Apple to celebrate Steve Jobs' birthday with release of new MacBook Pros
Bundled packages of MacBook Pros reportedly being delivered to resellers and Apple Stores are set to be unwrapped for Steve Jobs' birthday, AppleInsider can confirm.Â*
Jobs, Apple's co-founder and chief executive, turns 56 on February 24. And all signs from within the company suggest that it will use that day -- a Thursday as opposed to the traditional Tuesday -- to unveil the new notebooks, according to people familiar with the matter.
That's the same day previously reported by MacRumors as being 'reliably confirmed' as the expected ship date for the new models.Â*It was previously presumed that this coming Thursday was chosen because it was the earliest possible date Apple could facilitate the much needed MacBook Pro refresh, but chatter from within the company now suggests the timing is intentional.
That date also harmonizes with an earlier report which stated Apple was accelerating its MacBook Pro update, originally expected in early March, for an earlier launch date in late February.Â*
Apple has reportedly advised some of its partners that it may begin shipping sealed packages to stores ahead of a formal announcement, and that those partners are under strict warnings not to open or examine their contents under threat of having their licenses to sell the company's products revoked if they do.Â*
Supplies of the company's high end notebooks have become greatly constrained in anticipation of the launch.Â*
Last year, Apple noted that February 24 marked the 10 billionth song sale in iTunes, a key measure of success for a strategy closely linked to Jobs' efforts to revolutionize the sale distribution of music over the last decade in conjunction with the iPod. However, the company did not call public attention to the birthday of its co-founder and chief executive.Â*
Apple's annual shareholder meetings have also coincided with or near Jobs' birthday, which resulted in shareholders once toasting the executive with the singing of the Happy Birthday anthem. That was done at the suggestion of an attendee, however, and was not led by company representatives themselves.Â*
This year, Apple's shareholder meeting is scheduled for February 23, the day before Jobs' birthday and the expected release date of the new MacBook Pros. While Jobs has largely remained very private about his own history and personal details, including his heath, the company may wish to honor him given his reduced role at Apple during his existing medical leave.
Over the last decade, Jobs has battled pancreatic cancer, undergoing surgery, additional therapy in Switzerland, and finally a liver transplant, procedures that left him appearing physically frail even as he continued to revolutionize the markets for music, smartphones, mobile software, tablets and highly mobile notebooks.
Last week, Jobs met with President Obama among a group of Silicon Valley leaders, but his condition has also been the subject of reports that indicate he has returned to the Stanford Cancer Center, ostensibly for a new round of treatments.
Jobs, Apple's co-founder and chief executive, turns 56 on February 24. And all signs from within the company suggest that it will use that day -- a Thursday as opposed to the traditional Tuesday -- to unveil the new notebooks, according to people familiar with the matter.
That's the same day previously reported by MacRumors as being 'reliably confirmed' as the expected ship date for the new models.Â*It was previously presumed that this coming Thursday was chosen because it was the earliest possible date Apple could facilitate the much needed MacBook Pro refresh, but chatter from within the company now suggests the timing is intentional.
That date also harmonizes with an earlier report which stated Apple was accelerating its MacBook Pro update, originally expected in early March, for an earlier launch date in late February.Â*
Apple has reportedly advised some of its partners that it may begin shipping sealed packages to stores ahead of a formal announcement, and that those partners are under strict warnings not to open or examine their contents under threat of having their licenses to sell the company's products revoked if they do.Â*
Supplies of the company's high end notebooks have become greatly constrained in anticipation of the launch.Â*
Last year, Apple noted that February 24 marked the 10 billionth song sale in iTunes, a key measure of success for a strategy closely linked to Jobs' efforts to revolutionize the sale distribution of music over the last decade in conjunction with the iPod. However, the company did not call public attention to the birthday of its co-founder and chief executive.Â*
Apple's annual shareholder meetings have also coincided with or near Jobs' birthday, which resulted in shareholders once toasting the executive with the singing of the Happy Birthday anthem. That was done at the suggestion of an attendee, however, and was not led by company representatives themselves.Â*
This year, Apple's shareholder meeting is scheduled for February 23, the day before Jobs' birthday and the expected release date of the new MacBook Pros. While Jobs has largely remained very private about his own history and personal details, including his heath, the company may wish to honor him given his reduced role at Apple during his existing medical leave.
Over the last decade, Jobs has battled pancreatic cancer, undergoing surgery, additional therapy in Switzerland, and finally a liver transplant, procedures that left him appearing physically frail even as he continued to revolutionize the markets for music, smartphones, mobile software, tablets and highly mobile notebooks.
Last week, Jobs met with President Obama among a group of Silicon Valley leaders, but his condition has also been the subject of reports that indicate he has returned to the Stanford Cancer Center, ostensibly for a new round of treatments.
Comments
Once again shall be sucking all the air out of the room with this one if its true
*patent pending...
Happy early b-day Steve. Let's hope you have a few more.
I hope for a lot more.
Happy B-Day Steve.
Your products bring joy everyday.
It should be interesting to see exactly what these look like and cost. I won't be getting one (set for now), but I always like to ogle the hardware, regardless.
Can't wait, but it also gives an indication of how big the guy's ego is.
He's accomplished more in one lifetime than you would in a thousand. Now, tell me more about "HIS" ego problems.
He's accomplished more in one lifetime than you would in a thousand. Now, tell me more about "HIS" ego problems.
Can you prove that statement? No matter what he has accomplished Jobs is a highly narcissistic person with excessive control issues. Wait until his birthday to release new products...oh my!
He's accomplished more in one lifetime than you would in a thousand. Now, tell me more about "HIS" ego problems.
Snap!
Ironic because thats the day the Xoom comes out xD
Which makes an iPad announcement a little more logical.
I really can't see the sending out stuff marked like that and basically screaming 'steal us'
What makes sense to me is live stream the MBP's shipping early next week (order online now)
AND
Announcing a rocking new iPad 2 that starts orders etc in a couple of weeks, first of April, whatever. If they really are going GSM and CDMA in the same unit it would probably have to clear the FCC, so it would leak then. Which Steve abhors
He's accomplished more in one lifetime than you would in a thousand. Now, tell me more about "HIS" ego problems.
Back off man. No one said "problem" till your post came along. Ego:I:Self
That said, Mr. Jobs should have a huge sense of Self. I believe he's the man.
Can you prove that statement? No matter what he has accomplished Jobs is a highly narcissistic person with excessive control issues. Wait until his birthday to release new products...oh my!
I agree completely. How arrogant of him to have a product release coincide with the new processors, chipsets, and bi-annual update cycle they've been using for the last four years.
The rolleyes is implied.
(Just ignore the losers, folks).