Earlier MWSF keynote = more new hardware
MacCentral announced this morning that Steve Jobs' MWSF keynote will take place <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0112/12.keynote.php" target="_blank">a day earlier</a> than usual, on January 7 at 9am PST. Do you guys think that the keynote is a day earlier to give Jobs more time to introduce new hardware and so that there's one more day to fondle over all the new toys?
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G5 PowerMacs at 1.2, 1.4, and 1.6GHz on a 400MHz bus.
LCD iMac with G4 at 1GHz throughout the line.
PowerBook G4 bumped to 733MHz and 1GHz.
iBook bumped to 100MHz bus and 750MHz.
This expo will be so spectacular, people will faint in the aisle.
<strong>Hopefully the keynote is "Amelio Long" but not "Amelio Boring"!</strong><hr></blockquote>
I just had a look at the event site and Steve's keynote is scheduled to be <a href="http://www.macworldexpo.com/expo/keynotes/index.shtml" target="_blank">2.5 hours long</a>. I know it's gone up to two hours in recent years, but from what I remember that was always "overtime", i.e. not anticipated in the official program.
Anyway, I bet that Jobs was invited to a golf tournament for a friend's birthday, or had to be at an important meeting in his Pixar capacity, on that Tuesday and decided that moving up the keynote with four weeks' notice was ok.
Escher
"We're working hard to make this January's Macworld the most exciting ever"
... and you get the possibility for a very big show. I have visions of G5 PowerMacs and G4 iMacs dancing in my head. I must struggle to remain pessimistic.
<strong>This expo will be so spectacular, people will faint in the aisle.</strong><hr></blockquote>
January 7 will change our life. It will be remebered in history as the day that changed this whole f*cking world.
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January 7 will change our life. It will be remebered in history as the day that changed this whole f*cking world.</strong><hr></blockquote>
Or we are left so disappointed there is no point carrying on anymore...
hmmmmm
Remember at past Keynotes we had a lot of stories the day before from people who were working at other booths and snuck over to the Apple booth to get a looksie? Well, Apple doesn't even have to start setting up now until Monday at 12pm....AFTER the keynote. Maybe Steve is doing this to really keep a wrap on things.
Maybe this WILL be the most exciting MacWorld ever. Ok Ok, I need to calm down....don't want to get my hopes up too much.
I hope they show they Keynote at the Apple Marketcenter in NY so I can see it live
Gotta have a webcast...!
<strong>Well, Apple doesn't even have to start setting up now until Monday at 12pm....AFTER the keynote. Maybe Steve is doing this to really keep a wrap on things.
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Willoughby: Now that's a good and very rational explanation. Once you start moving around tons of new hardware on the expo floor, it's really tough to keep up the secrecy. Once too many eyes have seen the goods, even the thick black curtains don't help. Making the official announcement at the keynote before you bring in the hardware is the logical way to preempt last-minute leaks. I look forward to a true surprise at this Expo.
Escher
Stevo knows that MWSF is too important an event to be messing with the keynote for any trivial reasons.
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The (brief) article is in French.
OK, so I guess, we _will_ see two new machines: a new iMac and a new Desktop.
Oh yes, and Photoshop, I guess...
<strong>According to French site MacPlus, <a href="http://www.macplus.net/Actu/1201/12/17.shtml" target="_blank">two new PowerBook models are coming</a>:</strong><hr></blockquote>
It's interesting to see how many good rumors and leaks have come through non-US sites recently, most notably Macworld UK (or was it Mac User UK?).
I wonder whether the MacGregor who penned the article at MacPlus is the same person that we've seen around here.
Escher
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C.est what our anonymous advisor has just sent to us a few minutes ago. APPLE would have thus to decide d.annoncer two new PowerBook, which would be characterized only by l.integration out of standard from the reader Combo CDRW-DVD instead of only reader DVD. It will thus have been necessary for Apple a few weeks to manage to produce a model " Slot-in " which takes seat in the specific design of TiBook. Nothing exciting good, but c.est an improvement well sympathetic nerve if it is confirmed. Obviously this update will have to be imminent. possibly: -) " M8622F/A: PWB 550Mhz / CDRW-DVD / 256MO " " M8623F/A: PWB 667Mhz / CDRW-DVD / 512MO "
There are going to be an enormus number of people at the exhibition on the 7th who would not otherwise see the product if the keynote was held on the 8th.
It makes perfect sense to move the date and I would not read anything more into it than that.
Keep it logical.
Ah no. There is more to read into.