WWDC Banners Begin Going Up at Moscone Center Ahead of Monday's Keynote

[Ralf The Dog]

This is a radical prediction. I am sorry if I offend someone. Those squares look quite a bit like pixels. Write the code, change the world sounds like they are talking about software. I know this is pushing it, but I think, they may be talking about computers.


The odds are good that any hardware they announce will be a new development platform. I think the odds of a new Apple TV that runs apps (APPle TV?) has better odds. An iWatch would require apps in one way or another, so it has a decent chance. The odds of a new laptop or Mac Mini are low.

 

[Moonjumper]

I honestly don't see this as a good idea. ARM is meant to power mobile devices, not full blown desktop OSes. That's why Microsoft made Windows RT because Windows 8 couldn't run on ARM. If Apple did that, it would be iOS with a few more OS X features.

Btw... does anyone say the X in OS X as "X" or 10? I usually just say "X", not sure if anyone else does that...

ARM started on the desktop, and may yet return. AMD are looking at using ARM in servers. What something is, and what it can be, are not the same.

 

[Bhatu]

printf( "save the world" ) ;

 

[4God]

This is exciting!

I'm willing to bet though, that "Write the code. Change the world" doesn't refer to iOS or OS X, instead it refers to a new line of software being announced, where devs will be able to code for it.

I think you're half right. How 'bout a new line of software for OSX on ARM???

 

[mdridwan47]

Half Life 3 confirmed. Exclusive to iWatch.

Praise Lord GabeN.

 

[Gamer9430]

The odds of a new laptop or Mac Mini are low.

I disagree... Apple has updated their MacBook Pro's every time at WWDC for the past 2 years. Mac Mini needs a refresh because Apple has refreshed every version of a Mac accept that one in the last 2 years. iMacs, MacBooks, and even the Mac Pro have been updated, so I think that the Mac Mini deserves some love as well.

 

[mabhatter]

In regards to the inevitable 'covered' banners, do you think the guys putting them up know what's on them? Or is it a case of, "here's a banner covered in black cloth...attach it to the roof without looking at it please?"

There's plenty of "Caulk" on the floor to mop up after them of they were to "leak"... I mean Peak.

Actually, they are just not allowed off the premises or electronic contact until Monday morning... They have little mini glass Apple cubes for the workers to sleep in. </sarcasm>

 

[MrLoL]

It would be so AMAZING if someone streamed live from over there

 

[Miabifilms]

Save the cheerleader. Write the code.

 

[Gamer9430]

ARM started on the desktop, and may yet return. AMD are looking at using ARM in servers. What something is, and what it can be, are not the same.

Really? I had no idea... I always though AMD invented ARM to use with mobile devices, and that is why nearly every one of them uses ARM as the processor. Thanks for sharing that!

 

[swingerofbirch]

Apple does nothing by chance. Nothing is a mistake (except for all the bugs).

Look at the slogan more closely:

Write the code. Change the world.

If this is turned into an initialism, it forms a perfect palindrome—a mirror image:

WTC-CTW

It's the same backward and forward.

Jonny Ive has been working toward that place of absolute perfection, that place of obviousness, where everything but the essence of a product disappears. But until now, there has been a missing piece. He finally "figgered out a way" (as he would put it), to make Apple's products the same backward and forward in a revolutionary new process.

I for one will not be able to sleep.

 

[4God]

I honestly don't see this as a good idea. ARM is meant to power mobile devices, not full blown desktop OSes.....

You're thinking of the current known A7. How about what might be under wraps like a multicore A8 or A9 that could run circles around an A7. Enough to easily power OSX 10.10.

 

[bushido]

An iWatch would require apps in one way or another, so it has a decent chance. The odds of a new laptop or Mac Mini are low.

i wouldnt be surprised if its only running apps approved via closed partnerships like nike and other obvious choices in the first gen.

 

[Gamer9430]

It would be so AMAZING if someone streamed live from over there

Exactly! Maybe someone will read this and do that.

 

[justperry]

I honestly don't see this as a good idea. ARM is meant to power mobile devices, not full blown desktop OSes. That's why Microsoft made Windows RT because Windows 8 couldn't run on ARM. If Apple did that, it would be iOS with a few more OS X features.

Btw... does anyone say the X in OS X as "X" or 10? I usually just say "X", not sure if anyone else does that...

Actually I do agree with you, the cool emoticon wasn't the best to choose.
OS X on arm for low power users might be enough but not for people who do more than just surf the web and use Facebook.
I could see a Macbook Air running OS X (10) on ARM.

 

[Tiger8]

All the workers are wearing maroon shirts...This means something

LOL... maybe it means they work for the same (sub)contracting company?

 

[Ralf The Dog]

I disagree... Apple has updated their MacBook Pro's every time at WWDC for the past 2 years. Mac Mini needs a refresh because Apple has refreshed every version of a Mac accept that one in the last 2 years. iMacs, MacBooks, and even the Mac Pro have been updated, so I think that the Mac Mini deserves some love as well.

Programmers are professionals. (At a minimum, professional programmers are.) Macbook Pro's are professional products. The Mac Pro is definitively a pro product. I don't see many professionals using a Mac Mini. (Perhaps if they are very short.)

 

[4God]

Apple does nothing by chance. Nothing is a mistake (except for all the bugs).

Look at the slogan more closely:

Write the code. Change the world.

If this is turned into an initialism, it forms a perfect palindrome—a mirror image:

WTC-CTW

It's the same backward and forward.

Jonny Ive has been working toward that place of absolute perfection, that place of obviousness, where everything but the essence of a product disappears. But until now, there has been a missing piece. He finally "figgered out a way" (as he would put it), to make Apple's products the same backward and forward in a revolutionary new process.

I for one will not be able to sleep.

Good point. I'm very anxious as well.

 

[imansf]

Print Vendor

Does anyone know who Apple uses to print all their graphics for the WWDC. Banners, and stuff?

 

[Gamer9430]

You're thinking of the current known A7. How about what might be under wraps like a multicore A8 or A9 that could run circles around an A7. Enough to easily power OSX 10.10.

I guess, but if that is the case, they need to utilize that in iPhones, iPod Touches, and iPads as well.

 

[SchneiderMan]

Such pixels.

 

[newyorkguy]

OS X on ARM.

no, on wrist.

 

[BruiserB]

So, just showing the profile of the top of the Apple logo looks a lot like a heart to me.....Health? Other than that, I can't read anything obvious into it this year.

EDIT: Or this just came to me....Heart-BEAT(S)? (by dre)

 

[Rocketman]

I wonder if they are going to show the historical top 10-20 buyouts from the iOS app community during WWDC14? I suspect the scale of funds involved rivals all iOS developer co-payments.

Rocketman

 

[jrswizzle]

You're thinking of the current known A7. How about what might be under wraps like a multicore A8 or A9 that could run circles around an A7. Enough to easily power OSX 10.10.

Hell, the A7 is already slightly ahead of the Intel Core 2 Duo powering this Dell I'm typing on.....better geekbench scores for the A7.

And nothing on the iPhone or iPad uses the A7 to its full potential. That's why I've been telling people not to fret if Apple doesn't release a NEW 4" iPhone....the 5S will be a powerhouse for quite some time.

I'm sure the A8 is going to be a beast. And will likely power SOMETHING in the Macbook lineup.....(my guess is the Airs move to ARM, the Pros stay Intel).