Jobs: We've got a few things up our sleeve in the desktop area

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in Future Apple Hardware edited January 2014
CEO Steve Jobs just appeared on CNBC's Business Center. He was confronted about sagging desktop sales, given Apple's recent proclamation that 2003 was the year of the laptop. He said, "We've got a few things up our sleeve in the desktop area." This can only mean the 970. What else would there be? All right! Bring it on!
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  • Reply 1 of 132
    [quote]Originally posted by DHagan4755:

    <strong>CEO Steve Jobs just appeared on CNBC's Business Center. He was confronted about sagging desktop sales, given Apple's recent proclamation that 2003 was the year of the laptop. He said, "We've got a few things up our sleeve in the desktop area." This can only mean the 970. What else would there be? All right! Bring it on!</strong><hr></blockquote>



    I watched this too, Steve seemed very upbeat about Apple but concerned with the economy. He didnt say much about Apple gaining market share except that if Apple releases innovative products then the installed base buys. He also commented on how Dell and Apple are the only computer makers making money. All in all a good interview and that last comment about the "a few things up our sleeves in the desktop area" bodes well.
  • Reply 2 of 132
    macsrgood4umacsrgood4u Posts: 3,007member
    Not necessarily. It means bumped iMacs at better prices in month or so and in the Spring Powermacs with possible 970 chips although they have not as yet gone into production as I understand. IBM only show prototypes. It takes months to get into production where yields are sufficent. And prices will be high in the beginning.
  • Reply 3 of 132
    bodhibodhi Posts: 1,424member
    [quote]Originally posted by MacsRGood4U:

    <strong>Not necessarily. It means bumped iMacs at better prices in month or so and in the Spring Powermacs with possible 970 chips although they have not as yet gone into production as I understand. IBM only show prototypes. It takes months to get into production where yields are sufficent. And prices will be high in the beginning.</strong><hr></blockquote>



    Are you always this positive?
  • Reply 4 of 132
    [quote]Originally posted by Bodhi:

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    Are you always this positive?</strong><hr></blockquote>



    His comment would have been among the more positive a week ago.



    Lets not get carried away just because of the best keynote ever
  • Reply 4 of 132
    bungebunge Posts: 7,329member
    "a few things up our sleeve" would probably be considered new and innovative, not simple upgrades, especially considering the context.
  • Reply 6 of 132
    Hmm. When reading his comment again it strikes me that you weren´t sarcastic. 970s in spring? <img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[Laughing]" />



    What year are we talking about?
  • Reply 7 of 132
    matsumatsu Posts: 6,558member
    Doubt me not. When I told everyone the 3-d graphics engine readily available in GF cards would be put to work drawing the interface, ye scoffed, you all bandied about "Raycer chips"



    Then I told you there must be a 1899-1999 powerbook, again you laughed, but here it is.



    Now I'm telling you this. The AIO concept is done. Not this year or next, but in 4-5 years, they're done. There's no reason to lock into an unexpandable machine when you can get one that travels with you. There has to be an expandable consumer machine. Not yet. Steve's only talking about chip and price changes for the pro and consumer lines right now, but in a couple of years it will be a different game. A volley in that general direction may materialize this year, it would be profitable (if priced right).
  • Reply 8 of 132
    midwintermidwinter Posts: 10,060member
    [quote]Originally posted by Matsu:

    <strong>Now I'm telling you this. The AIO concept is done. Not this year or next, but in 4-5 years, they're done. There's no reason to lock into an unexpandable machine when you can get one that travels with you. There has to be an expandable consumer machine. Not yet. Steve's only talking about chip and price changes for the pro and consumer lines right now, but in a couple of years it will be a different game. A volley in that general direction may materialize this year, it would be profitable (if priced right).</strong><hr></blockquote>



    I agree completely. But what do you want to bet that the first step in this was actually convincing people to carry little hard drives around with them?



    Cheers

    Scott
  • Reply 9 of 132
    scottibscottib Posts: 381member
    [quote]Lets not get carried away just because of the best keynote ever <hr></blockquote>



    No, it's...



    Best. Keynote. Ever.®



    [ 01-08-2003: Message edited by: scottiB ]</p>
  • Reply 10 of 132
    algolalgol Posts: 833member
    Damn I wanted to watch that and forgot to do it! Shit!
  • Reply 11 of 132
    kidredkidred Posts: 2,402member
    Did he smile when he said that? Or was he at least confident? If so, then that's all I need to know that this is going to be a great year.



    [ 01-08-2003: Message edited by: KidRed ]</p>
  • Reply 12 of 132
    jante99jante99 Posts: 539member
    [quote] Did he smaile when he said that? Or was he at least confident? If so, then that's all I need to know that this is going to be a great year. <hr></blockquote>



    This is taking analysis to far. Do you really think SJ thought his comment through this much. Can you image how much pressure you would be under if every facial expression you made some how had an implied meaning?
  • Reply 13 of 132
    kidredkidred Posts: 2,402member
    [quote]Originally posted by jante99:

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    This is taking analysis to far. Do you really think SJ thought his comment through this much. Can you image how much pressure you would be under if every facial expression you made some how had an implied meaning?</strong><hr></blockquote>



    Ah, facial expressions do imply plenty, along with eye fixation when speaking or answering a question. If he mumbled or hestitated then that's bad, if he leans back with a smile it's very good. It's actually better that Steve doesn't think it through because you get a better answer based on his behaviors.
  • Reply 14 of 132
    thegeldingthegelding Posts: 3,230member
    shit...i kinda agree with Matsu :eek: ... but i think only pros and geeks will have desktops 3 or 4 years from now....we will all have laptops at home...large display ones (17" or more) for people with only one computer (it is the home computer that you take to grandmas or here or there...but home 90% of the time)....and people that use their computer on the go a lot (students, teachers, etc) will also have a 12" portable.....desktops will be passe and the AIO of the future you can see today (they are the PBs)...g



    ps...like in my home...i have an iMac800 superdrive....i am thinking i might want that 12" PB....but i rarely need a portable....now if i was in the market for a computer at home i would get the 17" PB....i would use it just like this iMac, but, if i needed to, i could take it to work or a friends or wherever.....now somebody need a nice holder for the PB that doubles as a hub....add some FW and FW 800 ports, a few USB for a mouse and keyboard and printer and make the stand mobile like the iMac arm....that would be a sweet home system.....leave the towers for movie pros, audio pros and geeks that love to update video cards....leave the laptops to the rest of us....g



    [ 01-08-2003: Message edited by: thegelding ]</p>
  • Reply 15 of 132
    dhagan4755dhagan4755 Posts: 2,152member
    He started his answer by talking about how they're commencing the new year with innovative, new laptop offerings. But then he looked confidently and directly at the camera when he made the statement. It was said with a sense of matter of factness.



    [ 01-08-2003: Message edited by: DHagan4755 ]</p>
  • Reply 16 of 132
    stunnedstunned Posts: 1,096member
    Bring it on Jobs, Give us 970 , faster speed and lower prices for the iMac!!
  • Reply 17 of 132
    steve666steve666 Posts: 2,600member
    If it isn't a reasonably priced tower then forget about it. A slightly less expensive iMac or eMac won't do squat for Apple.



    Its amazing that a guy supposedly as bright as Jobs can't see that its the one thing holding them back. A girl I work with who has built her own PC and owns a PC said she would buy a Mac if they came out with a consumer tower. I would buy one in a minute and they would fly off the shelves.



    Apple has succeeded in convincing many people that OSX is superior to Winblows. Now all they need is to stop already with the all in ones and give people what THEY really want, not what Jobs wants-a reasonably priced upgradeable tower! The G4's are just an unbelieveable ripoff................................
  • Reply 18 of 132
    satchmosatchmo Posts: 2,699member
    [quote]Originally posted by steve666:

    [QBNow all they need is to stop already with the all in ones and give people what THEY really want, not what Jobs wants-a reasonably priced upgradeable tower! The G4's are just an unbelieveable ripoff................................[/QB]<hr></blockquote>



    Yes, the towers are a rip off...but I think there's still a market for all in ones. Not everyone is technically minded to drop cards into slots or drives into bays.

    They just need something to surf and play games on. An iMac does this perfectly....it's just too expensive right now.

    Perhaps instead of a consumer tower, there is some innovative way to drop one expandable slot into the iMac's dome base.

    (didn't one rev. of the gumdrop iMac's have a card slot?)
  • Reply 19 of 132
    kidredkidred Posts: 2,402member
    [quote]Originally posted by DHagan4755:

    <strong>He started his answer by talking about how they're commencing the new year with innovative, new laptop offerings. But then he looked confidently and directly at the camera when he made the statement. It was said with a sense of matter of factness.



    [ 01-08-2003: Message edited by: DHagan4755 ]</strong><hr></blockquote>



    Excellent. They showed the clip on HNN, but i guess it was edited because the desktops weren't mentioned and the host Renae said "we'll wait and see what's up Apple's sleeves" at the end. Nice publicity tho, Steve and the pBooks showing every 1/2 hour on HNN
  • Reply 20 of 132
    rokrok Posts: 3,519member
    [quote]Originally posted by KidRed:

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    Excellent. They showed the clip on HNN, but i guess it was edited because the desktops weren't mentioned and the host Renae said "we'll wait and see what's up Apple's sleeves" at the end. Nice publicity tho, Steve and the pBooks showing every 1/2 hour on HNN </strong><hr></blockquote>



    also, recall that renae (sp?) just recently switched to the 15" TiBook at the urging of a friend. so he is definitely on apple's side... (rant begins) not like that spikey-haired dork they have in the mornings. good god, i want to smack him... with robin meade... every morning. it's like they let a high school senior class run the national morning news... ugh (rant over)
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