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  • Reply 341 of 375
    bodhibodhi Posts: 1,424member
    WWDC pushed back a month



    WWDC moved to the much more expensive and LARGER Moscone Center



    Power Mac sales in the crapper



    Quark out on X



    Next version of Photoshop X only



    Apple NEEDS to sell Power Macs BADLY



    IBM has created a chip perfect for the Mac all the way down to an AltiVec unit



    Apple has been crippled by it's "power" machines being limited in terms of bus speed, memory architecture, technologies, etc.



    Said chip runs 64 bit



    This conference is for "developers"



    Apple would love for developers to start writing software for this chip in 64 bit



    Developers get much more excited about writing such software with a big hoopla gushing on the advantages of this chip, Steve-O throwing so much damn RDF that the air in the room becomes thick. throw in a new case and you have developers masturbating in the open during the keynote.



    Apple lives on it's established base upgrading. Myself included I stopped upgrading after my dual 867, just wasn't worth it anymore. The upgrades were bland. New case. New chip. Big hoopla at big event (especially with no MacWorld), people are dumping machines left and right, lease returns come flooding in.



    Sorry. Without even taking into consideration my own sources info...we will see the 970 at WWDC. Apple needs it.
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  • Reply 342 of 375
    andersanders Posts: 6,523member
    "...It will be worth it." WWDC 1997

    "...It will be worth it." WWDC 1998

    "...It will be worth it." WWDC 1999

    "...It will be worth it." WWDC 2000

    "...It will be worth it." WWDC 2001

    "...It will be worth it." WWDC 2002
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  • Reply 343 of 375
    bodhibodhi Posts: 1,424member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Anders

    "...It will be worth it." WWDC 1997

    "...It will be worth it." WWDC 1998

    "...It will be worth it." WWDC 1999

    "...It will be worth it." WWDC 2000

    "...It will be worth it." WWDC 2001

    "...It will be worth it." WWDC 2002




    WWDC this year is a different beast than any previous year. At the Moscone Center and no more Macworld NYC.
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  • Reply 344 of 375
    jlljll Posts: 2,713member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by KidRed

    Yea but the imac isn't a widescreen and we're talking another 6", that's a lot.



    Ehh what? The 17" iMac is a widescreen.
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  • Reply 345 of 375
    ensign pulverensign pulver Posts: 1,193member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Bodhi

    Throw in a new case and you have developers masturbating in the open during the keynote.



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  • Reply 346 of 375
    bodhibodhi Posts: 1,424member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Ensign Pulver





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  • Reply 347 of 375
    bartobarto Posts: 2,246member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Bodhi

    throw in a new case and you have developers masturbating in the open during the keynote.



    Hell, AI will be lucky that the forums do not have webcams some of the more excessive members!



    Barto
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  • Reply 348 of 375
    jrcjrc Posts: 817member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Aussie John

    how about a horizontal flywheel spinning at the base of a monitor stand- the gyroscopic effect would stop it tipping over.



    Of course you could never turn off the monitor.



    What the heck why not a couple of hard drives instead of the flywheel



    Or make the base fom depleted uranium- that should be heavy enough.

    Call it the activeX



    ...or two repelling magnetic fields so the monitor floats




    Why don't they put gyros at the bottom/end of rescue tethers that are dangled from helicopters?



    You know, the kind that have basket cots or a strap so that they can pull you up to safety? They always seem to lash about so.
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  • Reply 349 of 375
    @homenow@homenow Posts: 998member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Bodhi

    WWDC pushed back a month



    WWDC moved to the much more expensive and LARGER Moscone Center



    Power Mac sales in the crapper



    Quark out on X



    Next version of Photoshop X only



    Apple NEEDS to sell Power Macs BADLY



    IBM has created a chip perfect for the Mac all the way down to an AltiVec unit



    Apple has been crippled by it's "power" machines being limited in terms of bus speed, memory architecture, technologies, etc.



    Said chip runs 64 bit



    This conference is for "developers"



    Apple would love for developers to start writing software for this chip in 64 bit



    Developers get much more excited about writing such software with a big hoopla gushing on the advantages of this chip, Steve-O throwing so much damn RDF that the air in the room becomes thick. throw in a new case and you have developers masturbating in the open during the keynote.



    Apple lives on it's established base upgrading. Myself included I stopped upgrading after my dual 867, just wasn't worth it anymore. The upgrades were bland. New case. New chip. Big hoopla at big event (especially with no MacWorld), people are dumping machines left and right, lease returns come flooding in.



    Sorry. Without even taking into consideration my own sources info...we will see the 970 at WWDC. Apple needs it.




    Developers are also taking home a preview copy of Panther, if PM's ship with a 32 bit OS, and developers have a 64 bit copy of OS X in hand I would think that this would be a good incentive for them to buy new PM's now so that they can start "toying" with their new 64 programing.
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  • Reply 350 of 375
    piwozniakpiwozniak Posts: 815member
    Quote:

    ...and developers have a 64 bit copy of OS X in hand I would think that this would be a good incentive for them to buy new PM's now so that they can start "toying" with their new 64 programing.



    And test it on what exactly?







    Edit:

    ...nevermind, it's early morning, and i didn't have my coffee yet...
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  • Reply 351 of 375
    gsxrboygsxrboy Posts: 565member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Marcus

    Hmm, I guess G5 it is...(Much to my disgust) but they really do need to 'sexify' the name... We need an add on bit at the end or something...



    We've done Xtreme and all that, we need something more aggressive, more kick ass, something that will strike fear into the hearts of the general population, hell even into us, part of the '112 Brotherhood'...



    Like Motorbikes.



    Would the Honda CBR900RR be anything without it's moniker 'Fireblade'?



    The Suzuki GSX1300R sounds crap, but if say 'Hayabusa'... Hmmm, it gets infinitely better.



    Kawasaki ZX6-R, Hmm, lacking. Ninja! Muhahaha!




    Please I prefer to use "GSXR", the fastest four letters on the planet



    Hope the PPC970 is as fast as my gixxer oh and it has a Ti Akrapovic on it too



    hehehehhe
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  • Reply 352 of 375
    aphelionaphelion Posts: 736member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by JRC

    Why don't they put gyros at the bottom/end of rescue tethers that are dangled from helicopters?



    Gyroscopic precession is what stops them. A gyro-stabilized 'basket' at the end of a rope would start to turn, and ultimately spin at the end of the rope due to gyroscopic precession. It's why helicopters have tail rotors.



    23" monitor stand ~ triangulation of the base with the center of gravity. Imagine an iMac 'neck' attached at the top of a horseshoe the size a Clydesdale would use.



    970 Powerbooks ~ Dell just released a 3.06 GHz Pentium 'M' laptop. What do you think Apple will do about that?



    Aphelion ...
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  • Reply 353 of 375
    Doesnt anyone find it a bit strange that Apple launches Final Cut Pro 4, 2 weeks before WWDC? It could have been used in Steve's speech.. Unless it is already filled up...
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  • Reply 354 of 375
    jlljll Posts: 2,713member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by T'hain Esh Kelch

    Doesnt anyone find it a bit strange that Apple launches Final Cut Pro 4, 2 weeks before WWDC? It could have been used in Steve's speech.. Unless it is already filled up...



    Final Cut Pro 4 was announced at NAB - the perfect place for such an announcement.
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  • Reply 355 of 375
    airslufairsluf Posts: 1,861member
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  • Reply 356 of 375
    lemon bon bonlemon bon bon Posts: 2,383member
    Quote:

    Steve-O throwing so much damn RDF that the air in the room becomes thick. throw in a new case and you have developers masturbating in the open during the keynote.







    Heh. Hmmm...Dell has a laptop that has a Pentium 4 at 3 gig. Twice as fast as Apple's desktop!?



    Still, you gotta laugh at that...







    Lemon Bon Bon
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  • Reply 357 of 375
    aphelionaphelion Posts: 736member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by AirSluf

    Not a problem if you mount the gyro with the axis of rotation perpindicular to the pull of gravity (parallel to the ground). It will still attempt to remain level as it unsuccessfully tries to roll its way up the cable.



    Actually gyroscopic precession effects an angular torque and not along the plane of rotation, as can be observed in this image:







    It would not try to 'climb' the rope unless you use it like a yo-yo to convert rotational energy into traction on the rope.



    Aphelion ...
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  • Reply 358 of 375
    Quote:

    Originally posted by JLL

    Final Cut Pro 4 was announced at NAB - the perfect place for such an announcement.



    Well.. The final release then..
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  • Reply 359 of 375
    airslufairsluf Posts: 1,861member
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  • Reply 360 of 375
    ensign pulverensign pulver Posts: 1,193member
    Can somebody please rename this thread "The New Freaky Gyroscopic Display Thread".
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