Keynote Excitement

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messiahtoshmessiahtosh
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in General Discussion edited January 2014
I had not even been following rumors very closely until just about two weeks ago since the last ones died down. I just started posting here again this week, but expo fever has hit me hard. Steve, Apple, their marketing just has that affect on me. Who else stayed up late into the night and early morning to refresh 'macminute' and scowered the rumor sites to find any shred of evidence of new hardware? I can sum up how I feel by quoting one of my favorite books, hehe.



The Second Coming of Steve Jobs, "One last thing," he said nonchalantly. After two and a half years of hesitation and indecision, he was finally accepting the title of chief executive officer of Apple Computer.



The thousands rose and rejoiced. Wave after wave of applause resonated through the vast hall. They chanted his name like a mantra: "STEVE! STEVE! STEVE! STEVE!"



It's for moments like these that I have come to love the Mac, Apple history, and these keynotes. History is made at these events, and sometimes we catch a glimpse of what path the computer world is going...where Apple is taking it.
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  • Reply 1 of 78
    donnydonny Posts: 231member
    I could not agree more with your post. I love that book, also!



    Just a couple more hours...
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  • Reply 2 of 78
    cosmonutcosmonut Posts: 4,872member
    <sarcasm> I'm waiting on pins and needles </sarcasm>



    I just bought a 15" Powerbook. Apple's gotten all the money out of me that they're going to get for a while.
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  • Reply 3 of 78
    danmacmandanmacman Posts: 773member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by CosmoNut

    <sarcasm> I'm waiting on pins and needles </sarcasm>



    I just bought a 15" Powerbook. Apple's gotten all the money out of me that they're going to get for a while.



    And I just got a 12 incher. Watch, Apple will bring out the PowerBook G5 just to piss us all off.
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  • Reply 4 of 78
    mcqmcq Posts: 1,543member
    Live updates for the keynote are available at MacRumors, and I assume other sites.
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    ludwigvanludwigvan Posts: 458member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by MCQ

    Live updates for the keynote are available at MacRumors, and I assume other sites.



    MacMinute too.
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  • Reply 6 of 78
    jeremiah richjeremiah rich Posts: 853member
    Okay. So Steve bashes Microsoft and then calls up the chick to talk about Office 2004.
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    jeremiah richjeremiah rich Posts: 853member
    G5 Xserve!!!!! 1U!
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  • Reply 8 of 78
    andersanders Posts: 6,523member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Jeremiah Rich

    Okay. So Steve bashes Microsoft and then calls up the chick to talk about Office 2004.



    Yes strange.



    First he shows the 1984 commercial (which is one big up yours to mainly IBM but every dominating company like MS today). And then he invites MS to present their stuff and talks longly about the G5 from IBM.



    But hey. At least MS put a non-sales person on stage. Ms Ho.



    Hmm. Office looked great actually.
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  • Reply 9 of 78
    andersanders Posts: 6,523member
    WHAT? No new PMs?
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  • Reply 10 of 78
    jeremiah richjeremiah rich Posts: 853member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Anders

    WHAT? No new PMs?



    Sure looks like that is the case. Also means no G5 Powerbook for sure. He said, "And that is what we have for the G5 today."
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  • Reply 11 of 78
    andersanders Posts: 6,523member
    50 minutes into it and really nothign yet.
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  • Reply 12 of 78
    curiousuburbcuriousuburb Posts: 3,325member
    notice the MS folks didn't bother showing Powerpoint vs Keynote



    the 1U XServe was impressive (must get hot or push big wind),

    but the cross-certification of XServe and RAID for Linux and Win Server functions seemed to wow



    starting with 1984 bodes well for the Stevenote to end with a one more thing ( with new commercial)
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  • Reply 13 of 78
    akumulatorakumulator Posts: 1,111member
    So you think the xServe is still loud as hell? Anyone know what a computing node is?
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    mrmistermrmister Posts: 1,095member
    I'll just be psyched if iPhoto actually handles 25,000 photos w/o slowing down. I'd actually start using the app.
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  • Reply 15 of 78
    andersanders Posts: 6,523member
    The chances of me buying a digital camera just rose from 4% to 5%
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  • Reply 16 of 78
    akumulatorakumulator Posts: 1,111member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by mrmister

    I'll just be psyched if iPhoto actually handles 25,000 photos w/o slowing down. I'd actually start using the app.



    Same here. It got very sluggish for me so I quit using it.
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    curufinwecurufinwe Posts: 104member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Anders

    The chances of me buying a digital camera just rose from 4% to 5%



    What a Revolution!







    Seriously, why so low? Do you have $10,000 invested in darkroom equipment or something?
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  • Reply 18 of 78
    curiousuburbcuriousuburb Posts: 3,325member
    Garage Band ... Confirmed!
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  • Reply 19 of 78
    jeremiah richjeremiah rich Posts: 853member
    Wow. Garage Band looks pretty sweet. When he first talked about it, I was like "eh. may be okay." Seems to be awesome. But, I wonder how much it will cost..... How about free!!?? Lol. But it looks like they may sell it wil iLife or something.
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  • Reply 20 of 78
    jeremiah richjeremiah rich Posts: 853member
    Eh, the looping part is kinda cool. But, it's so cheap. Get ready for an onslaught of iMovies that have this kinda stuff... I would use it but I would do the sampling myself.
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