal end-of-quarter shortages.
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What is macosXrumors track record like?
tangenjm@mcmast said:
I can't comment on macosXrumors record but I think that piece of information seems plausible if Apple is ready to announce G5 PB at WWDC. If not, I don't think they would wait until then just to release a speed bumped Rev. C.
Zaty said:I don't think so because starting a "PM updates on 3/30" dosen't make sense as we don't have any hint when updates could happen. Since we're completely in the dark, Rev. B could be relased anytime from now until MWSF 05
My thinking is still on WWDC for the update to Rev. B. It will be the opportunity for a large audience, news coverage, and Steve. If the upgrade is going to be major as everyone is looking for, then a major event would make more sense.
I don't think they'll wait for WWDC to announce updates to the powermac line. Sure, they'll announce another update at Powermac, but than it's a huge one, major new technology etc, 3ghz processor (kind of psychological bump).
In april, there will be just a speedbump, nothing fancy, no major changes to computer hardware, just a processor speedbump.
I got this info from a guy I know who works at an apple reseller who has a lot of years of experience in Apple business and reselling.
But even if I hadn't had this info, I could not possible assume that they would leave their PowerMac Line, which is their baby, next to iPod, with no updates for a year! (just a dual 1.8, but that was no speedbump)
In april, there will be just a speedbump, nothing fancy, no major changes to computer hardware, just a processor speedbump.
I got this info from a guy I know who works at an apple reseller who has a lot of years of experience in Apple business and reselling.
But even if I hadn't had this info, I could not possible assume that they would leave their PowerMac Line, which is their baby, next to iPod, with no updates for a year! (just a dual 1.8, but that was no speedbump)
wdlove said:
You definitely have a point there but I'm still skeptical in terms of how huge the speed bump will be. I still dont think they would go from 2 GHz to 2.8 or even 3 GHz. On the other hand, if Steve Jobs is to keep his 3 GHz promise, they can either wait until WWDC and announce them there or they release a Rev. B topping at around 2.5 GHz anytime soon and announce the 3 GHz at Mac World Expo Paris which coincidently opens on August 31 which is technically the last day of summer.
klaus said:
I agree. If they wait until WWDC to announce, it's only because they've got major problems that prevent them from announcing before then. If they wait until then, they'll spin it as best as they can, but we'll all know: they couldn't do anything sooner.
I expect an April announcement of speed bumps and nothing else.
tangenjm@mcmast said:
I think this is a pretty reasonable guess.
I don't think Steve would put out the G5PB without a fanfair and his personal presentation.
I'm not super happy about another 3 month wait but I will.
I just hope they are ready for immediate release by then...
We may learn the fate of the Powermac G5
in less than 170 hours from now . If Apple doesn't announce any updates by then, we blow all of our Powermac money on porn .
in less than 170 hours from now . If Apple doesn't announce any updates by then, we blow all of our Powermac money on porn .
Boy this is getting seriously frustrating. We've got the money to buy new kit, but we are not stupid enougth to buy out-of-date stuff (regardless whether updates are imminent or not). Jobs has got us by the B***ls and I don't like it.
We can't (and won't) wait for ever!
We can't (and won't) wait for ever!
That is not a sensible budgetting decision.... now porn, handcream and vitamins..... but perhaps I go to far.RichardCarletta said:
whookam said:
If you're looking for a G5 laptop, I understand. I don't get the frustration over the towers, though. Yeah, an update would be great. But the dual-2's kick a** as it stands. Go buy one on the 31st if there isn't an announcement. You won't be disappointed.
RichardCarletta said:
Well, I guess that at least the porn wouldn't get out-of-date until the next major leap of human evolution, which will likely - but not definitely - occur after the G5 announcement.
Zaty said:
Another words if there is a speed bump March 30th or in April, it won't be our most anticipated Rev. B. It won't affect me really since I don't plan currently to purchase this Spring. I'm not really sure about MacWorld Paris, my hope is that Steve will be at MacWorld Boston.
Apple didn't make enough stupid Ipods and are pushing Europe sales to June. Apple needs to hire more people to make Macs, not sillly Ipods.wdlove said:
I'm mad!- Status