spoke to my support consultants today, they wouldn't tell me much but i could tell they were excited....what they did say was that they 'have seen the new powermacs' and they told me that 'all the rumors are right, in principle, just not in the details'...annoying huh?!
He did email me later and I was ordering some new stuff and he asked me how much DDR-RAM i'd like, then laughed and got back onto our order....aaaaaaaaahhhh! I can't take anymore!
I love how the topics of these rumors have *confirmed* in their title -- seems to be the trend these days. Except the overuse of this word now makes it impossible for anyone to really believe a guy when he just had lunch with Steve Jobs and got him drunk so he spilled all the beans. Saying something is confirmed from a French site somewhere in the internet ether isn't confirmed.
Oh well. MAD Magazine should do a spoof on all the antics of an Apple rumor forum site, there'd be a lot to go on about!
<strong>I love how the topics of these rumors have *confirmed* in their title -- seems to be the trend these days. Except the overuse of this word now makes it impossible for anyone to really believe a guy when he just had lunch with Steve Jobs and got him drunk so he spilled all the beans. Saying something is confirmed from a French site somewhere in the internet ether isn't confirmed.
Oh well. MAD Magazine should do a spoof on all the antics of an Apple rumor forum site, there'd be a lot to go on about!</strong><hr></blockquote>
Wouldn't Apple want to have an Event for this thing?
because, if there's an event on Tuesday
They forgot to invite people . . .
It would seem a little fishy to me just to release them with no fanfare . . .
I mean, these things are gonna be faster, DDR machines . . .
hmmmm</strong><hr></blockquote>
You call this no fanfare? Granted its not a press announcement or a slick ceremony, but the rumor sites have been slinging this crap around for a good month and a half now! They've got all the 'fanfare' they could possibly want.
Ok, its 6pm on Friday on the west coast - which means one thing and one thing only - I am about to start drinking partying, and I hope to be completely incapacitated until Tuesday, the day the earth stands still, the day we get new PowerMacs.
So, before I slip away into my rock and roll lifestyle I want to say the following:
New PowerMacs this Week! 12th or 13th. With all the indications we've had It is all but confirmed:
- end of crystal clear savings!
- Mysterious change of ship date for Jaguar on some sites
- New SKU numbers at Ingram in the last day which have not been released to retailers
-Ship dates for Current PowerMacs have jumped up to over a week all of a sudden
-Its about damn time
-no press invitations? So frigging what? I don't recall a big event being set up for the LAST PowerMac update.
I'm glad I've waited for this - I want my 333DDR Dual 1.4 Ghz G4 with ugly vents in the front, and I want it Wednesday!
Ok, I'm going to go start drinking... its the weekend and I haven't had a drop for a month. I'll probably be back on the message board this weekend, but hopefully I'll be a good deal drunker and in the middle of a lapdance.
My prediction: the 23rd...just because my horoscope says so.
Really though, it does say that there'll be a "breakthrough announcement" that I'll find on the web on the 23rd. When Apple holds a non-webcasted or non-event to announce something, I usually find-out about what was announced from one of the Mac new sites I visit. I primarily read horoscopes for entertainment, but I thought that this was an interesting coincidence. Of course, some other Apple event could take place on that date besides a PowerMac update (maybe something that relates to Jaguar and/or its pending release?).
Personally, I hope new Powermacs aren't announced on the 23rd and are, instead, announced at around the 13th so that, possibly, I'll have nice, fast Powermacs to play with at QuakeCon (and [secretly] benchmark them while I'm there ; ) . Anybody know of some good, free benchmark programs I could download?
Apple Germany officially has confirmed yesterday they have not enough of the actual PowerMac to fullfill the latest "send in your old mac"-promo. Apple cancelled the contracts which can not be fulfilled.
=> totally shure: new macs are coming - but not when <img src="graemlins/hmmm.gif" border="0" alt="[Hmmm]" />
Wouldn't Apple want to have an Event for this thing?
because, if there's an event on Tuesday
They forgot to invite people . . .
It would seem a little fishy to me just to release them with no fanfare . . .
I mean, these things are gonna be faster, DDR machines . . .
hmmmm</strong><hr></blockquote>
Apple has press events for COMPLETELY NEW products. This powermac may be an impressive upgrade, but that is no reason to drag reporters to a press event. DDR is not press event worthy when you consider how long the pc side has had it for.
[quote] Apple has press events for COMPLETELY NEW products. This powermac may be an impressive upgrade, but that is no reason to drag reporters to a press event. DDR is not press event worthy when you consider how long the pc side has had it for. <hr></blockquote>
Yeah
I was just thinking the same thing.
Oh well, my apprehension has compltely disappearred now anyway - Replaced with excitement!
(and slight disappointment whenI look at my bank account balance )
Also, why have an event when the vast majority of the trageted customers for PowerMacs will hear about it via the web and what not anyway? It's just a waste of money for unused hoopla.
You know, I've been thinking, and this is the first time there has been this level of anticipation for PowerMacs, this level of analysis purporting the future release of PowerMacs. I think we're all going to be disappointed since we all have our heads in the clouds with respect to the advent of new PowerMacs.
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He did email me later and I was ordering some new stuff and he asked me how much DDR-RAM i'd like, then laughed and got back onto our order....aaaaaaaaahhhh! I can't take anymore!
[quote] <hr></blockquote>
Oh well. MAD Magazine should do a spoof on all the antics of an Apple rumor forum site, there'd be a lot to go on about!
<strong>I love how the topics of these rumors have *confirmed* in their title -- seems to be the trend these days. Except the overuse of this word now makes it impossible for anyone to really believe a guy when he just had lunch with Steve Jobs and got him drunk so he spilled all the beans. Saying something is confirmed from a French site somewhere in the internet ether isn't confirmed.
Oh well. MAD Magazine should do a spoof on all the antics of an Apple rumor forum site, there'd be a lot to go on about!</strong><hr></blockquote>
*CONFIRMED* - THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT IS TRUE!
*CONFIRMED* - THE PRECEDING STATEMENT IS FALSE!
<a href="http://www.macedition.com/nmr/nmr_20020809.php"; target="_blank">NMR - next to last paragraph</a>
:cool:
Wouldn't Apple want to have an Event for this thing?
because, if there's an event on Tuesday
They forgot to invite people . . .
It would seem a little fishy to me just to release them with no fanfare . . .
I mean, these things are gonna be faster, DDR machines . . .
hmmmm
<strong>Thing is, though
Wouldn't Apple want to have an Event for this thing?
because, if there's an event on Tuesday
They forgot to invite people . . .
It would seem a little fishy to me just to release them with no fanfare . . .
I mean, these things are gonna be faster, DDR machines . . .
hmmmm</strong><hr></blockquote>
You call this no fanfare? Granted its not a press announcement or a slick ceremony, but the rumor sites have been slinging this crap around for a good month and a half now! They've got all the 'fanfare' they could possibly want.
Ok, its 6pm on Friday on the west coast - which means one thing and one thing only - I am about to start drinking partying, and I hope to be completely incapacitated until Tuesday, the day the earth stands still, the day we get new PowerMacs.
So, before I slip away into my rock and roll lifestyle I want to say the following:
New PowerMacs this Week! 12th or 13th. With all the indications we've had It is all but confirmed:
- end of crystal clear savings!
- Mysterious change of ship date for Jaguar on some sites
- New SKU numbers at Ingram in the last day which have not been released to retailers
-Ship dates for Current PowerMacs have jumped up to over a week all of a sudden
-Its about damn time
-no press invitations? So frigging what? I don't recall a big event being set up for the LAST PowerMac update.
I'm glad I've waited for this - I want my 333DDR Dual 1.4 Ghz G4 with ugly vents in the front, and I want it Wednesday!
Ok, I'm going to go start drinking... its the weekend and I haven't had a drop for a month. I'll probably be back on the message board this weekend, but hopefully I'll be a good deal drunker and in the middle of a lapdance.
i guess i mean the embargo thing. most stories can not be written until an agreed to embargo date has passed.
Really though, it does say that there'll be a "breakthrough announcement" that I'll find on the web on the 23rd. When Apple holds a non-webcasted or non-event to announce something, I usually find-out about what was announced from one of the Mac new sites I visit. I primarily read horoscopes for entertainment, but I thought that this was an interesting coincidence. Of course, some other Apple event could take place on that date besides a PowerMac update (maybe something that relates to Jaguar and/or its pending release?).
Personally, I hope new Powermacs aren't announced on the 23rd and are, instead, announced at around the 13th so that, possibly, I'll have nice, fast Powermacs to play with at QuakeCon (and [secretly] benchmark them while I'm there ; ) . Anybody know of some good, free benchmark programs I could download?
Now I'm excited Ingram Micro is reporting 0 inventory.
I'll make my own fanfare:
*BRRRUHHPPTBADDDTTTAAA BAAAAHHH!*
<strong>unless the press in under NDA until after the event.</strong><hr></blockquote>
Its quite normal actually, that one of the clauses of the NDA is that the NDA cannot be discussed, or revealed.
=> totally shure: new macs are coming - but not when <img src="graemlins/hmmm.gif" border="0" alt="[Hmmm]" />
The sourec: <a href="http://www.macgadget.de"; target="_blank">www.macgadget.de</a>
<strong>Thing is, though
Wouldn't Apple want to have an Event for this thing?
because, if there's an event on Tuesday
They forgot to invite people . . .
It would seem a little fishy to me just to release them with no fanfare . . .
I mean, these things are gonna be faster, DDR machines . . .
hmmmm</strong><hr></blockquote>
Apple has press events for COMPLETELY NEW products. This powermac may be an impressive upgrade, but that is no reason to drag reporters to a press event. DDR is not press event worthy when you consider how long the pc side has had it for.
But iBook got a totally new redesign.
PowerMac....on the other hand isn't totally new even it's the one (pic/spec) we saw a few weeks ago.
Unless it's a G5, I don't think Apple needs a special event.
Yeah
I was just thinking the same thing.
Oh well, my apprehension has compltely disappearred now anyway - Replaced with excitement!
(and slight disappointment whenI look at my bank account balance
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