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Two New iPods, Four New Mac Configurations

powerbook911 said:
Soon that will be two months ago. 1/6 of the year! You got exactly what you thought you'd get. There is nothing wrong with your iPod.

The good news? iPods hold a good value on ebay, so if you really want a new one you can sell yours, put an extra $50-$100 with it, and get the new one.
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Well I think I received it the last week of August.. But it's not a real issue. I am well aware of how fast computers and the like are updated, but 2 months down the road for double the capacity is kind of soon. Doesn't matter, I was only asking to see what my options were. I would be more pissed if it was my G5 and they made a drastic change a month later. I have heard consumers who had that happened had their complaints handled properly. Anyways, this is off topic.. thanks for the replies..
 
Can you hear Steve Jobs?

DEXTERITY said:
not sure if anyone has prior experience with this or not, but I just purchased a 20gig color Ipod around August20th. What are the chances they will replace mine with the one which is supposedly replacing the 20gig color? Feel like I got screwed out of 20gigs of space. thanks in advance.
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Not to be rude, cuz I am trying to be funny... I hear Steve Jobs saw your question...

His response?

"Hot dang that was a good one, where this guy come from? He one of those uneducated rednecks I hear so much about? Well, you tell him that one was good. I will have to think about that one! OK, thought about it. NO!"

And the good news? There is someone on ebay who wants what you got right now. But SELL IT TONIGHT OR TOMORROW!!!!!!

Serious, many people have no clue what is coming and you can get most of what you paid out of that iPod. Come Wednesday and you won't. LIST ON EBAY TONIGHT! For best bet, List it at "Buy It Now" for $259 and it will sell within 24 hours if it is in great shape. Take lots of pics and sell tonight or tomorrow. Come Wednesday your iPod will go for $225- $230 on ebay max.
 
Others have made big deal...

digitalbiker said:
But who is this press we keep talking about? Do we even know who have been invited and how big of a hype Apple is making over the event?

The rumor sites are the only sites that I have seen that seem to be making a big deal of this Apple event. The main stream press has said nada except that there were rumors Apple might soon release a video ipod type device.

Apple has said they want to get away from product announcements at conferences and expos. Maybe the event is just a way for Apple to get a little christmas buying season publicity for an updated line of products.
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Not so... USA Today had an article on page two of their Money section last Thursday about this "event". I have also seen on CNET, and various other sites that I have browsed. So the press is aware, but skeptical I suspect. The best I have heard from the press is that they expect a video capable iPod.
 
My dream iPod...

Chundles said:
Apart from Madonna and Pixar, who are these people?

Now a Rolling Stones iPod - that would be cool.
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No for me, a Special Edition Ashlee Simpson iPod would be great.

You pic the song...
She lip syncs to whatever you choose! Even the Rolling Stones!
 
Yeah, if you are really interested in the new iPods (for capacity or color or possible video or whatever...), you best sell your existing iPod on EBay right now. I sold my 40GB 4G to get a Nano, but couldn't get used to the lower capacity (and EBayed it.)

If you give a good Buy-It-Now price, you will be more likely to close the deal before Wednesday AM. If the new $299 iPod is thin and 40GB and sports any other improvements, then the market value for 20 to 40GB iPods just dropped significantly.

I wanted a video iPod but even if it's not to be, a thin 40GB color iPod sounds awfully appealing! I would be even happier if they improve the sound quality to the same level as the nano.
 
deanwaterman said:
Not to be rude, cuz I am trying to be funny... I hear Steve Jobs saw your question...

His response?

"Hot dang that was a good one, where this guy come from? He one of those uneducated rednecks I hear so much about? Well, you tell him that one was good. I will have to think about that one! OK, thought about it. NO!"

And the good news? There is someone on ebay who wants what you got right now. But SELL IT TONIGHT OR TOMORROW!!!!!!

Serious, many people have no clue what is coming and you can get most of what you paid out of that iPod. Come Wednesday and you won't. LIST ON EBAY TONIGHT! For best bet, List it at "Buy It Now" for $259 and it will sell within 24 hours if it is in great shape. Take lots of pics and sell tonight or tomorrow. Come Wednesday your iPod will go for $225- $230 on ebay max.
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no offense taken. Well I would tell Steve Jobs to kiss my *** and I'm far from an uneducated redneck. I think a masters degreen from NYU would null that. Not to mention I work for Nintendo so I'm not really worried about it. I have enough toys to play with and the wifi to beta test. However, thanks for the ebay tip. If I was really stressing ebay would actually work out great because I wouldn't mind losing a little to gain more.
After thinking about it, I think I more so want a black ipod lol. Have a good one.
 
pdpfilms said:
Bigger than six upgrades? I bet it will be the release of one new product with maybe one or two product enhancements... but as previously stated, steve has never pulled out six new products during a "One More Thing"er.
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I would bet the four new Mac configurations will only cover two of Apple's computer lines--PB and PM. My guess is two new Hi-Def or at least high res (1900 x 1200 and 1900 x 1440 or the equivalent WUXGA resolutions) screens for the 15" and 17" along with the PPC 7448 chip, DDR2 400MHz RAM(though I would prefer to see DDR here on account of memory latency), and possibly bumps to the HDD. I don't really think the gfx will be updated because the only other real AGP option would be the ATI Mobility Radeon 9800, and I think that would draw too much power. I'm betting the PMs will be Steve's "and one more thing" because it will be the first Mac to bring dual-core to the platform; though I don't expect to see dual-dual core. I would expect this in the X-serve. I don't expect to see the 12" change much if at all, other than the chip and possibly a minor speed boost. I figure Apple will bump it up to a 13.3" widescreen when they switch to Intel chips in '06.

While I am thinking about it, I would bet that Apple goes to a 10" (or widescreen equivalent), 14.1", and 15.4" iBook line when they switch to Intel. I figure they will put the ULV chips which are also clocked lower in the iBook line, but of course this is just my guess. Regardless, I can't wait for Apple to switch to all widescreen displays. It's better for running multiple apps side by side which is what I do most.

I don't really care about iPods, but I expect those to be updated as well.

[Edit: I only expect the top two PMs to get dual core. I could see Apple leaving the low end single core.]
 
g0gie said:
Heres an interesting thought I had- Updated computers is at this time a given, with at LEAST 4 new models. Also there have been reports of an airport express with video and a new updated ipod. its obvious that the 802.11g standard is too slow for streaming h.264 content. Its also interesting to note that ALL macs are in short supply - especially in europe where all product lines are at an all time low and almost bone empty. WHAT IF apple was updated virtually every line and supporting a pre-n 802.11 standard. they would upgrade each of the computers respectivly and the aiport express video would also support that pre-n standard. With that said- maybe the ipods will also be updated to take advantage of that as well? I derno just hypothesiszing
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It would be great but I doubt it. Intel is working on a combo chip for wifi, UWB, and BT 2.0+. I expect Apple to adopt N wireless technology when this chip is ready or at earliest after they transition to Intel. To adopt now, they would have to release new base stations. Not likely. Maybe in January. Likely by mid- to late- 2006.
 
manu chao said:
Ahem, in how many configuration is the Powermac G5 available right now? Three.

In how many configurations will the new Powermacs be available? Maybe four.

Configurations is not the same as product lines.
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Thank you. Couldn't have said it better myself.
 
You Said It Best...

areyouwishing said:
I'd like to see lower PowerMac prices. The G5 is clearly not what it was supposed to be. Give me a $1000 G5 tower with an upgradeable video card. The iMac is $1300 with a monitor bluetooth and AE, they could make a g5 tower easily be $1000.

The sad thing is that it takes Apple 4 years to try something again if it failed the first time. Take the expensive cube, great idea but too high priced... then they came out with the Mac Mini, what the cube should have been all along.

We see it happening again with the single 1.8, didn't do very well because it was too expensive. Give the Prosumer a real machine to use Apple, and make it a prosumer price. I find it ridiculous that if you want a powermac you have to throw down $2,000 when they have had 1,300 Power Macs before. I sure hope apple isn't scratching their heads as to why the powermacs aren't selling worth a crap.
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I agree. I have always been discouraged at the price of PowerMac. I don't like the all-in-one design of the iMac. I don't want to throw my monitor away when I change computers every year, and I want to upgrade with ease. There should be no reason why they couldn't do a 2.0 Single Processor with 16x Dual SuperDrive, 128 VRAM, Firewire 400 & 800, Digital Out and In, all for the price of $999.00 Price point from there

If the professional wants a great system, let them pony up the big bills for a Dual, Triple or Quad Processor and have the expensive Power Mac.

I have preached it before... Lower the prices, get more users, more users equates to volume. More volume lowers the prices so we get more users and get more volume so we lower the prices....

Everyone wins. 3% of the market just won't do anymore.
 
narco said:
Usually when I see "one more thing," I expect something BIG.
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Yes--Dual core PMs with PCI-e and a decent gfx card. I just highly doubt it is something bigger than dual-core. Although, I would love to be surprised!
 
It's a "PocketBook"

Steve will have a trademarked backpack with him, and will ask the question, have you ever wondered what the pocket on the BACK of the backpack is for?

It will be the "Pocketbook." A full function but very small mac. About 7 inches wide, 5 inches deep and 1 inch high. It WILL have an optical DVD player. The processor will be a transmeta processor that has been designed for the Power Instruction Set. It will have built-in Wi-Fi, BT and 3g Cellular Access. It will be an all access Internet machine. And it will be available in White and Black.

Consider it the perfect companion to the professional, and prosumer digital camera user.
 
Compile 'em all said:
Mark my words folks, the "one more thing" will be a new dual-core
PowerMac with a new form factor. The event has nothing to do with iPods.
Period.
How do I know?. well, SJ is my dad and he told me so :D
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Could we be friends? I'd like to get to know you(r dad)! Oh, and I have a Mac-ridden X-mas list, too!
 
deanwaterman said:
No for me, a Special Edition Ashlee Simpson iPod would be great.

You pic the song...
She lip syncs to whatever you choose! Even the Rolling Stones!
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Wouldn't the Ashlee Simpson iPod Karaoke make more sense? It plays the beat of the music but you have to sing the words yourself. ;)

EDIT: My God, I just saw the link that someone else posted. Obviously great minds think alike :D
 
jtquick2001 said:
Do you honestly think that a color change and 10 gig hard drive bumb is worthy of an event separate event from the media event? I mean come on, you invited the press for this stuff and thats all you are going to announce? and no consumer cares about a powermac speed bump. This is going to be bigger then thinksecret's rumor. Count on it.
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I CAN'T WAIT to see the video that goes along with this event. I hope Apple posts it on their site quickly. this may very well be the most excited I have been about an Apple event since I have been an Apple user (Saturday was the 2 year mark for me... ahhh how time flies). I can't wait for this :D
 
Now that these Madonna iPod Rumors are starting to float around, this is leaning more and more towards somewhat of a repeat of Last year's event at this Theatre.

2004: iPod Photo - U2 iPod

2005: iPod Video - Madonna iPod

My 2 cents
 
w_parietti22 said:
I think its gone... maybe there will be a new special edition iPod.

<edit> just read the Think Secret article... Modanna fans are predicting a Pink Nano Special Edition. That will sell like crazy IMO.
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Well, the Madonna site reads:


"We earlier reported a rumour from the music industry about Apple to make another announcement closer to the release of Madonna’s new album, "Confessions on a Dancefloor" ; they would have annouced that Madonna will have her own iPod - similar to U2’s in that it will come with her entire catalog.

These rumours have been later reprised by New York Daily News.

We have now received confirmation that Madonna will indeed have her own iPod. It will be the new iPod Nano - as we previously supposed - and in the color PINK."


That's a load of bull. They're inconsistent with their statements and clearly have little knowledge of iPod and computers in general. Where in hell would Madonna's entire collection fit on a 4GB iPod Nano?

I do admit that a Pink iPod, Nano or otherwise, would sell like hotcakes. That doesn't mean it will happen though.
 
My Take on all this:
New powerbooks and iBooks, bigger HDs, speed bumps, possibly HD DVD,
and best part
802.11 N
 
ipedro said:
Well, the Madonna site reads:



That's a load of bull. They're inconsistent with their statements and clearly have little knowledge of iPod and computers in general. Where in hell would Madonna's entire collection fit on a 4GB iPod Nano?
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It would fit *easy*.

4 gig nano holds up to 1000 songs. Madonna doesn't have that many.
 
MacH4X0r said:
My Take on all this:
New powerbooks and iBooks, bigger HDs, speed bumps, possibly HD DVD,
and best part
802.11 N
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No HD-DVD for two reasons. Firstly, Apple is backing Blue-Ray, second, the format will not be available till spring of next year.
 
MacH4X0r said:
My Take on all this:
New powerbooks and iBooks, bigger HDs, speed bumps, possibly HD DVD,
and best part
802.11 N
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802.11n hasn't been ratified yet, and isn't even close to being there. At best they could release pre-n products, but it probably makes more sense to just wait till next year.

http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=171202677

From http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS8737790357.html :
Freescale demonstrated an HDTV wireless networking system based on UWB in June
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