We're gonna party like it's 1998!

geezer1geezer1
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in Future Apple Hardware edited January 2014
Remember how exciting it was to be a Mac buyer in 1998 - iMac, USB, G3s for everyone. I think come Jan, the excitement is coming back, EVERYTHING is being upgraded, because the whole lineup is being discounted now one way or another. I think it's a case of AltiVec for everyone - G4 in iMac and iBook, G5 in towers, not sure about PB. Faster G4 probably, assuming the heat of G5. If I'm right, I'll get an iBook. Apple has got to realize peeps don't want G3s anymore. There's even software now that won't run on them (like the AE color plugins from Synthetic Aperture). Time's up for G3. Am I right or am I right? :cool:

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  • Reply 1 of 13
    daverdaver Posts: 496member
    If you're right, 2002 is going to be another fantastic year for us Mac folk.



    Come on though, don't you think 1999 was better than '98? iBooks, G4 and iMac DV! :cool:
  • Reply 2 of 13
    geezer1geezer1 Posts: 44member
    1999? Oh, you mean Toilet Seats (iBook Mk I), Segregation (G4 vs. G3) and iMac DVs with a DV codec the consistency of mud.... No I'd say 2000 was better - QT 5 fixing DV, FCP improved at v. 1.2.5, G4s finally shipping at advertise speeds (who remembers THAT fiasco...).



    But hey I don't wanna be a party pooper, I had a great 1999 too, was going out with a girl that had blonde highlites in her hair.... those were the days...
  • Reply 3 of 13
    tigerwoods99tigerwoods99 Posts: 2,633member
    The iBook won't get a G4 for a while, no matter what happens. The new IBM Sahara G3 is a sweet little chip though.
  • Reply 4 of 13
    daverdaver Posts: 496member
    Methinks TigerWoods is right.
  • Reply 5 of 13
    emaneman Posts: 7,204member
    TigerWoods is definately right.



    I hope that 2002 is like 1998. Because of everything that was going on then, especially the iMac, I got really interested in Macs and wanted my own and finally in early '99 I got my iMac.
  • Reply 6 of 13
    tigerwoods99tigerwoods99 Posts: 2,633member
    For one thing I haven't been this excited about Macs since the iMac and G3. Something big has to be up........just look around and tell me that it's not.
  • Reply 7 of 13
    geezer1geezer1 Posts: 44member
    I'm willing to bet that the iBook gets the G4, I think Apple knows running X on G3 is a dead end. And if iMac is G4, who's gonna buy iBooks? Makes no sense to me. But then I said that when Dubya won almost exactly a year ago, so I could be wrong!



    Whatever, it gonna be a great MW, is all that matters. Peace to all this Xmas! <img src="graemlins/smokin.gif" border="0" alt="[Chilling]" />
  • Reply 8 of 13
    amidalaamidala Posts: 82member
    2001 (DVD SP, iDVD, iMovie 2, DP G4s, FCP2...FCP3!)



    Flat panel displays.



    Andrew
  • Reply 9 of 13
    tarbashtarbash Posts: 278member
    Um, I dunno what that 2001 post was referring to, but this year has had a lot more highlights than that.



    Like next gen iBooks, iDVD (1&2), iTunes (1&2), DVD SP, FCP 3, Mac OS X (10.0 and 10.1), TiBook, standardization on CD-RW, iPod, and if you want, count the Quicksilver G4s.

    I'm sure I missed something, but this has been one hell of a year.

    2002 will be the best yet tho....
  • Reply 10 of 13
    logan calelogan cale Posts: 1,281member
    You forgot the PowerBook G4.
  • Reply 11 of 13
    michael greymichael grey Posts: 384member
    Ah yes...1998. The economy was booming, the Internet was hot, computer sales were skyrocketing and Wall Street was throwing money at any company with a lowercase 'e' on the front or'.com' on the back.



    Alas, 2002 finds us in the midst of a recession. Consumer confidence is down, unemployment is way up and longstanding technolgy companies are folding up and fading away.



    I'm not trying to rain on anyone's parade here, but we have to face facts. We're not living in 1998 anymore and Apple needs to do what it takes to stay healthy. Sure, I'd love to see a completly updated product line, but not at the cost of fiscal solvency. Apple is already taking some risks this year with the iPod and the retail stores.



    Timing is everything. I'd like to see Apple introduce new and upgraded products when there is a market for them rather then blowing its load and paying the price at the end of the year.
  • Reply 12 of 13
    codenamecodename Posts: 57member
    [quote]Originally posted by Michael Grey:

    <strong>Ah yes...1998. The economy was booming, the Internet was hot, computer sales were skyrocketing and Wall Street was throwing money at any company with a lowercase 'e' on the front or'.com' on the back.



    Alas, 2002 finds us in the midst of a recession. Consumer confidence is down, unemployment is way up and longstanding technolgy companies are folding up and fading away.



    I'm not trying to rain on anyone's parade here, but we have to face facts. We're not living in 1998 anymore and Apple needs to do what it takes to stay healthy. Sure, I'd love to see a completly updated product line, but not at the cost of fiscal solvency. Apple is already taking some risks this year with the iPod and the retail stores.

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    I agree. The golden age of the Clinton era is over. We must face the facts and live under the post-911 Bush era.
  • Reply 13 of 13
    cdhostagecdhostage Posts: 1,038member
    Tigerwoods is the man!



    2002 should be a very good year.
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