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WWDC: Leopard Features? Xserves and Mac Pros?

j-huskisson said:
I actually placed my order for a 2gb iMac with the 256mb graphics on the 31st.. They told me I could wait 3 days for just the ram upgrade or 2-4 if I wanted the graphics (they had to order a 20" iMac with the graphics upgraded for some reason).

So i'm personally hoping that 2-4 week delay = the new processor in the iMac.
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Umm... why did you place an order with WWDC and Paris Expo around the corner?
 
j-huskisson said:
So i'm personally hoping that 2-4 week delay = the new processor in the iMac.
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Speaking of which, I just had a strange thing happen in the Belgian online Apple store. I was looking at the bottom line MacBook Pro and trying out options. Then I saw shipping time was 5 days, without any special options.

I went to the U.S. online store and tried the same, but it said 24 hours. So I went back to the Belgian one and now it also said 24 hours.

So 5 days from now, that's the 8th, which is after the keynote. Make of it what you will, but here's to hoping for new MBPs :)

Btw, before anyone asks: I didn't think to make a screenshot.
 
Hi, I haven't been able to follow the threads closely and I was hoping someone could do me a favor and post the expected release date of Leopard. Are people thinking about January or are we talking next summer?

Thanks!
 
Beck446 said:
Hi, I haven't been able to follow the threads closely and I was hoping someone could do me a favor and post the expected release date of Leopard. Are people thinking about January or are we talking next summer?

Thanks!
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The only official word is "late this year to early next year." We'll know more in a few days.
 
Chundles said:
The only official word is "late this year to early next year." We'll know more in a few days.
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officially? Before Vista. :D

j-huskisson said:
Why is no-one here talking about the WDC banner?
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(a) you mean WWDC ;)

(b) there's another thread about it. ;)
 
Hi Guys,

I wanted to get your opinions on something.

Recently, Apple added a whole bunch of free online seminars on it's seminars page (you can get there from the Hot News page).

In a number of the seminar descriptions, they speak about the "awesome power" of the "Power Mac G5 Quad" (which is true), and they keep calling it "new" on more than one occasion (it's close to a year old now).

This is interested to me since there's speculation that the "Mac Pro" will be unveiled at the WWDC (hoping). The release of these seminars, and the fact that they promote the quad and call it "new", means that:
a) They're desperately trying to sell as many of these machines as possible because they haven't sold enough of them and before their Intel counterparts are released, and/or,
b) The new "Mac Pro" quad will not be coming out until the year end - perhaps only a mid-range "Mac Pro" will be unveiled @ the WWDC.

What do you guys think?

Regards,

Filmguy
 
WWDC Banner Revealed?



A picture taken apparently during the setup of WWDC has begun circulating around the mac web. Much of what the banner depicts is nothing new, however some have pointed out that Apple is once again touting 64-bit application development, and the desktop model depicted looks very similar to today's PowerMac G5.

Core Duo (Yonah), currently used in today's iMac, MacBook, MacBook Pro, and Mac Mini computers, is a 32 bit processor whereas Core 2 Duo (Conroe/Merom) and Xeon are 64 bit. A recent page 2 rumor indicated that in addition to a Mac Pro introduction, the MacBook Pro may be updated to include Merom which would leave only Apple's consumer systems with 32 bit processors.

Also of note is that most of Apple's most sensitive banners at events are typically heavily guarded and draped with black cloths until the related announcements are made.
 
On the Apple site "Hot News" page, they call the seminars "events", on the right hand side of the page.
 
filmguy said:
Hi Guys,

I wanted to get your opinions on something.

Recently, Apple added a whole bunch of free online seminars on it's seminars page (you can get there from the Hot News page).

In a number of the seminar descriptions, they speak about the "awesome power" of the "Power Mac G5 Quad" (which is true), and they keep calling it "new" on more than one occasion (it's close to a year old now).

This is interested to me since there's speculation that the "Mac Pro" will be unveiled at the WWDC (hoping). The release of these seminars, and the fact that they promote the quad and call it "new", means that:
a) They're desperately trying to sell as many of these machines as possible because they haven't sold enough of them and before their Intel counterparts are released, and/or,
b) The new "Mac Pro" quad will not be coming out until the year end - perhaps only a mid-range "Mac Pro" will be unveiled @ the WWDC.

What do you guys think?

Regards,

Filmguy
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Those seminars come up periodically. I think they're just on an automatic reload when it comes to the right time.

Apple won't give anything away before an event, especially not days before. The best leaks come a few hours before the event kicks off.
 
filmguy said:
In a number of the seminar descriptions, they speak about the "awesome power" of the "Power Mac G5 Quad" (which is true), and they keep calling it "new" on more than one occasion (it's close to a year old now).
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I know what you are talking about. That video has been around since the Quad came out, they'll take it off once it's replacement comes. They aren't going to re-shoot the seminar videos and say the "1 year old Quad" or change the description. In the next few weeks, pending a Mac Pro release, we will see some new seminar descriptions talking about our Quad Intel Mac Pro's.
 
Chundles said:
Those seminars come up periodically. I think they're just on an automatic reload when it comes to the right time.

Apple won't give anything away before an event, especially not days before. The best leaks come a few hours before the event kicks off.
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Cheers for the quick reply. You have a good point.

I'm desperate for a new "Mac Pro" (like some others) and so I'm sepculating a lot these days :) .
 
FF_productions said:
I know what you are talking about. That video has been around since the Quad came out, they'll take it off once it's replacement comes. They aren't going to re-shoot the seminar videos and say the "1 year old Quad" or change the description. In the next few weeks, pending a Mac Pro release, we will see some new seminar descriptions talking about our Quad Intel Mac Pro's.
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Here's hoping. Cheers.
 
Wow, those Digg comments (re the banner photo) have a lot of wasted hopes :D Joysticks? Backlit MacBook non-Pros? Nano playing video? 64-bit image means ALL Macs are now 64-bit? No, none of the above.

All I see NEW there is:

* A black X and Leopard print on the Leopard DVD. Not bad looking.

* Some slogan about making OS X the "dominant platform" maybe? Nice to have something to shoot for ;)

And I see the old tower, which suggests no new case design. (But a collage of products that includes some past or soon-to-be-retired ones isn't 100% impossible at a developer event.)
 
Virtual Desktops

I certainly hope that Virtual Desktops make their way into this version of OS X. This is one of the biggest features I'm surprised that never made it in, considering that pretty much every other distribution of UNIX/Linux I've ever seen has a virtual desktop manager.

I don't know where the 'new monitor' rumor is coming from since I'm not seeing anything mentioned in the original post, but I wouldn't be surprised to see new monitors with a built in iSight, so pretty much all Macs can have a camera along with them. Will it also have a built-in microphone?
 
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