Well, the show would have been much better if Apple had introduced, even half of the Kormac predictions. Whatever Apple is working on, does not seem to be as innovative as the ideas posted in these forums. The lack of a tower upgrade is a disappointment. The mHz gaps just grows. I'm sure Apple knows this, but it is clear they are powerless to do anything about it.
One would think given this inability to deliver faster products they would introduce something very innovative ( ala Kormac ). But, perhaps the new style iMac will generate enough sales to offset the lost sales to the computer users desiring more power. I guess we will know in a few months.
this reminds me of when they attacked dorsal last year over mwny. (as if he were in charge!)
my question to kormac and dorsal and others, is this: why do you guys even BOTHER posting things here and livening the boards up, when you know that if any little thing is off, or you are not 100% right, they will hit you with personal attacks?
and then after chasing you out the guys grumble and moan about how boring the boards have become and wish you back...lol
<strong>this reminds me of when they attacked dorsal last year over mwny. (as if he were in charge!)
my question to kormac and dorsal and others, is this: why do you guys even BOTHER posting things here and livening the boards up, when you know that if any little thing is off, or you are not 100% right, they will hit you with personal attacks?
and then after chasing you out the guys grumble and moan about how boring the boards have become and wish you back...lol
if it were me id be poolside...
props to both of you for coming back...</strong><hr></blockquote>
A little thing is off? Not 100% right? Do you work on the same BS farm as Kormac? Go back and read his 5-part post.
"All Fantasy, No Credibility" is Kormac's motto. Sorry, don't take this wrong way, I just prefer to live in the real world.
[quote]<strong>I suggest a new Forum - FANTASY - where Kormac (and Macintosh and anybody else) can post their "inside" information.
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You do realize that if we moved every thread based on pie-in-the-sky dreaming out of FH and into your proposed forum, there would be maybe 3 threads left in FH?
This forum is for speculation and rumors, not (just) hard inside information.This isn't the best place to look for leaks anyway: Apple watches these boards. Any mole with any sense will launder their information through one of the rumors sites to avoid leaving a trail.
Kormac has some nice ideas, but Apple isn't the type of company that will implement them. Gigawire is completely made up by us rumormongers, I believe. HDTV tuners, decoders, blah blah is all a little expensive right now, and not something Apple will do. Apple is commited to making personal computers that act as a digital hub to postion devices of your digital lifestyle around?not within.You work with a complementary product, you don't try to take it over and make something do everything. Concentrate on one thing and do it well. That is what Apple tries to do, and putting all sort of expensive techy stuff is not on Apple's gameplan.
Fact of the matter is that if all the stuff Kormac talks about ever came out even remotely close to the times in which he suggests them, then he might have some cred.
Revisit the cold reading/fortune teller analogy. This is exactly what is going on here. The 'eventualities' kick back into your consciousness at some point down the line as truth and prediction. Make note. Every specific is wrong! The only things that come remotely close are general, open-ended and unclear, or evolutionary, and too far down the line to be anything other than the result of industry progress (often previously noted)
I never picked on Dorsal. I defended him. His specs for a PM were what no one wanted to hear, but the specs were right on, and they were timely too (within the bounds of a dev. and test cycle)
My problem with Kormac is not speculation, it is his consistent attempts to paint the info as 'insider' when the record clearly shows that is anything but.
I think the moral here, Matsu, is that many people see no difference between "What if?" speculation, and people making-believe that they have true insider info. To most Forum readers, I guess it fulfills the same function -- they get to wonder "What if?" and fantasize about this great new technology.
The down side is that it ends up making many people disappointed with EVERY SINGLE MACWORLD, no matter what.
I mean, how can the real-world progress of an actual company bound by the real limitations of actual, current technology, compete with entertaining fantasy-land concoctions made up of vague, teasing hints about far-off technological tidbits?
Well for me these boards are all about what kormac has been talking about - speculation about what we think Apple should do with reasonable discussion of what Apple could do. Without another WorkerBee, anything more is irrelevant. I just wish Apple took some of our suggestions rather than simply perused them for moles.
Those "suggestions" were not invented on these Forums. Most of the things discussed are technologies currently being developed for Macs that will be released in years to come. It wasn't Kormac or me or any of us on the AI Forums that invented Gigawire, and Firewire 2, etc. We're just repeating stuff we've heard discussed elsewhere, or read about in Wired, or seen on the various Mac rumors pages.
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But then again there's always "for later"
I don' know why Steve didn't show, must change plans for last minute!
Gigawire: WRONG!
PowerMacs: WRONG!
Apple + Sony: WRONG!
G5 + Raycer: WRONG!
i****: WRONG!
LCD displays: WRONG!
quite a record.
We'l be sure to celebrate when you finally get one right.
even if he had nailed ALL of the you still would've jumped on him for "just guessing the obvious" looking at your posts you are a constant negative...
i think you do this for attention...
ingnore him kormac
reading your posts kormac is at least intresting, his are always negative...
matsu reminds me of "beefyguy"
One would think given this inability to deliver faster products they would introduce something very innovative ( ala Kormac ). But, perhaps the new style iMac will generate enough sales to offset the lost sales to the computer users desiring more power. I guess we will know in a few months.
my question to kormac and dorsal and others, is this: why do you guys even BOTHER posting things here and livening the boards up, when you know that if any little thing is off, or you are not 100% right, they will hit you with personal attacks?
and then after chasing you out the guys grumble and moan about how boring the boards have become and wish you back...lol
if it were me id be poolside...
props to both of you for coming back...
Kormac posts off the wall crazy BS that not even 10% of is true and everyone eats it up. Crazy.
Can we close this thread now?
<strong>this reminds me of when they attacked dorsal last year over mwny. (as if he were in charge!)
my question to kormac and dorsal and others, is this: why do you guys even BOTHER posting things here and livening the boards up, when you know that if any little thing is off, or you are not 100% right, they will hit you with personal attacks?
and then after chasing you out the guys grumble and moan about how boring the boards have become and wish you back...lol
if it were me id be poolside...
props to both of you for coming back...</strong><hr></blockquote>
A little thing is off? Not 100% right? Do you work on the same BS farm as Kormac? Go back and read his 5-part post.
"All Fantasy, No Credibility" is Kormac's motto. Sorry, don't take this wrong way, I just prefer to live in the real world.
What we were offered today was only a retelling of what we already know - and maybe a bit of tidying up (iPhoto) all the bases are covered.
The stuff Kormac is talking about would bring the company forward - realy forward.
I hope now that the foundation is set and we are ready for the next stage.
It all seems so slowly, slowly - its painful.
I have to agree with the Cry Wolf. The iMac is important in some ways - but not in new ways. The iMac is still the iMac.
- and whats a bigger iBook with the same screen resolution all about?
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You do realize that if we moved every thread based on pie-in-the-sky dreaming out of FH and into your proposed forum, there would be maybe 3 threads left in FH?
This forum is for speculation and rumors, not (just) hard inside information.This isn't the best place to look for leaks anyway: Apple watches these boards. Any mole with any sense will launder their information through one of the rumors sites to avoid leaving a trail.
Sit back and enjoy the ride.
Kormac has some nice ideas, but Apple isn't the type of company that will implement them. Gigawire is completely made up by us rumormongers, I believe. HDTV tuners, decoders, blah blah is all a little expensive right now, and not something Apple will do. Apple is commited to making personal computers that act as a digital hub to postion devices of your digital lifestyle around?not within.You work with a complementary product, you don't try to take it over and make something do everything. Concentrate on one thing and do it well. That is what Apple tries to do, and putting all sort of expensive techy stuff is not on Apple's gameplan.
Fact of the matter is that if all the stuff Kormac talks about ever came out even remotely close to the times in which he suggests them, then he might have some cred.
Revisit the cold reading/fortune teller analogy. This is exactly what is going on here. The 'eventualities' kick back into your consciousness at some point down the line as truth and prediction. Make note. Every specific is wrong! The only things that come remotely close are general, open-ended and unclear, or evolutionary, and too far down the line to be anything other than the result of industry progress (often previously noted)
I never picked on Dorsal. I defended him. His specs for a PM were what no one wanted to hear, but the specs were right on, and they were timely too (within the bounds of a dev. and test cycle)
My problem with Kormac is not speculation, it is his consistent attempts to paint the info as 'insider' when the record clearly shows that is anything but.
Please keep on posting Kor, I for one have faith!
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However, In MARKETING, Timing is everthing and he lost it big time.
I think many will buy new iMac but it is just little upgrade, not a radical change. So not many people will change.
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So then, many will buy the iMac, but not many will buy the iMac?
It's amazing how delusional some of you are.
The down side is that it ends up making many people disappointed with EVERY SINGLE MACWORLD, no matter what.
I mean, how can the real-world progress of an actual company bound by the real limitations of actual, current technology, compete with entertaining fantasy-land concoctions made up of vague, teasing hints about far-off technological tidbits?
integrated airport: WRONG!
Wireless firewire 1394G: WRONG AGAIN!
HAHAHHA!!!!
<strong>Oh yeah, and ...
integrated airport: WRONG!
Wireless firewire 1394G: WRONG AGAIN!
HAHAHHA!!!!</strong><hr></blockquote>
Dude, why the **** do you care?
Personally I'm interested in technology and how it can be used. The speculation about currently or soon to be available technology is interesting.