WWDC 2005 was a major disappointment!

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(23) Why are the new powerbooks with a new form factor and new design and new everything STILL SO HOT!!!

or

(24) Why are the new powerbooks so cold!? I want my TOASTED NUTS, not frozen ice cubes!

 

[Dr. Dastardly]

(25) The new Powerbook G5s dont even come with free burn cream.

Powermacs still not at 3 ghz. I NEED my 300 mhz boost to be able to work in negative time.

 

[javiercr]

well apple, just upgrade the graphics cards then! one of those liquid metal cooled ones and most of the complains would go away.

actually, i have a new one, make Ipod, PBs and IBook more SCRATCH RESISTANT , like mobile phones, mini discs etc etc

 

[GFLPraxis]

I was going to actually make a post about this. I have never seen ANY thread, no matter how good the news, EVER go without someone rating it negative.


G5 gets faster? Well, now the PowerBooks get slower! Faster G5s are bad news!

PowerBooks get newer, better hardware? No G5! PowerBooks with newer hardware is bad news!

sigh...

 

[law guy]

Charting the MR mood

I do agree, where did all the negative energy suddenly come from? About 2 or 3 years ago everyone was happy... Did the introduction of the G5 do this to ya'll or something? sheesh...

I recall a "happy" period after the 12 and 17 PB in 2003. But then it took a long time for those to ship. Less happy. Where's the 15 Alum? Less happy. 15 Alum. Happy, except for the recent TiBook owners. Then folks were talking about how all they had were PM G4s compared to dual 3.whatever Xeon workstations with $1600 FireGL graphics card options from Dell. The PM in June of that year quelled that a bit.
So the HARDWARE happy points seem like peaks between valleys if we chart it. The biggest valleys are probably when expectations are high and the announcements are things like new versions of Quicktime or iPod colors.

 

[Duff-Man]

Duff-Man says...and don't forget to mention the countless duplicate threads produced for each and every item that did and did not appear at the show....oh yeah!

 

[Orlando Furioso]

Duff-Man says...and don't forget to mention the countless duplicate threads produced for each and every item that did and did not appear at the show....oh yeah!

yet people will be back for more! =)

 

[chatin]

Expect Jobs to focus on software at a software development conference.

I was at a mac store today (it shall go unamed to protect the innocent, or not so innocent) and was able to get my website up on the BIG store screen before an employee politely informed me that "sir, that machine is for store use only!"

They were taking 1.5 hours to upgrade my mac mini to wireless - so sue me!

1) Anyway, I predict that Jobs will say, "thirty years ago" in the keynote.

2) Will pound the table on Tiger vs. Longhaul.

3) Will say that 2005 is the year of HD (even though that Sony HD cam hasn't dropped $1 in price since SF Macworld!)

4) Will announce that Intel processors are shipping in some Mac models starting Q3!

 

[chatin]

Your read it in the above post last night, one day ahead of everyone else.

Your read it on macrumors first in my above post... Yes, Apple is swtiching to Intel for one reason - market share.

The dual cores and giveaway prices to Dell have forced Jobs hand. The WWDC keynote should be one hot ticket! 🙄

 

[jsw]

Your read it on macrumors first in my post above Yes, Apple is swtiching to Intel for one reason - market share.

The dual cores and giveaway prices to Dell have forced Jobs hand. The WWDC keynote should be one hot ticket! 🙄

It's only a really big deal if it's not an Intel PPC. Otherwise, it'd be interesting news but no biggie. Regardless, of course, people will complain if they do - or don't - switch to Intel, and, if they switch, if they do - or don't - use a non-PPC chip.