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Steve Jobs to be at Media Event
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That would be fantastic, but what are the chances??
It's ONLY been 3 (+) years since the displays were introduced and there have been almost no updates/refreshes since. Many folks have hoped for new displays with features like built-in iSight, HDMI in/out, etc., but there has been not even a glimmer of change or rumor of refresh...
If they are not unveiled Tuesday, which I regretfully feel is probably wishful thinking, what are the chances that new Cinema Displays will be released in October as a (IMHO) great way to showcase Leopard?
Powerbook Cell?
Unfortunately, Cell makes a crappy general purpose processor, but makes an awesome performer for high-end multimedia content and games.
I've been saying this in other posts but I just bet the delay in iMacs is related to Leopard only features including gestural support on screen or in a trackpad device (I hope it's on screen). I also think it curious that C&C3 didn't ship in July like promised at the keynote. Remember that it was hinted there were special "features" that he couldn't mention. Why not if it only supported OS 10.4? Also, the rumors of another OS 10.4 upgrade in the works for special developers is also intriguing. I think this will likely be special iMac gestural support until Leopard is released. Again, keep in mind that the iPhone is running a version of OSX. The touch screen interface is just a version of the Dock, etc. Apple can blow away the PC market with a touch screen Mac with gestural support ala iPhone and Leopard when it ships in October. That, coupled with rumors of new Cinema displays (which should also support touch).
We'll know if I'm right on Tuesday. Let's hope so.
Sounds good to me.
Come on, people.
If a new iMac is introduced you know there is a great probability of the gold master iLife coming out with it. What use is a new computer without new software? Steve knows you need to give use and versatility with fashion and design.
So my bets are on:
new iMacs
new iLife
new iPods
There has been talk of keyboards and stuff, but somehow I doubt it will be more then a redesign rather then something groundbreaking. If we get a new iWork it would be awesome as well- get the spread sheets going!
If a new iMac is introduced you know there is a great probability of the gold master iLife coming out with it. What use is a new computer without new software? Steve knows you need to give use and versatility with fashion and design.
So my bets are on:
new iMacs
new iLife
new iPods
There has been talk of keyboards and stuff, but somehow I doubt it will be more then a redesign rather then something groundbreaking. If we get a new iWork it would be awesome as well- get the spread sheets going!
I'm hoping for a '17 iMac, bigger is better but i want to use it in my store and '20 is just to big.
yea... because i dont want to see what it looks like b4 i see the video. that would spoil it all!
I don't think they said he will be speaking, did they? He'll probably just sit in the back row and play with his new iPhone.
Do you really want us to comment on the possibility of "new iPods"?
What will be there, considering my phone conversation yesterday with SJ:
- new form-factor iMacs in 20, 24 and 27" models, Santa Rosa and top GFX;
- new MacMini/Mac with Core 2 Duo;
- iLife 08 demo;
- Leopard update.
Why would you give an organ to Steve Jobs who has done little to no philanthropic work with the money he has made. I would much rather give Bill Gates support than Jobs.
As for the keynote, this can't be singularly Mac. Too much hype.
.mac update must be imminent... they said it will be real soos a few months a go.. cant remember when... maybe at the gates job wsj chat thing.
You seem to be quite sure the event will be all about one thing with new looks...
the hype for this is created by mac geeks who want their new imac. the press conference will be new imac, redesigned mini replacement, leopard reinforcement, and id
During your conversation with SJ yesterday
, did he by chance mention whether those new form-factor iMacs will have LED displays as part of his new, greener initiative? Oh please. You shouldn't go down this road here.
Just because billy g felt obligated to carry on the philanthropic tradition that his PARENTS had started long before he was able to contribute anything himself after having let them down by dropping out of Harvard among other reasons (mainly his wife Melinda's prodding and especially to gain a more innocent image in the face of his companies anti-trust conviction here in the U.S. back in 2001), doesn't change the fact that his contributions were from ill gotten gains.
Steve Jobs and Apple are too busy changing the way the world interacts with technology by innovating devices and services. billy g was (until he jumped the sinking m$ ship last year in the face of getting his and his companies own a$$ handed to them by SJ and Apple as they have been doing for over the past year), and steve "screeching call for developers and dance sweaty monkey boy, dance!" ballmer are only busy innovating new ways to flagrantly steal Apple's ideas and to market them as their own to a not so near as foolish anymore public.
Of course I realize that billy g's contributions are helpful to the worldwide community overall, so I don't mind taking money from a thief for that cause.
But he's still just an untalented thief in the end.
Many criminals (especially mobsters) and terrorist organizations (Hezbollah in Lebanon) "give" to their communities in order to try and "brainwash" the public from knowing (or remembering) how it is that they got the ability to give in the first place. To this day, infamous Colombian drug lord and mass murderer Pablo Escobar is heralded as a national hero by Colombian locals which "benefited" from his blood money.
Don't be fooled by a wolf in sheep's clothing. Especially an ignorant and cowardly one like billy g who happened to make one good decision that is irrelevant now and is exactly why windows users are switching to Macs by the hundreds of thousands year over year... he sacrificed quality control for marketshare. Now that the common public along with every other computer user is demanding security, reliability, and ease of use when executing todays more involved computer tasks in relation to the tasks that they were limited to in the past primarily because of the cruel joke and flawed OS that is windows, everyone is screaming for better computer products that are derived from a much higher level of quality control between the hardware, the OS, and even online services.
They're demanding Macs.
If it walks like a thief, and talks like a thief, then it must be billy g... but I'll gladly take a thief's money for good wordly causes without praising him for it.
ON TOPIC:
It was clearly stated to those invited to this Tuesday's press event that this is a Mac-focused event: http://www.macworld.com/news/2007/07/31/presentation/index.php
Somebody's getting older....
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