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WWDC Event Coverage

My approach to minute-by-minute reports

I skip the minute-by-minute reports. I like to sleep in, get up, have some coffee, chat with the wife, play with the kids. Then, at some point, when I have a few free minutes, I sit down at my iMac and check in on all the usual sites to see the news. It's the way I've handled all the past events where huge news was expected and it's quite an effect, especially when there really is big news or announcements. The sudden change is great, to go to bed and awake to find the entire landscape of the land of Apple completely rearranged. I don't think the impact of getting it bit by bit as it unfolds to be quite as amazing, but to each his own.

Either way, I hope tomorrow lives up to everyone's expectations--and not because I particularly care but because I can't deal with yet another week of moping on all the Mac forums. ;)
 
Re: Time time time!

Originally posted by mproud
No.

The event will be live in stores at 10 am Pacific, 12 pm Central time in the US.

When the broadcasted feed will actually begin will all depend on the length of the keynote. 2 hours wouldn't be a bad guess.
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I realised the SF time was wrong so I deleted it.
 
Originally posted by robbieduncan
I don't think your time is correct. It starts at 10am PST. I am pretty certain San Fran is in the PST time zone. So it starts at 5pm GMT. But as it is summer we are currently at GMT+1 so it starts at 6pm. Or around when I get home.
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yeah in the UK the keynote is 6pm - 8pm, i hope the stream is up soon after, because i am going to avoid all news and mac sites before i watch it.
 
I will be at the Miami store with credit card in hand hoping to make a purchase and earn a few thousand airline miles.
 
I think that I'll be waiting for the rebroadcast so i can hear it from Steve. The PowerBook announcement was awesome, listening to the crowd react to the news.
 
I'm assuming....

That we have a team watching for the obligatory..."the Apple store is down" notice on the Apple website.

If it doesn't get closed close to or during the webcast, then we'll get an unfortunate indication that the new wonder machines, aren't shipping tomorrow.

the general emphasis on the speech will surely be Panther first, new hardware second. I have to take a rehearsal at 8pm UK summer time and leave my machine at about 7:30pm, so I'm kind of hoping that he's a little briefer than usual and get's to the powermacs within the first hour!
 
Re: WWDC FINAL PREDICTIONS - THESE ARE FACTS!!!

Originally posted by jbrown
The following will definitely happen straight after the event:

1) Sell my guitar and amp.

2) Sell my Triumph motorcycle

3) remortgage

4) dual-fallout with wife

5) accelerated visits to pawn shop

6) take in fee-paying lodger ( after wife leaves ).

:D :D :D
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What's the Triumph, new or old?
 
Apple Store online....

Just for fun, I just checked the status of products at the US Apple Store online and the US Apple Education Store online. All standard configurations of both the PowerMac G4 and the PowerBook G4 are stated as shipping 'Same Day.'

If history is to repeat itself, it seems that these should say something like 'Shipping 7-10 Days' or something like that.

Maybe they are just messing with us this time? I dunno, it just does not bode well to me.

:confused:

Primalman
 
Originally posted by dabirdwell
or maybe 970s ship today
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I am expecting the PMs to ship today at least in the US, however because of the time difference I will have to wait till tomorrow to get my hands on one. If Apple does release the PMs now then I will be up very early tomorrow and go into london to get one.
 
Re: Re: Re: Steve vs. Steve

Originally posted by mproud
Steve Ballmer. Truly the king of sweat stains.
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Sometimes being a poor speller makes things funny. I read that as:

Steve Balmer truly the king of sweet stains. lol...
 
order delay

I'm still reckoning that the PowerMac G4s will be kept in place for a while reduced in price, as the new ones are going to be significantly more expensive and they'll need something to cover that price range.

People will still want to buy the older models, if they are looking for a lower-grade but still expandable option. So the 0-1-2-3-4 days order time may be telling us nothing about the new range, and this certainly fits with the inside info from my UK reseller.
 
Coverage

Does anyone know of a place I can get up to the minute Apple news on my cruddy cell phone internet browser?
 
Disappointment

I don't know. I have a bad feeling about this. I think something about this keynote is off and is going to be disappointing.

Maybe these boxen aren't going to be all they are cracked up to be, or maybe they just won't be introduced. You know stevie.

But I guess we'll wait and see.
 
Re: I'm assuming....

Originally posted by grouse
That we have a team watching for the obligatory..."the Apple store is down" notice on the Apple website.

If it doesn't get closed close to or during the webcast, then we'll get an unfortunate indication that the new wonder machines, aren't shipping tomorrow.
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More often than not, the store doesn't go down until the end of the keynote, so don't worry if it doesn't go down until then.
 
and like us...

Apple's stock's been yo-yoing a bit this am. Up towards a new high on very heavy ealy trading, in a generally down market...

(in case that tells us anything)
 
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