and you will see why 2004...
WONT BE LIKE 2004!!!
<a href="http://www.looprumors.com/" target="_blank">http://www.looprumors.com/</a>
so?
20years after 1984..yah...i think we will not see 970s in 2003...
i guess apple will introduce a new powermac with a new enclosure which are twice as speedy as the best wintel money can buy
maybe a new kind of mac? powermac changing name?
2003 will give us updated ipod...a powerpod and a major revamp of the ibook...imac crt going away for sure
yay!
<a href="http://www.looprumors.com/" target="_blank">http://www.looprumors.com/</a>
so?
20years after 1984..yah...i think we will not see 970s in 2003...
i guess apple will introduce a new powermac with a new enclosure which are twice as speedy as the best wintel money can buy
maybe a new kind of mac? powermac changing name?
2003 will give us updated ipod...a powerpod and a major revamp of the ibook...imac crt going away for sure
yay!
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The original Mac was revolutionary, truly revolutionary - except for the fact that its OS was hacked from Xerox. OS X, though, is a new beast. A new take (fancy XWindows) on an old and trusted operating system, so if anything pops up at the Super Bowl, I would expect a commercial touting the interface benefits once again in the light of breaking away once again from the torture that IS the Windows world of computing. This could be pulled off either very effectively or not, but knowing Apple, it'd be spectacular.
I just do not see how having a new machine with a great processor would do it like the original Mac. Sure, it's going to be great, even beyond that - but is it really as life-changing a step as the first Mac and its GUI were?
That leads to discussion about what WOULD be life-changing enough to merit a 20-year celebration. What would it entail to have the impact the original little beige machine had?
<strong>20years after 1984..yah...i think we will not see 970s in 2003...</strong><hr></blockquote>
I don't agree.
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I don't agree.</strong><hr></blockquote>
<strong>I don't know, but something tells me that either they're going to stick it out (in a messy way) with the G4 or get their act in gear much quicker than we thought. </strong><hr></blockquote>
i guess the introcuction of 10.3 and the other stuff i noted will be enough for 2003...we will see 1.6ghz g4s though..this is the year of the notebook...
<strong>I just do not see how having a new machine with a great processor would do it like the original Mac. Sure, it's going to be great, even beyond that - but is it really as life-changing a step as the first Mac and its GUI were? </strong>
they will have a new name..not mac
<strong>That leads to discussion about what WOULD be life-changing enough to merit a 20-year celebration. What would it entail to have the impact the original little beige machine had?</strong>
I DONT KNOW!! it will be great... <img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[Laughing]" />
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I don't agree.</strong><hr></blockquote>
i'm with moki ... 970-hammer this year... <img src="graemlins/cancer.gif" border="0" alt="[cancer]" />
Or Apple could declare all out war against Microsoft.
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i'm with moki ... 970-hammer this year... <img src="graemlins/cancer.gif" border="0" alt="[cancer]" /> </strong><hr></blockquote>
ofcourse but what hammer?
<strong>Food for thought. <img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[Laughing]" /> </strong><hr></blockquote>
<img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[Laughing]" /> <img src="graemlins/cancer.gif" border="0" alt="[cancer]" />
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"In 1984, Apple Computer introduced Macintosh, and made computers easy enough for anyone to use. In 2004, Apple Computer will make the Macintosh easy enough for anyone to BUY. Starting immediately, the price of every Macintosh will drop by 1/2."
Like I said, I know it will never happen because of that pesky need to actually make money thing, but it sure would make it easier for people to buy more Macs. I just recently lost a Mac sale to my Dad based solely on price. He wanted to pay around $600, and there was no Mac that matched the price/features he found on the Compaq he ended up buying.
If Apple could take the margin hit (which I know they couldn't), this would be a seemingly great way to gain some marketshare and to move a LOT of machines. Imagine iMacs starting at $650, iBooks at $500, PowerMacs at $750, and PowerBooks at $900. I could see picking up one of each.
If Apple were to go ahead and introduce the PPC970-based PowerMacs this year at the "regular" prices, they could milk the pent-up demand of the early adopters for ultra-high margins (sorry guys, don't mean to offer you up for the sacrifice so bluntly, but it's for the good of the many) before dropping the prices next year.
Damn, got to stop thinking about this. And no, I'm not <img src="graemlins/cancer.gif" border="0" alt="[cancer]" /> , it just seems like I am.
<strong>Apple chose a breed of apple called the Macintosh. There are other breeds out there and they'd still be Apple's. Food for thought. <img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[Laughing]" /> </strong><hr></blockquote>
Golden Delicious? Winesap? Somehow I just can't see myself booting up an Apple "Granny Smith".
With a new feature...the screen incorporates a camera with face recognition software so that the screen always faces its owner. Can you imagine a room of them? Spooooky...
:eek:
<strong>Like I said, I know it will never happen because of that pesky need to actually make money thing, but it sure would make it easier for people to buy more Macs. I just recently lost a Mac sale to my Dad based solely on price. He wanted to pay around $600, and there was no Mac that matched the price/features he found on the Compaq he ended up buying.</strong><hr></blockquote>
Frankly, I hope he gets what's coming to him.
Alex
<strong>Won't we see the MPC7457 in an Apple product soon?</strong><hr></blockquote>
Yea, what do yu think the iMac is gonna get? The pBook as well? The eMac, etc.
<strong>The eMac is going to have the lowest technology processors available...it's not exactly Apple's flagship. </strong><hr></blockquote>
Ok, but then what? It stays at 1.0ghz for how long?
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