WWDC 2006 Expectations

[JRM PowerPod]

Whats the normal run of events?

3 split up segments and then one more thing

Here is what i reckon

1) Intel transition
blah blah blah, it has been quick, painless developers, developers developers. Everyone has been receptive except $#%#@@! Adobe
Intel keep giving us the chips
today we update MBP and iMac to core 2 duo

2)Talking about tranistion there are 2 products which haven't yet been transistioned
PowerMac > Mac Pro
Xserve > Xserve? Mac Serve?

Mac Pro has 3 configs
Best - Dual Xeon, 1GB 500GB 256X1800 $3299
Better - Core 2 Duo 2.93ghz 1GB 500gb 256mb X1600 $2499
Good - Core 2 Duo 2.6 1GB 250gb 256mb X1600 $1999

Xserves - All Xeons, dah

3) Leopard talk

4) One more thing
Candidates: iPhone, iPod, New Screens (may be intro'd with Mac Pro's) what ever else there could be

 

[blakbyrd]

My predictions:

• Mac Pro and updated MacBook Pro
• Intel-based Xserve
• Preview of Mac OS X Leopard (10.5)
• Update on iTunes and iPod sales (and Nike promotion)
• Updated iTunes and Quicktime

Maybe:

• Updated iPod product
• New product

🙂

 

[Glen Quagmire]

My predictions:

* general update on how stuff is going.
* quick demo of some new development tools.
* preview of Leopard (with DVDs available to attendees).
* Mac Pro.

Possibly:

* XServe.
* New Cinema displays.

Unlikely:

* A new model Mac that slots between the iMac and Mac Pro.

 

[Chris Bangle]

i predict something cube shaped

 

[Josias]

I'd kill for this!!! I hate osx msn messenger 🙁!

True, and if you wanna use your iSight for other than PhotoBooth, and have videochat over MSN, you will need something even worse called aMSN, found it in a MR guide...😛

Can Adium do videchat to MSN? (with audio! There's no audio on the videochat's in aMSN😡 😛 )

 

[bense27]

i predict something cube shaped

to match their new store🙂

 

[blakbyrd]

Can Adium do videchat to MSN? (with audio! There's no audio on the videochat's in aMSN😡 😛 )

You can't do video or audio chat with Adium, and won't be able to for a year or two at least. 🙁

I'm just hoping for some official support sooner or later with iChat or the official standalone clients. 🙂

 

[treysmay]

Whats the normal run of events?

3 split up segments and then one more thing

Here is what i reckon

1) Intel transition
blah blah blah, it has been quick, painless developers, developers developers. Everyone has been receptive except $#%#@@! Adobe
Intel keep giving us the chips
today we update MBP and iMac to core 2 duo

2)Talking about tranistion there are 2 products which haven't yet been transistioned
PowerMac > Mac Pro
Xserve > Xserve? Mac Serve?

Mac Pro has 3 configs
Best - Dual Xeon, 1GB 500GB 256X1800 $3299
Better - Core 2 Duo 2.93ghz 1GB 500gb 256mb X1600 $2499
Good - Core 2 Duo 2.6 1GB 250gb 256mb X1600 $1999

Xserves - All Xeons, dah

3) Leopard talk

4) One more thing
Candidates: iPhone, iPod, New Screens (may be intro'd with Mac Pro's) what ever else there could be

I completely second that.

 

[iMacZealot]

Whats the normal run of events?

3 split up segments and then one more thing

Here is what i reckon

1) Intel transition
blah blah blah, it has been quick, painless developers, developers developers. Everyone has been receptive except $#%#@@! Adobe
Intel keep giving us the chips
today we update MBP and iMac to core 2 duo

2)Talking about tranistion there are 2 products which haven't yet been transistioned
PowerMac > Mac Pro
Xserve > Xserve? Mac Serve?

Mac Pro has 3 configs
Best - Dual Xeon, 1GB 500GB 256X1800 $3299
Better - Core 2 Duo 2.93ghz 1GB 500gb 256mb X1600 $2499
Good - Core 2 Duo 2.6 1GB 250gb 256mb X1600 $1999

Xserves - All Xeons, dah

3) Leopard talk

4) One more thing
Candidates: iPhone, iPod, New Screens (may be intro'd with Mac Pro's) what ever else there could be

I agree with a lot of this, but I think most of it will be Leopard and the "one more thing" may be in a different spot. If the new product is a screen, it will go along with the ProMac. If it is, however, somehow integrated/featured in Leopard, it will most likely come at the end, but I doubt we'd see the iPhone tomorrow because it has nothing to do with developers and I doubt a new iPod will debut for another month or two (as usual) unless if it had some new feature in Leopard.

Also, quite honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if they announced that Leopard will be coming pretty early (sometime maybe in november/december.) It's happened before.

Bottom line: most of it will be a preview of Leopard; basically it will be a rerun of WWDC 2004: new displays, new ProMacs, new OS.

 

[Spanna]

If new monitors are introduced with built in isights, does this mean Apple will discontinue the standalone isight as all macs will now come with built in isights ? (presuming you buy Apples monitor)

 

[netdog]

Whats the normal run of events?

3 split up segments and then one more thing

Here is what i reckon

1) Intel transition
blah blah blah, it has been quick, painless developers, developers developers. Everyone has been receptive except $#%#@@! Adobe
Intel keep giving us the chips
today we update MBP and iMac to core 2 duo

2)Talking about tranistion there are 2 products which haven't yet been transistioned
PowerMac > Mac Pro
Xserve > Xserve? Mac Serve?

Mac Pro has 3 configs
Best - Dual Xeon, 1GB 500GB 256X1800 $3299
Better - Core 2 Duo 2.93ghz 1GB 500gb 256mb X1600 $2499
Good - Core 2 Duo 2.6 1GB 250gb 256mb X1600 $1999

Xserves - All Xeons, dah

3) Leopard talk

4) One more thing
Candidates: iPhone, iPod, New Screens (may be intro'd with Mac Pro's) what ever else there could be

Strong analysis. I agree. I think there will also be a big surprise in the Leopard talk, if not more than one!

 

[aswitcher]

If new monitors are introduced with built in isights, does this mean Apple will discontinue the standalone isight as all macs will now come with built in isights ? (presuming you buy Apples monitor)

Its certainly possible. I hope though that they upgrade the isight to higher res for pros and include an IR receiver in it. That way I can mount it anywhere around my big TV and dont need my mac visible to use it.

Another possiblity is that they will put out a smaller model designed to be used with an iPod as well turning the ipod into a camera/video camera.

 

[aswitcher]

1) Intel transition
blah blah blah, it has been quick, painless developers, developers developers. Everyone has been receptive except $#%#@@! Adobe
Intel keep giving us the chips
today we update MBP and iMac to core 2 duo

That would be a very solid step, especially if they ship soon.

I hope the iMac has its guts reconfigured to be more accesible like the early G5 was.

Also on the iMac. A wirelesskeyboard and mighty mouse option might be nice.

Also, a 500 HDD upgrade that didn't cost the earth.

A single Gig stick as standard would also be a nice step, even if only for the 20"

2)Talking about tranistion there are 2 products which haven't yet been transistioned
PowerMac > Mac Pro
Xserve > Xserve? Mac Serve?

Mac Pro has 3 configs
Best - Dual Xeon, 1GB 500GB 256X1800 $3299
Better - Core 2 Duo 2.93ghz 1GB 500gb 256mb X1600 $2499
Good - Core 2 Duo 2.6 1GB 250gb 256mb X1600 $1999

Xserves - All Xeons, dah

Seems fairly sound. i would be even happier if the low end was cheaper with slightly less speed and video. I would be immesly happy if its half as thick as the old one and has a verticle slot drive so I can lay it on its side and use it as a multimedia centre. I just wonder then where the ir reception will work(side of the slot like the mini?)

The best should come with 2GB ram as standard. But it should be well priced.

3) Leopard talk

I do wonder if they will do this earlier...

4) One more thing
Candidates: iPhone, iPod, New Screens (may be intro'd with Mac Pro's) what ever else there could be

I think the new screens will appear along side the Mac Pro annoucement -like you suggest.

I think the vibe for me is iPod and iPhone will be Paris, along with videom downloads.

I would really like to see a new wireless Apple Keyboard with dedicated function buttons (multimedia) or a wired one with illumination and even lcd etc.

I wonder if video over new airport expresses with hdmi out would be a goer. Again might be better for Paris or when the 802.11n standard comes out.

 

[shadowx]

Whats the normal run of events?

3 split up segments and then one more thing

Here is what i reckon

1) Intel transition
blah blah blah, it has been quick, painless developers, developers developers. Everyone has been receptive except $#%#@@! Adobe
Intel keep giving us the chips
today we update MBP and iMac to core 2 duo

2)Talking about tranistion there are 2 products which haven't yet been transistioned
PowerMac > Mac Pro
Xserve > Xserve? Mac Serve?

Mac Pro has 3 configs
Best - Dual Xeon, 1GB 500GB 256X1800 $3299
Better - Core 2 Duo 2.93ghz 1GB 500gb 256mb X1600 $2499
Good - Core 2 Duo 2.6 1GB 250gb 256mb X1600 $1999

Xserves - All Xeons, dah

3) Leopard talk

4) One more thing
Candidates: iPhone, iPod, New Screens (may be intro'd with Mac Pro's) what ever else there could be

Mostly agree with you... except I'm thinking x1900GT/XT for the high end... possibly even a FIREGL V5200 (V7200 option?) - after all, these are pro WORKSTATIONS, not desktops. One year ago I would have completely agreed with you (Apple's usual "conservative" GPU choices) - I think times have changed...we'll see🙂

Oh, and just because these products don't exist for the MAC market today doesn't mean they won't starting tomorrow... I also wouldn't discount seeing the nVidia 7600GT and 7900 GT (or even a quadro fx 1500 option w/ OSX drivers) make an appearance in place of the ATI cards...

 

[appletastic]

My predictions

Due to the fact that the airport base station and the isight have been dropped from the apple store in the UK because of euro regulations.. I think these will both receive an update.

So Predication 1
Airport base station with built in dsl modem. To compete with the dlinks and belkins of this world.. I think the most difficult part of using a mac is getting it connected to the net. So it makes sense for apple to have a plug and play adsl modem with all the printer sharing and itunes remote speaker support.

Prediction 2
The continued integration of iSight into the line-up, so I expect to see iSight cinema screens, I also expect to see a 17inch screen to complement the mac mini with a built in iSight. iChat will receive an update with Leopard for VOIP and more integration with everything else.. There maybe a bigger screen, but I don't think this will happen.. There maybe an iSight replacement too which will have a much smaller form factor and will be usb, not firewire.

Prediction 3
No iPod announcements apart from increased sizes for the nano

Prediction 4
New Mac Pros with the same case, but with a slot loading front and bigger HD capacities and maybe more ports on the back. All intel pimped.

Prediction 5
Leopard out before Vista with Steve matching capabilities and blowing vista away...

Thats my pennies worth
Cheers
Jake

 

[onemorething]

anyone think apple will do anything to commemorate the 5 year anniversary of the ipod in october?

 

[ChickenSwartz]

anyone think apple will do anything to commemorate the 5 year anniversary of the ipod in october?

yes

 

[_Matt]

anyone think apple will do anything to commemorate the 5 year anniversary of the ipod in october?

the sixth generation...none touch fullscreen wireless true iPod video... 😱

oh and there's just one more thing...

iPod Inviso 😛

 

[shadowmoses]

How about a new design pro keyboard to go with the new Mac Pro and Displays? I think its due.....

ShadoW

 

[aswitcher]

How about a new design pro keyboard to go with the new Mac Pro and Displays? I think its due.....

ShadoW

Pro-Keyboard would be very interesting.

 

[Josias]

You can't do video or audio chat with Adium, and won't be able to for a year or two at least. 🙁

I'm just hoping for some official support sooner or later with iChat or the official standalone clients. 🙂

How is iChat actually? Ya know? Compared to MSN? I discussed it with someguy yesterday, ironically over MSN😛 , and he said Adium is better... How is the GUI and also userfreindlinesses?🙂

 

[Killyp]

How is iChat actually? Ya know? Compared to MSN? I discussed it with someguy yesterday, ironically over MSN😛 , and he said Adium is better... How is the GUI and also userfreindlinesses?🙂

Personally, I prefer iChat over Adium.

It's a much simpler, cleaner design and it integrates with OS X perfectly.

It's very fast loading, glitch free (pretty much), and video looks fantastic!!!!

I use AIM, and I love it. MSN is terrible in comparison, and AIM on Adium aint as good as AIM on iChat IMO...

 

[shadowmoses]

Personally, I prefer iChat over Adium.

It's a much simpler, cleaner design and it integrates with OS X perfectly.

It's very fast loading, glitch free (pretty much), and video looks fantastic!!!!

I use AIM, and I love it. MSN is terrible in comparison, and AIM on Adium aint as good as AIM on iChat IMO...

I totally agree but the problem is all my freinds are on MSN so i can't use iChat hopefully things will change today though 😉

ShadoW

 

[Chundles]

I totally agree but the problem is all my freinds are on MSN so i can't use iChat hopefully things will change today though 😉

ShadoW

Same here, iChat is basically useless to me until they bring in Messenger (it's not MSN anymore) compatibility.

 

[JoshRtek]

Everyone has been receptive except $#%#@@! Adobe

And Avid. I'm really hoping they have the software ready to go once the new Mac Pros come out (whether it be today, or later). I can't wait to get off my freaking PC.