nagromme said:
But keep in mind that many big products have been released at previous WWDCs! The G5 PowerMacs come to mind from 2 years ago...
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But keep in mind that many big products have been released at previous WWDCs! The G5 PowerMacs come to mind from 2 years ago...
Artistic Tablet
Ive been waiting for a Mac for over 9 months now. I was hoping initially for an Imac but figured that the gfx card sucked too much. After that, i wanted an ibook or powerbook however, the new revisions were terrible. What about a high preformance tablet...
It could be used by architects etc.
COmmon apple gimme something high preformance
ini
Ive been waiting for a Mac for over 9 months now. I was hoping initially for an Imac but figured that the gfx card sucked too much. After that, i wanted an ibook or powerbook however, the new revisions were terrible. What about a high preformance tablet...
It could be used by architects etc.
COmmon apple gimme something high preformance
ini
Tablet, but not like what MS/Intel alliance has. I'm thinking something that competes with Wacom; displaying images, once mated to your Mac, but onscreen editing, drawing, signatures, etc that you can take around the house like your Mac - imagine the artist being Picaso under the cherry tree.
Personally I'd like to see the PowerBooks, if any update, get Bluetooth v2.0+EDR. Also would like to see the mouse & keyboard to have BT v2.0 as well - to allow for multiple connections simultaneously without ruining the 3Mbps bandwidth. Many people have to turn off their current BT Keyboards/Mouses in order to iSync their cellphone.
Surely the XServe & XRaids will get a speed bump, maybe even Infineon type connection for pure networking/XSan bandwidth!
Maybe a new announcement of a new PPC Alliance partner, Lenovo??!!
Personally I'd like to see the PowerBooks, if any update, get Bluetooth v2.0+EDR. Also would like to see the mouse & keyboard to have BT v2.0 as well - to allow for multiple connections simultaneously without ruining the 3Mbps bandwidth. Many people have to turn off their current BT Keyboards/Mouses in order to iSync their cellphone.
Surely the XServe & XRaids will get a speed bump, maybe even Infineon type connection for pure networking/XSan bandwidth!
Maybe a new announcement of a new PPC Alliance partner, Lenovo??!!
Prom1 said:
they would have to redesign the Xserver. they cant increase speed without a new cooling method for it. its a mirical they got the dual 2.3's in there if you have ever oipend one up its pretty cool.
---- "ONE MORE THING"
just dreaming ---- Steve says ---" oh yea one more thing. Two years ago at this event I promised the G5 at 3 gigs by summer, well " --- crowd goes wild as Steve demos new PM --- then --- "oh just one more thing" Steve intros the dual quad 3.2 ghz ------
got to take my meds
just dreaming ---- Steve says ---" oh yea one more thing. Two years ago at this event I promised the G5 at 3 gigs by summer, well " --- crowd goes wild as Steve demos new PM --- then --- "oh just one more thing" Steve intros the dual quad 3.2 ghz ------
got to take my meds
SiliconAddict said: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.
Very true. But it is majorly overdue for an update, and apple's got nothing else to do this time around. There is literally nothing else for them to update that's worthwhile at ALL, and I don't really see any cool new products of any size, do you?
Steve doesn't have carl rove working for him: there's gotta be either something quite cool and new, or bad news for apple. Updating ibooks would be the best and easiest way of cutting losses on this one.
buggybear said:
Or how 'bout, since the motorola itunes phone is never going to make it to market, let me ditch the bloatware cellphone (NOT WITH AN APPLE IPHONE!), but by adding a little optional phone capability to the ipod. Little update so you get better address book functionality, then use the scroll wheel to dial....
I'd take one less device in my pockets. And it woudl be great to make ipods even more prevalent, because you would carry them even when you weren't listening to music. And I really, really don't need a crappy camera, games, all the rest of modern cell phones. Small is all.
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Gil_Grissom said:
I wouldn't quite say that. Since no one seems to have any real information, it's more like a bunch of people outside the rumor mill splashing around trying to get the millwheel to move...
I'm not sure if I like Apple buying the silence of websites, even if it has been going on for a while. Do we know if other companies do this (i.e. is this standard operating procedure for most companies or something peculiar to Apple)?
dontmatter said:
If Apple did that, they would most likely be small updates. I would predict
1.33GHz G4 to 1.5 GHz G4, high end with 512 RAM standard and 64MB video card. Maybe this difference would allow the low end iBook to be a couple hundred dollars cheaper?
But then again, an updated iBook, seems like a too small announcement to make with a room full of pros and developers. In that case, Steve would talk about the recently updated PowerMacs. Unless they gave an excuse that the iBook was great for software development and the pros, which we know even the PowerBook hardly reaches that "pro" level anymore. Apple's pro apps are demanding G5's and 1GB of RAM or more each...
Someone said an iSight 2. I like that idea. I think the current iSight is great but still too expensive.
And A/V Airport Express seems like a more technological product to brag about at a keynote. This would eventually lead to newer products... iPod AV
m4r71n1 said:
I agree.
I bought my Powerbook 9 months ago and it literally sucks when it comes down to design programs like Sketchup, Illustrator or cinema 4D. As a L4 architecture student I need to create complicated 3d models and photorealistic images, something that I cannot do with my current mac. In fact any file larger than 9Mb is completely unusable in Sketchup and in performance terms that is the equivalent of an 800 MHz Pentium 3. I know that this is probably due to problematic software development, however it is completely inexcusable for a company to advertise their systems as designers tools when you cannot actually design on them.
Well how about a decent laptop then. It's Apple, for christ sake, I'd think they could come up with some innovative cooling solution and start cranking out hugely powerful laptops.oskar said:If Apple did that, they would most likely be small updates. I would predict
1.33GHz G4 to 1.5 GHz G4, high end with 512 RAM standard and 64MB video card. Maybe this difference would allow the low end iBook to be a couple hundred dollars cheaper?
But then again, an updated iBook, seems like a too small announcement to make with a room full of pros and developers. In that case, Steve would talk about the recently updated PowerMacs. Unless they gave an excuse that the iBook was great for software development and the pros, which we know even the PowerBook hardly reaches that "pro" level anymore. Apple's pro apps are demanding G5's and 1GB of RAM or more each...
Someone said an iSight 2. I like that idea. I think the current iSight is great but still too expensive.
And A/V Airport Express seems like a more technological product to brag about at a keynote. This would eventually lead to newer products... iPod AV
I "KNOW" that it'll be the new powerbook, the most lucrative personal computer market these days.... And It'll be a G5.
https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/1489094/
https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/1489094/
who wants to make bets it will "NOT" be a G5 PB? i will start $5 says it wont...anyone bet against haha
I also dont think we will see a mobile version of G5 (G5 as in ibm 970 series) at WWDC or ever, it just wasnt designed for laptops. Maybe motorola will surprise everyone and release the new low power dual core chips but I doubt it. Another thing that pops in my mind is the CELL and/or the PPE of the CELL but I think its too early for that (but who really knows)...
Last but not least, about Intel and its "collaboration" with Apple, even if they are in fact on the same boat, its probably Intel making PPC chips and definately not Apple switching to x86...
Last but not least, about Intel and its "collaboration" with Apple, even if they are in fact on the same boat, its probably Intel making PPC chips and definately not Apple switching to x86...
Interesting thoughts, and I agree. If PC companies have been able to do it, Apple should have been able to do it ages ago. I, too, will be using my credit card this June on a new computer, and if Apple gets their act together and updates their laptops, my money will be their money.0092762 said:
mandis said:
I never had a problem with illustrator!? If you wanna do big complicated 3d modelling perhaps your money would have been better spent on a powermac than on a laptop...
back on topic: oh yes - something revolutionary with a tablet would be nice
but I am also one of those who suspects that there won't be much coming out... hope I'm wrong.A
I'm expecting a product announcement/upgrade and some extensions to what's already here today. QuickTime 7 for Windows should come out at WWDC so that h.264 use can be spread worldwide. This'll allow Apple to provide a stream of the keynote afterwards and get some huge numbers for the number of downloads for their Paris keynote. We'll see some cool demos from other companies that are utilizing the new technology in Tiger, and perhaps a nice surprise announcement upgrade.
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Prom1 said:
They all already do!
All I want, Steve, is a 13.3" widescreen Powerbook, with a nice high resolution, a better gfx card and dual layer DVD±RW... oh, a nice dual core
oh, and iSight2.
And iPod 5Gs....
And a 17" Display....
And a Mac Mini 2.......
For the first time in about 8 months of speculation of pre-product releases, this is the first time we all seem to be entirely clueless!
Ive got the goods on the latest mac updates from some "insiders"
The new powermac will have quad intel dual core celerons rated at fifty megahertz a core.
The new powerbook will incorperate a nifty new technology called pentium three and MMX...clocks expected to start at 33mhz
all the rest of apple's hardware and software production and R and D will be haulted immediatly so that microsoft's eventual takeover is a smooth transition.
The new powermac will have quad intel dual core celerons rated at fifty megahertz a core.
The new powerbook will incorperate a nifty new technology called pentium three and MMX...clocks expected to start at 33mhz
all the rest of apple's hardware and software production and R and D will be haulted immediatly so that microsoft's eventual takeover is a smooth transition.