Here's what would my best guess: a video iPod of some sort, the Asteriod box thing, and OS X 10.5 might be announced and renamed NeXT Step 10.5.
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The Official "What Is Going To Be Released At WWDC" Thread
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Hey iGary... the Blu-Ray is prob not going to happen. Sony wants to combine with the HD-DVD so that consumers don't get pissed but Toshiba is being a baby and not wanting to talk. The problem is Toshiba is screwing itself because the major electronic companies back blu-ray, plus nero has already made toolkits for blu-ray... so at this point, Sony is being nice and letting Toshiba get on the banwagon, but is being suborn. But then again, I wouldn't put it passed Jobs to be bold and put a computer out with it, then start to push people in that direction.
1. iTunes to-go demo
2. Announcement of iPod Games Division
3. iTunes 5.0 with support for downloadable games & motorola phones
4. New 60GB iPod with larger screen for downloadable games
5. G5 PowerBooks with a new G5 mobile processor
6. Wireless firewire; G5 PowerBook option for wireless firewire module
2. Announcement of iPod Games Division
3. iTunes 5.0 with support for downloadable games & motorola phones
4. New 60GB iPod with larger screen for downloadable games
5. G5 PowerBooks with a new G5 mobile processor
6. Wireless firewire; G5 PowerBook option for wireless firewire module
Platform said:What could wireless FW bring.....speakers
This wireless firewire worries me. I don't fully understand it so hopefully someone can help me out here. Would it be simply a wireless replacement for current firewire? Does this mean you can charge iPods over it because from my admittedly limited knowledge of electricity, I think that's effectively impossible.
Platform said:Charging anything I don't think will work.....we would see that on a much more concept stage before apple got it
And if so then you could have anything mobiles, mice, etc. On FW charge
Yeah, that's what I figured. So then, is wireless firewire simply a much faster, short range bluetooth?
Tamer Brad said:
I hear that. I've been waiting for months to go out and buy an updated iBook. Until it comes out I'm stuck using my pentium 2 notebook. Any time before or during WWDC would be wonderful. Does anyone think that there's any hope of seeing an updated iBook before WWDC?
My guess would be BOTH the announcement of the Powerbook G4D and Powermac G5D.
Why Powerbook G4 Dualcore? There was pretty reliable info about the taiwanese ibook manufacturer receiving an order for production of a widescreen ibook for the end of the year (macworld paris?) but it just doesnt make sense to redesign the case without redesigning everything else. So IF the new ibook would be introduced towards the end of the year the new powerbooks need to be introduced before that. We all know powerbook G5 is out of the question. The performance gain of an 1.8 GHz G5 over an 1.67 Ghz G4 is almost negligable and we all know the power consumption of the G5 so it has to be the G4 dualcore.
Concerning the powermac it is clear we had only half an update.
Listen to me people, WWDC will be DOUBLE D-DAY
Why Powerbook G4 Dualcore? There was pretty reliable info about the taiwanese ibook manufacturer receiving an order for production of a widescreen ibook for the end of the year (macworld paris?) but it just doesnt make sense to redesign the case without redesigning everything else. So IF the new ibook would be introduced towards the end of the year the new powerbooks need to be introduced before that. We all know powerbook G5 is out of the question. The performance gain of an 1.8 GHz G5 over an 1.67 Ghz G4 is almost negligable and we all know the power consumption of the G5 so it has to be the G4 dualcore.
Concerning the powermac it is clear we had only half an update.
Listen to me people, WWDC will be DOUBLE D-DAY
iGary said:My revised predictions for WWDC:
Steve's gonna say some stuff.
I think that's a safe bet -- I agree!
According to macosrumors.com (they're usually not very reliable ... too bad):
"Apple's first quad-processor Mac won't be a PowerMac, or an Xserve; it will be an all-new product line, the long-rumored "Xstation" according to sources. Dual-processor Powerbooks and other dual-processor Macs will follow the introduction of this new machine which could come as soon as Apple's World Wide Developer's Conference early next month"
"Apple's first quad-processor Mac won't be a PowerMac, or an Xserve; it will be an all-new product line, the long-rumored "Xstation" according to sources. Dual-processor Powerbooks and other dual-processor Macs will follow the introduction of this new machine which could come as soon as Apple's World Wide Developer's Conference early next month"
Here's my ideas.
1) Airport Express 2 that allows you to stream movies and video content as you can presently with music.
2) Powerbook G5 - I know people don't think so, but for the "power" series, the G4 is stunnngly out of date. 1.67Ghz? I had an athlon Thunderbird that could do that around 2-3 years ago!!
3) iTunes 5, supporting the...
4) ...New Video iPod. Justified by Steve (Who won't go back on his "no content availble" for having music videos that you can download to it. It will probably only support a few very small codecs, but third party cracks will soon open it up.
1) Airport Express 2 that allows you to stream movies and video content as you can presently with music.
2) Powerbook G5 - I know people don't think so, but for the "power" series, the G4 is stunnngly out of date. 1.67Ghz? I had an athlon Thunderbird that could do that around 2-3 years ago!!
3) iTunes 5, supporting the...
4) ...New Video iPod. Justified by Steve (Who won't go back on his "no content availble" for having music videos that you can download to it. It will probably only support a few very small codecs, but third party cracks will soon open it up.
iPod with video capability for sure. They won't rename it iPod video or anything, it'll just be a feature in the new (all color) lineup.
With H.264, it's pretty much a no brainer -- plus people think it's the next big thing for cellphones, so it only makes sense that the iPod, being a portable media player, would do it too. The iTunes Music store already has trailers, music videos, and now video add-ons for purchased albums - filling your iPod up with them is just natural.
With H.264, it's pretty much a no brainer -- plus people think it's the next big thing for cellphones, so it only makes sense that the iPod, being a portable media player, would do it too. The iTunes Music store already has trailers, music videos, and now video add-ons for purchased albums - filling your iPod up with them is just natural.
Platform said:What could wireless FW bring.....speakers
imagine -> wireless FW to camera... would be a nice setup for studio/location work with digital photography, no more hassle with cables running to the camera (yes I know: CF or other storage will help with that
but I mean wireless control over the camera direct capture to your computer...)that is if I understand the whole wireless FW concept
Before WWDC:
Airport Express w/ Video Support
WWDC:
New iBook which flips into tablet. As seen with new patents.
We must remember WWDC is a development conference. There must be new platforms to develop for. The PowerMac G5 was released because it was new 64bit computer - a new platform to program for. iPod releases are very very unlikely, but may happen around the WWDC period but wont be mentioned during the Keynote.
Airport Express w/ Video Support
WWDC:
New iBook which flips into tablet. As seen with new patents.
We must remember WWDC is a development conference. There must be new platforms to develop for. The PowerMac G5 was released because it was new 64bit computer - a new platform to program for. iPod releases are very very unlikely, but may happen around the WWDC period but wont be mentioned during the Keynote.
iGary said:My revised predictions for WWDC:
Steve's gonna say some stuff.
The next day, the AMD boards will try to debunk or trash the stuff Steve said.....
Max.