"Unfortunately no Blue802 cards are in the market yet. We are just beginning to sample fully functional alpha boards to key customers so production shouldn't begin until late December or January."
The above text is a re-posted email from an Intersil rep (found in the usenet newsgroups).
Wireless keyboards and mice? Pointless particularly since Apple manages their cords so well. The solutions on the market ATM leave much to be desired -- you must plug in the mouse/keyboard transmitter, batteries, etc etc... If the keyboard/mouse were bluetooth affairs then messy external sensors could be eliminated; although, you'll still scrounge for batteries now and again.
<strong>I would like to add that MacBidouille also mentionned that Apple France have invited quite a lot of press people to watch the keynote in a livestream session.
Now I don't suppose that they would do that if there's nothing to show off with...
even in France...
Speaking of live stream, will there be a WebSimulCast. Might save me a trip to SF!
I would like to think one of them would be some mention of IBM as future all-around CPU supplier, perhaps even mentioning progress with the 970 or announcing a future XServe or even PowerMac with the 130 nm process.
<strong>Wireless keyboards and mice? Pointless particularly since Apple manages their cords so well. </strong><hr></blockquote>
i've always liked the keyboard and mouse from the Mystic/Trinity days from an aesthetic point of view; but i dispute the cable management thing for the mouse. that thin cable often seems to get twisted and slightly caught below the bottom front lip of the optical mouse ... its just a little too pliable and low down. It bugs me so much that when i freelance i take my own mouse. hey it's a minor niggle but ...
here's my guesswork for the MWSF keynote
1. imac and emac bumps/board revs
2. new iapp ... wireless dialer and video conference/chat ... sits somewhere between ichat and adress book in the line up.
3. more rendezvous related annoucements ... some more consumer-related (eg itunes playlist sharing) and some more pro (node-based clustering)
4. another strategic partnership ... i'm gonna get worried if apple do half a keynote about digital lifestyle/convergence/mobility and don't mention nokia at all ... reckon they need to
5. imovie 3 and appleworks 7 (cos you could d/l the X ready versions of the currnt iterations when 10.0 shipped ... i'm sure they'll get some improvements)
6 something new and wowy to blindside the rather grim pro sales and development for 6 months. not sure what it'll be but i think steve will be looking for something to make people go wow four months later (like the tibook and lcd imac). apple knows that spin and presentation are good bedfellows of innovative design ... they do both well and something novel yet amazing looking. that'd keep many commentators in the wider press of their asses for being dependent on the moribund dev cycle of the g4. that'll do till the summer.
i'd love to see revised 'books as i've got enough for a wee ibook in my pocket but i'd love to have an extra 100mhz and built in bluetooth ... but i'm not sure it'll happen yet ... i'm guessing march/april unless the economy is very different in cupertino
as for new PMs ... nope. i remember walking around moscone last year with a big look of disappointment with the lack of pro machines. guess a lot of others may be doing the same this year. which is a shame ... but i guess the final superG4 pro tower (stopgap to the 970) will look fairly crappy when it appears, so they'll not try to eke it out for 7 months on the shelves ... they'd rather make limited revenue off the current model and only bump it when sales/expectation dictate they HAVE to
<strong>First of all 802.11g is not 54 megs its like 20 megs something like that cuase 802.11a is 54
</strong><hr></blockquote>
Ah, because 802.11a is 54Mb, 802.11g can't be...man you are a genius!
Both extensions (a+g) use the same kind of multiplexing (OFDM) just in different bands. Even though the 2.4GHz band is overcrowded (lower throughput in practice), 802.11g can still do 54Mb if the conditions are right.
just thought i should point out that the xraid WILL be one of the 11 announcements. it has been unofficially unveiled to tons of people (inlcuding myself at a free apple seminar), but now OFFICIALLY rolles out. so one of the announcements will be xRaid and/or xServe.
i also have a hunch that .mac membership will be lowered to US$69 with purchase of new apple hardware (including iPod).
iMovie, iTunes updates too (though iTunes will probably be pretty minor).
iMac and eMac will get some bumps, but i just don't see a 19" available until later in the summer, if ever.
there WILL however, be the 19" flat panel, while all other apple flat panels see appropriate price adjustment (the wide screen is almost within my grasp!!!)
4. iDVD 3 (aforementioned widescreen support, new themes, small update)
5. New pricing scheme for iApps. Yep.
6. 'Announcement' of iCal update; 'Announcement' of iSync final; wheel out somebody to talk about how wonderful it is, as it syncs with all of one mobile phone...
7. FCP 4
8. DVD SP 4
9. New displays; 17" 20" 23" all widescreen, all the time.
10. eMac
11. iMac (with, shock, built-in bluetooth. announcement of built in bluetooth coming within 6 months on all products.
No PowerMac- updates will be too underwhelming. Xserve? Nobody at a consumer show cares.
It would be just like Apple to start charging for iApps instead of including them free with your grossly inflated pricetag. Fvck'em. Where exactly is the value of Mac? It's not cheaper, it's not faster, it's not more reliable than a decent PC (not a cheapie), so it's got pretty plastic and a nice functional OS/app package. OK, but now you wanna tell me the already steep premium is not enough to cover that, you've got to pay more on top of it! Hey STEVE, read my lipps, NO FVCKING WAY!!! People have excused your price and performance penalties basically on the premise that you pay for the platform and software. I sure hope you're wrong Jonathan, or Apple is fooked!
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<a href="http://www.commsdesign.com/story/OEG20021104S0038"; target="_blank">Been there, done that.</a> The chipset is already there.</strong><hr></blockquote>
Still more on the 'imposible' Bluetooth+802.11
<a href="http://www.intersil.com/design/prism/Blue802/index.asp"; target="_blank">http://www.intersil.com/design/prism/Blue802/index.asp</a>;
"Unfortunately no Blue802 cards are in the market yet. We are just beginning to sample fully functional alpha boards to key customers so production shouldn't begin until late December or January."
The above text is a re-posted email from an Intersil rep (found in the usenet newsgroups).
Dave
[ 01-02-2003: Message edited by: DaveGee ]</p>
<a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0301/02.updates.php"; target="_blank">http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0301/02.updates.php</a>;
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2) New towers
3) XServe rev
4) iMacs/eMacs rev
5) Appleworks
5) Web Browser app
6) iPod rev
7) QuickTime streams over 3G
8) FireWire 2
9) Airport 2
10) New displays (17", 19" 23" and 42/54"?)
11) Rendez vous
<strong>I would like to add that MacBidouille also mentionned that Apple France have invited quite a lot of press people to watch the keynote in a livestream session.
Now I don't suppose that they would do that if there's nothing to show off with...
even in France...
Speaking of live stream, will there be a WebSimulCast. Might save me a trip to SF!
<img src="graemlins/smokin.gif" border="0" alt="[Chilling]" /> </strong><hr></blockquote>
<strong>Wireless keyboards and mice? Pointless particularly since Apple manages their cords so well. </strong><hr></blockquote>
i've always liked the keyboard and mouse from the Mystic/Trinity days from an aesthetic point of view; but i dispute the cable management thing for the mouse. that thin cable often seems to get twisted and slightly caught below the bottom front lip of the optical mouse ... its just a little too pliable and low down. It bugs me so much that when i freelance i take my own mouse. hey it's a minor niggle but ...
here's my guesswork for the MWSF keynote
1. imac and emac bumps/board revs
2. new iapp ... wireless dialer and video conference/chat ... sits somewhere between ichat and adress book in the line up.
3. more rendezvous related annoucements ... some more consumer-related (eg itunes playlist sharing) and some more pro (node-based clustering)
4. another strategic partnership ... i'm gonna get worried if apple do half a keynote about digital lifestyle/convergence/mobility and don't mention nokia at all ... reckon they need to
5. imovie 3 and appleworks 7 (cos you could d/l the X ready versions of the currnt iterations when 10.0 shipped ... i'm sure they'll get some improvements)
6 something new and wowy to blindside the rather grim pro sales and development for 6 months. not sure what it'll be but i think steve will be looking for something to make people go wow four months later (like the tibook and lcd imac). apple knows that spin and presentation are good bedfellows of innovative design ... they do both well and something novel yet amazing looking. that'd keep many commentators in the wider press of their asses for being dependent on the moribund dev cycle of the g4. that'll do till the summer.
i'd love to see revised 'books as i've got enough for a wee ibook in my pocket but i'd love to have an extra 100mhz and built in bluetooth ... but i'm not sure it'll happen yet ... i'm guessing march/april unless the economy is very different in cupertino
as for new PMs ... nope. i remember walking around moscone last year with a big look of disappointment with the lack of pro machines. guess a lot of others may be doing the same this year. which is a shame ... but i guess the final superG4 pro tower (stopgap to the 970) will look fairly crappy when it appears, so they'll not try to eke it out for 7 months on the shelves ... they'd rather make limited revenue off the current model and only bump it when sales/expectation dictate they HAVE to
i'd love to be proved wrong though
<strong>First of all 802.11g is not 54 megs its like 20 megs something like that cuase 802.11a is 54
</strong><hr></blockquote>
Ah, because 802.11a is 54Mb, 802.11g can't be...man you are a genius!
Both extensions (a+g) use the same kind of multiplexing (OFDM) just in different bands. Even though the 2.4GHz band is overcrowded (lower throughput in practice), 802.11g can still do 54Mb if the conditions are right.
i also have a hunch that .mac membership will be lowered to US$69 with purchase of new apple hardware (including iPod).
iMovie, iTunes updates too (though iTunes will probably be pretty minor).
iMac and eMac will get some bumps, but i just don't see a 19" available until later in the summer, if ever.
there WILL however, be the 19" flat panel, while all other apple flat panels see appropriate price adjustment (the wide screen is almost within my grasp!!!)
[ 01-02-2003: Message edited by: rok ]</p>
2. iPhoto 2.
3. iMovie 3 (widescreen support)
4. iDVD 3 (aforementioned widescreen support, new themes, small update)
5. New pricing scheme for iApps. Yep.
6. 'Announcement' of iCal update; 'Announcement' of iSync final; wheel out somebody to talk about how wonderful it is, as it syncs with all of one mobile phone...
7. FCP 4
8. DVD SP 4
9. New displays; 17" 20" 23" all widescreen, all the time.
10. eMac
11. iMac (with, shock, built-in bluetooth. announcement of built in bluetooth coming within 6 months on all products.
No PowerMac- updates will be too underwhelming. Xserve? Nobody at a consumer show cares.
Enough with MWSF is only a consumer show, this is not true ! See by yourself.
MWSF 1998
Apple Cranks Up Power Macintosh G3 Performance
Microsoft and Apple Advance Relationship
MWSF 1999
Apple Reinvented Power Macintosh G3 Line
Apple Debuts Three New Studio Displays
Apple Announces Mac OS X Server
Apple Announces New iMacs in Five New Colors
MWSF 2000
Apple Unveils Mac OS X
Apple Unveils Internet Strategy
Apple Introduces AppleWorks 6
MWSF 2001
Apple Unveils One Inch Thick Titanium PowerBook G4
Apple Delivers New Power Mac G4 with 733 MHz
Apple Introduces iTunes
Apple Brings DVD
Apple?s Mac OS X to Ship on March 24
MWSF 2002
Apple Unveils the New iMac
Apple Introduces iPhoto
Apple Announces 14-inch iBook
Apple Makes Mac OS X the Default OS on All Macs
I can't see a pattern here.