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WWDC 2005 Approaching

(Jobs) ...we at Apple have once again revolutionized the computer industry. I give you, "the 2 button mouse". (crowd ewwws and awwws) thats right, you heard it hear first. I bet you have never seen anything even compare to these babies." :p
 
Dr.Gargoyle said:
isn't very very quiet on the leak front this year? I haven't seen one credible, reoccuring hint about a new Apple product soon to be released/revamped.
How do you interpret that?
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that's probably because
any remotely (from what we all know) possible updates
to apple HW products are not exactly huge leaps
forward from a general consumer perspective

the most exiting remotely credible thing possible(IMO) is
Airport express AV

all we really know is that a new version of itunes will be out before mwsf06
:cool: :rolleyes:
 
the fact that macrumors told us that rumor sites are basicaly being paid off (like they are every year....but every year we get some idea before it happens anyways) and that we havent heard anyhting yet, kinda makes me think apple really wants to keep some thing a secret.....
 
poundsmack said:
the fact that macrumors told us that rumor sites are basicaly being paid off (like they are every year....but every year we get some idea before it happens anyways) and that we havent heard anyhting yet, kinda makes me think apple really wants to keep some thing a secret.....
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I hope you are correct, but didn't Arn say that this is not something new for this year?
 
feakbeak said:
I've heard several people talking about an iPod-like scroll wheel on an Apple mouse. If you are refering to a circular scroll wheel, just like on an iPod that would be very uncomfortable to use. I tried it on my one-button Apple mouse, moving my finger in a circular motion on the top of the mouse torward the front - not very nice compared to a standard scroll wheel. Now, if they just had a touch-sensitive vertical strip that you would move your finger over like a traditional scroll wheel that might work.

Still, I like the tactile feedback you get from an actual wheel. This is particularly important for first-person shooter gamers who usually use the wheel to switch weapons, when the wheel "clicks" it's easy to count off how many weapons over to go using just the tactile feedback.
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You were right in assuming i was not referring to a circular scroll wheel. ;)

As for the shooters, what if you could assign 'zones' to the pad, it would be like playing the violin! :D
 
ipod for my car

Hey Stevie Poo,
How about an ipod I can actually use in my car without a friggin mess of wires and a boatload of batteries? Oh and while you're at it, how about airport so I can sync it in my driveway.
 
buggybear said:
Hey Stevie Poo,
How about an ipod I can actually use in my car without a friggin mess of wires and a boatload of batteries? Oh and while you're at it, how about airport so I can sync it in my driveway.
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Pioneer has an iPod adapter now. Great news as i own one of their ip-bus units, just no car to put it in (anymore). Just good to know it will be possible ;)

As for the syncing in the driveway, maybe with a future iPod version... :p
 
Chobit said:
Anyway, the iBook mini will have for some reason a 1.2 Ghz G4 in it, and a 12 inch touch screen that will be nearly the size of the entire unit. It is this tablet doohickey we've all heard about. It will have no keyboard, and unfortunately, will not be compatible with Nintendo DS except through third-party emulation.

It will feature 256 megs of ram, airport extreme, and a slot-loading combo drive. The only ports to mar its pristine exterior will be an audio jack (1/8"), and proprietary port akin to the ipod connector. This may possibly even be the ipod connector, or a newer, faster version. This port will have cables like the iPod to plug in through firewire for firewire home folder syncing, or to plug into a dock which acts as both a screen stand and will have all your standard ports - usb, firewire, audio in/out etc.

Without the dock, the price will be 900 dollars. With the dock, 1000.
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Too expensive. You might as well just buy an iBook. Now, if you got rid of the combo drive, gave it a 10 or even 8 inch screen, and priced it at $499, I'd get one along with a G5 for college instead of an outdated Powerbook.

But I don't see it happening. I fear only iSight 2s and Airport Express A/V, with maybe an updated iBook w/ new case if we're lucky.
 
what i wana see is USB slots in car stereo's that u can put a USB thumb drive in and if that drive is full of MP3's you can play them as it if were a cd.
 
Nick dePlume "does not want to speculate" either

Macrumors said:
In regards to the WWDC rumor question, it's a widely known "secret" that Apple pays for the silence of various Mac news web sites by having those sites advertise WWDC. They also post Apple-approved WWDC stories and, by signing contracts with Apple, guarantee they will not speculate about WWDC. The sites then get product from Apple based on the number of click-throughs they generate.
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In related news, Nick dePlume, publisher and editor in chief of www.thinksecret.com, stated that there would be "several new products" at WWDC.

dePlume declined any comment on the nature of these products: "Frankly, I don't want to speculate.", said dePlume. "To learn what's going on at WWDC, one should read the official WWDC announcements."

However, dePlume encouraged users interested in WWDC to click through the ads on his site. "This way, I can get my Powerbook mini, my XStation G5, and maybe even an iPod XM", dePlume stated.

Just joking, of course :)
 
It has to be related to the G5 processor. G4 is getting old fast and Apple is trying to switch from Motorola A.S.A.P. They may announce a new partnership with Intel concerning faster processor for the portable market (but that would imply Intel entering the RISC market) or announce a new G5-like processor for portable...

They can't announce new hardware. They need to clean their mess first...
 
Laurent said:
(but that would imply Intel entering the RISC market)
first...
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you know intel makes a few RISC processors. Itanium comes to mind, as well as everything Xscale
 
Laurent said:
It has to be related to the G5 processor. G4 is getting old fast and Apple is trying to switch from Motorola A.S.A.P. They may announce a new partnership with Intel concerning faster processor for the portable market (but that would imply Intel entering the RISC market) or announce a new G5-like processor for portable...
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Perhaps there is some sort of announcement with Intel looming somewhere, however regardless, I wouldn't say that Apple is trying to switch from Moto ASAP. They've shown dedication towards them in continuing to bump the speeds (albeit very marginally) on their G4 chips even after the advent of the G5s, and I could see some involvement with Freescale as well in the future - and in many repsects, a dual-core G4 PowerBook is more likely than a G5 PowerBook.

Oh, and Intel makes RISC-based processors, and has for years - I believe the Itanium is RISC-based.
 
I'm expecting no big new-product news. That's not what WWDC is for. It's for developers and will serve that need.

Products will keep evolving, but anything big I'd expect to see at an Apple press event, not at WWDC. Sometimes the timing works out to combine the two, but there's really no need to.

Still looking forward to a glimpse into what Apple's up to on the OS/software side.
 
poundsmack said:
the fact that macrumors told us that rumor sites are basically being paid off (like they are every year....but every year we get some idea before it happens anyways) and that we haven't heard anything yet, kinda makes me think apple really wants to keep some thing a secret.....
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Secrecy is certainly a killer. Having rumors is much more fun.
 
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