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Satellite Broadcast of Apple Event

Originally posted by buseman
Steve and friends tell everyone that this "clearly is the year of the laptop"..
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I'm so tired of people quoting this phrase and translating it as "970 will most definietly be introduced in a laptop or Steve Jobs is a stinkin liar."

Com'on people, get real. It's marketing speak. He said that when he was introducing two new laptops. OF COURSE he's gonna make some dramatic statement to hype up his new toys. Remember "Death to the CRT" and "No more boot to OS 9."


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Originally posted by buseman
But it would stop Powermac sales once and for all :D
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OK, I don't want to stray too far off topic, but the best-case scenario for 970-Powerbook wishers is that a 970 PB is introduced at the same time as a new 970 PowerMac at WWDC at the end of June.

Back to "Music to your ears": anyone who thinks this could mean a non-music-related announcement clearly hasn't been in the rumoring game very long. Folks, music will be the focus, the only focus of this press event.

It's almost certain that Jobs will introduce a new iPod and music download service. No way is Jobs gonna detract from these releases by introducing something totally unrelated, like a PDA or phone or laptop. If there is some new mystery device is, it's also music related.

So beyond a new iPod and music service, what are other music-related possibilities:

1. iTracks. As speculated by many, Apple could release some sort of music authoring iApp to work with iMovie and iDVD.

2. Better integration of iTunes with your home entertainment system. Perhaps Apple will introduce their own hardware OR demo 3rd party devices like TiVo.

I think the whole statellite feed thing is to allow for people in Wall Street and the media to get the full effect of Steve's mojo. With the Apple stock taking a beating recently, I think Steve wants to generate a buzz with the financial people. Sure, consumers can use the buzz too but this new music service is all about making money for Apple.
 
Originally posted by buseman
Steve and friends tell everyone that this "clearly is the year of the laptop"..
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Don't forget that Steve has also said in several interviews, and I quote, "This may be the year of the laptop, but this will also be a huge year for Apple's desktops."

That, at least to me, signifies that the desktops will be a huge focus later in the year.
 
It's become rather clear with "music to your ears," that this event will exclusively focus on only three things: new music service, new version of iTunes software, new iPod models.

* 970 intro -- forget it.

* new 15 inch PowerBook -- forget it -- or it will be announced "under the radar."
 
Unbelievable

Do you really think that Apple is going to announce something as huge as a processor change along with a "...music to your ears" event? No way!!! The 970 (if that happens at all) will be an event unto itself and not piggy backed on to anything else.

Think about it. We have this great music service for you and a new iPod to boot and oh by the way we're going to start using this 64 bit processor.

Geez!!! :rolleyes:
 
AAPL

This is not a bad time to buy AAPL if you can, people. At around $13.20 or so, its destined to go higher, sooner than later.

I bought my tibook and some other things this way.
 
Originally posted by DHagan4755
It's become rather clear with "music to your ears," that this event will exclusively focus on only three things: new music service, new version of iTunes software, new iPod models.
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Come now. Wouldn't Apple finally introducing a 1.8GHz, smoke the pants off a PIV, 970 PowerMac system be music to the ears of everyone who's been waiting for it? Sure it would. :)

In reality, however, I don't think we'll see the 970 right now. WWDC earliest, possibly along side Panther. Do we really know that 10.2 can't run on a 970 as it is? I don't think we do.

Communication device, possibly. At best, I think it'll be a video conferencing camera (you know, iChat is built for it), it connects (or as we could say, attaches) to both a Cinema Display and a Powerbook. Maybe include something like VoIP. I saw a comment that there are soon going to be cell phones that work over 802.11b networks. At worst, it'll be a kareoke (damn spelling) device to sing along with all those tunes you're now legally paying for.

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About the May 2nd thing: Thinksecret reports that it will be an in-store event but this rumor seems to say that it is a training day for the staff so I am not sure what to expect. Either way as long as I can buy a new ipod on Monday, no complaints.
 
Satelite Question

Ok, I know next to nothing about Satelites so forgive me if this is a totally stupid question...but my parents have one of those DirectTV satelites on their home, it's not currentley receiving DirectTV service but it is still up there and working. Is there any way I can use this thing to receive the broadcast?

Things would be so much simpler if they would just webcast the damn event. I'm not driving two hours down to an Apple Store to watch it.
 
iTrack Rumors

can someone explain to me why there is all of this speculation about music editing software... it seems to me like on a consumer level, a lot of people do have original video or photo content that they want to edit, but how many non pro users are creating their own music... it seems to me like as far as music goes, people want a) a good source for music and b) a good way to store and play there music, but that's about it....


i am a long time reader, this is my first post!
 
Re: iTrack Rumors

Originally posted by nickmo57
can someone explain to me why there is all of this speculation about music editing software... it seems to me like on a consumer level, a lot of people do have original video or photo content that they want to edit, but how many non pro users are creating their own music... it seems to me like as far as music goes, people want a) a good source for music and b) a good way to store and play there music, but that's about it....


i am a long time reader, this is my first post!
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:D Welcome, and I have been wondering the exact same thing! Can anyone help us?:)
 
iStation Picture

http://www.sejus.com/earth2willi/fo...topic.php?t=252

Makes sense to provide a way to sell your subscription service without requiring a $2000 computer.. built in modem, ethernet, optional airport card. Streams internet radio in standalone mode. Various audio I/O and connection to iPod for about $100-$200, bundled with or subsidized by the subscription service (buy 3 years of deluxe membership prepaid, get the iStation free).....
 
Re: iTrack Rumors

Originally posted by nickmo57
can someone explain to me why there is all of this speculation about music editing software... it seems to me like on a consumer level, a lot of people do have original video or photo content that they want to edit, but how many non pro users are creating their own music... it seems to me like as far as music goes, people want a) a good source for music and b) a good way to store and play there music, but that's about it....


i am a long time reader, this is my first post!
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A lot of people I know would like to be able to do simple edits in order to take out parts of songs on some CDs such as ones where there is audience clapping after the song is over or where there's a "lead-in" to the next song (these are really annoying when you listen to a single song off of some CDs like the Radio Disney CDs...).

I think that it would be advantageous of Apple to include some simple way of editing the MP3s or AACs in iTunes (maybe just being able to clip and fade in/out); I expected this to be a feature in 3.0, but nothing yet. I do have access to a ProTools professional system & QuickTime Pro, but I don't like having to import a song, edit it, then export it, then re-import it into iTunes again :rolleyes: -- that takes too long...
 
Re: Re: iTrack Rumors

Originally posted by geerlingguy
A lot of people I know would like to be able to do simple edits in order to take out parts of songs on some CDs such as ones where there is audience clapping after the song is over or where there's a "lead-in" to the next song (these are really annoying when you listen to a single song off of some CDs like the Radio Disney CDs...).
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Couldn't you just use the adjustible start time and end time in iTunes 3... i know this doesn't change things permanently, but its a good solution for most people...
 
my earlier post...ppc970

a clarification...actually, the power4 does not do altivec (yet?) so it would need some form of 'altivec emulation'- if that makes sense.

i suppose one of the cores (there are two per die, 2 dies per chip bundle.) could be dedicated to that, but it doesn't make as much sense as a 16way ppc970 (16 way power4 would only be 4 chips.), unless the bus situation wont allow apple to do that in a small space (i.e. desktop or 4u or under)

-- i suspect that we will eventually see os x running on 'big iron' from ibm (read power4+ or power5- to give apple the same 'binary compatibility' from desktop to high-end server that sun (alone) currently enjoys in their lineup (at least on 64 bit capable systems.))

i do think there is enough 'extra' capacity in the power4+ that it COULD emulate altivec, as for whether i actually think ibm would implement that- probably not.

once again, there is no 'inside info.' here- i only read and conject (word?).

anonmac. the anonymous mac user.
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Re: iTrack Rumors

Originally posted by nickmo57
can someone explain to me why there is all of this speculation about music editing software... it seems to me like on a consumer level, a lot of people do have original video or photo content that they want to edit, but how many non pro users are creating their own music... it seems to me like as far as music goes, people want a) a good source for music and b) a good way to store and play there music, but that's about it....
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1. The main reason for there being any kind of 'iTracks' rumor is that Apple acquired Emagic which used to develop a pro music production software. Typically, when Apple acquires a company, the technology first goes into a pro Apple-branded software and then filters down to a consumer-level app.

2. There might not be a huge demand for a consumer-level music editor, but there's probably a fair amount of demand for adding more music-editing features to iMovie and iDVD. This 'iTracks' could be a companion app, or be integrated into iMovie/iMovie. Apple has already started to add more audio features to iMovie but so far it's limited to adding preexisting sounds. It'd be nice to create my own samples before I add them to iMovie.
 
CNBC Coverage

FYI: Steve Jobs is scheduled to be on CNBC's "Business Center" after 5pm ET on Monday. For those unable to watch the broadcast, or can't get enough of black turtlenecks, this should be a good wrap up of the announcement(s).
 
ok, so here's a new one for me.....

getting back ON topic now...

i was in the NYC SoHo store today, and noticed a board just inside the entrance, advertising a satellite broadcast viewing at the store on tuesday, so, looks like i'll be there then, it also mentions friday may 2nd too, i can't remember what exactly, but it seems pretty big. it's definitely not {only} a staff training day. :)
 
Monday event will be streamed via QuickTime

Good news, the Monday 28th event will be streamed live via QuickTime.

I went and clicked on an old link in my bookmarks for the Macworld SanFran (Jan 03) stream and instead got the heading and info for the Monday 28 stream - the stream link was still the Macworld from Jan. Shortley after I saw it, the link now nolonger works - just a blank page.

I posted the info to arn on the front page, but he hasn't put the info on the front page or page 2 yet.


James.

PS This was the link
 
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