WWDC 2005 Approaching

[dontmatter]

you guys are wayyyy too optimistic, here. too much is updated, we got our headless imac. Oh, and we got our mini-office suite, and we got all the stops pulled out the last time....

Which makes us feel like it should keep following the trend, and just get bigger....

not happening.

I'd bet an ibook update, and then one piece of hardware or software, something like, maybe airport express size, and then boasting about financial performance.

Of course, I think the single most hilarious thing on earth would be if we got G5 PB's and 3 Ghz powermacs, now that we've finally stopped believing that they will come. But, hey, I've stopped believing they will come, right?

 

[VicMacs]

1800

i got 1800 dollars flying out of my pocket! u better take em all apple... u know what i want! now give it to me! 12 in pb g5!

 

[stephenli]

Powerbook G5!!! i must be happy to buy if it release...or
at least give us a faster, dual G4 PB....with HD screen
hopefully iBook also get updated with a nice LCD, too. 1024 x 768 won't be a nice experience nowadays

my iBook late 2001 is nearly dead.....comeon steve!!!!

 

[jaw04005]

Has Apple ever introduced or updated a consumer product (iPod, iMac, eMac, etc) at WWDC? I only rediscovered Apple in 2002, so from there on I don't recall a consumer product ever being updated or debuted. Does any veteran MacRumors member know for sure?

Anyways, I'm not expecting any type of consumer update (software or hardware). WWDC is for professionals. MacWorld and Apple Expo Paris are the trade shows for consumer product launch events.

 

[mvc]

So I'll be ordering a G5/2.3 this tuesday (not next tuesday, HAhahahahahaIkillmyself) to replace my rustic iMac 500. What if a new revision comes out next week. Will I be up a creek, or will Apple compensate?

Just wait, I am, I am ready to press GO on a 2.3 at the moment but you never know what option you might want if anything unexpected turns up.

It's only a week or so. Why order right now?

 

[adam1185]

Where is the link to these "WWDC stories/advertising" ???

MacMinute has one at the top of their homepage. I was curious as to why it has been sitting there for the past couple of months, but now I know.

"Come meet the engineers behind Tiger at WWDC 2005!" links to http://developer.apple.com/click/macminute.html

Edit: looks like macobserver is also getting paid, anyone know of others?

 

[morse]

Has Apple ever introduced or updated a consumer product (iPod, iMac, eMac, etc) at WWDC? I only rediscovered Apple in 2002, so from there on I don't recall a consumer product ever being updated or debuted. Does any veteran MacRumors member know for sure?

Anyways, I'm not expecting any type of consumer update (software or hardware). WWDC is for professionals. MacWorld and Apple Expo Paris are the trade shows for consumer product launch events.

Here's one: https://www.macrumors.com/pages/2004/06/20040628144828.shtml

30" display, not sure what else. New video cards maybe.

 

[Abstract]

I gave this news a positive rating because I'm glad nobody is ruining the surprise for us.

 

[iDrinkKoolAid]

Hopefully we will see high res displays on the 15" and 17" Powerbooks. The 17" should be 1920 x 1200 and the 15.4" 1680 x 1050.

I would be elated if that is all Steve Jobs talks about at WWDC. And put some of those XBrite screens with a wide viewing angle, all the while making it as light and small as the Sony VAIO T Series.

When is Apple going to buy Sony?

 

[BanditBill]

I'd like to see:

Wireless high quality keyboard with anodized aluminum accents.
The keyboard would be recharged and functional while connected to a USB2 port. It would also have 2 additional USB2 ports.

Wireless rechargable anodized aluminum mouse. Again, with small USB port to allow it to function and recharge while conneced to a USB port.

17" 16:9 anodized aluminum monitor for a Mac Mini or budget Power Mac.

23" anodized aluminum chinless iMac HD edition with aforementioned keyboard and mouse.

 

[iDrinkKoolAid]

I would LOVE to see the cube back. I would take it over a mini any day.

Why?

 

[morse]

Cubes were really quiet, weren't they? Convection cooled?

 

[Nermal]

Why?

64-bitness and expandability spring to mind.

 

[aswitcher]

New PMs...?

 

[SiliconAddict]

there has to be something

There probably is....Apple probably went psycho with security after MW. Don't know what they did but if it was me I would require every Apple employee to read and sign a new NDA with stronger wording....something like Steve will personally drop kick you out of the building or something.

 

[LGRW3919]

Like banditbill, i want to see a 17" widescreen ACD at a competive price so that someone is ready to throw it in with their mini. Other than that, I'm down with dual core G4's for the powerbooks and updated displays on the portable lines. COME ON APPLE SHOW US WHAT YOU'RE MADE OF!!!

 

[SiliconAddict]

I'd bet an ibook update

What could you possibly update on the iBook that wouldn't pretty much put it in parallel with the PowerBook. At that point you may as well drop the iBook line and just have the PowerBook. The distinction between the two is getting razor thin at this point.

 

[SiliconAddict]

dual core G4's for the powerbooks and updated displays on the portable lines. COME ON APPLE SHOW US WHAT YOU'RE MADE OF!!!

Dual cores aren't going to be happening until this fall at the earliest unless the Moto folks have been feeding everyone BS because they themselves have said that samples (Samples NOT shipping products.) of DC's wouldn't be shipped out until 3rd quarter. So don’t hold your breath. You probably have just as good of a chance at seeing a G5 PowerBook as a DC PowerBook at this point.

 

[morse]

What could you possibly update on the iBook that wouldn't pretty much put it in parallel with the PowerBook. At that point you may as well drop the iBook line and just have the PowerBook. The distinction between the two is getting razor thin at this point.

G4 PMs become iBooks, PMs go G5

 

[SiliconAddict]

G4 PMs become iBooks, PMs go G5

Don't tease me.

 

[sord]

There probably is....Apple probably went psycho with security after MW. Don't know what they did but if it was me I would require every Apple employee to read and sign a new NDA with stronger wording....something like Steve will personally drop kick you out of the building or something.

Then they'd have a new problem - anyone who can't just go up and meet Jobs will sign it and then do it on purpose. They would at least get to see him in person at his will!

 

[Apple!Freak]

I want to see a 12" Powerbook with backlight keyboard, self-adjusting display, gigabit Internet, hd display, and upgraded graphics processor with 1.67Ghz G5 cpu. Pack that for $1,599 (Educational Discount Included), and I will be a sure buyer first day.

 

[solvs]

Has Apple ever introduced or updated a consumer product (iPod, iMac, eMac, etc) at WWDC?

iSight, for one.

 

[devman]

Well there are several TBA sessions in the WWDC schedule. These are usually the placeholders for new stuff to be announced in the next OS release. But since Tiger is just out, it makes you wonder what they'll be announcing that needs these TBA slots. One of the TBAs is in the Presidio too - which is the BIG room at Moscone West.

 

[joeboy_45101]

Macworld San Francisco, Apple Expo Paris, and WWDC all seem to be turning into very low-key events. The past couple events for all of these have been kinda dull with the announcements. The absence of a webcast backs this up for me, meaning that Apple is turning these events into low priority gatherings.

All in all I believe that there will be something new announced. But I have my doubts that it is going to be anything BIG. There will definitely not be anything relating to the iPod or the consumer Mac models. And the PowerBooks and PowerMacs have all been recently upgraded. Maybe Apple will present some new applications or devices that will enhance the productivity of the Mac platform.