In my opinion, Apple could include iWork with all new Macs. I'm still on the fence as to whether they should combine iWork and iLife or not.
When iWork is an integral part of a Mac like iLife is, then they can do it. But they still don't do that with iLife and they likely won't so don't hope too hard.
When iWork is an integral part of a Mac like iLife is, then they can do it. But they still don't do that with iLife and they likely won't so don't hope too hard.
Yes they do, but when iLife 07 comes out, you still have to pay for the upgrade, and they only do that because iLife is increasingly becoming a larger part of the Mac Experience. Eventually iLife may just become a part of OS X, but there would be fewer upgrades (only when OS X was upgraded) and iWork is still a few years behind OS X status.
On a side note, what is Apple Insider doing? Ads that I have to skip before the page loads, a couple new features and a broken Last Post button that doesn't take me to the last post.
Slewis: you are beginning to see some of the temporary insanity we were talking about on another thread recently. It will only increase (get worse? get better?) over the next couple of weeks, reaching a furor the day before the keynote. It even continues on the AI iChat forum during the keynote (I really wish I had printed last year's chat; parts of it were hilarious).
More fun starts after the Keynote when everyone who didn't get what they wanted complains for two weeks about the bad choices Apple made. I have said it before, but will do so again: Apple could announce that they were giving everybody on the planet a free computer (let's say Mac Pro Super quad quad running at 56 tereflops) and monitor, and somebody here would find fault with the plan without ever saying "thanks, Steve". (It should have had 9 HD bays, not 8)
But that is how things should be. This is where we dream and let our imaginations run free drool, weep and complain, and for a month, it is a lot of fun. Hold on for the ride!
Ahhhh, Temporary Insanity. Oh, Mr. Admin, Can we fire that up on Jan.1st? It will give everyone who's sorry ass is on this forum — with nothing better to do — wishing and hoping for the next best thing since sliced bread™ something to talk about. I am sure by then "the buzz" will be fever pitch around here. The thing that has really got me is the lack of a "shoe dropping."
It seems like there's a general dearth of what's really expected, aside from an "Aloha" Apple phone...perhaps. Most likely a Leopard "new features" preview awaits along with a new iLife preview, The iTV gizmo, boiler plate sales figures, Apple financial health report, and of course, Steve Jobs in jeans and a turtle neck. Not much else seems verified...
Rumors of a "MacBook Thin" are thin on credibility at this point. I'll believe it when A.I. reports something to the effect. We all know (On Balance) that the iMac is doing well, as is the MacBook. IMHO the MacBook Pros need a major overhaul (way long in the tooth, give us a damn user removeable hard drive!). We all know the Mac Mini needs Core2 Duo, but it's not significant enough to spotlight at the MacWorld event.
Slewis: you are beginning to see some of the temporary insanity we were talking about on another thread recently. It will only increase (get worse? get better?) over the next couple of weeks, reaching a furor the day before the keynote. It even continues on the AI iChat forum during the keynote (I really wish I had printed last year's chat; parts of it were hilarious).
More fun starts after the Keynote when everyone who didn't get what they wanted complains for two weeks about the bad choices Apple made. I have said it before, but will do so again: Apple could announce that they were giving everybody on the planet a free computer (let's say Mac Pro Super quad quad running at 56 tereflops) and monitor, and somebody here would find fault with the plan without ever saying "thanks, Steve". (It should have had 9 HD bays, not 8)
But that is how things should be. This is where we dream and let our imaginations run free drool, weep and complain, and for a month, it is a lot of fun. Hold on for the ride!
Ah... well that would explain it. Personally I think Apple should throw in a Free Macbook Pro with a user adjustable screen (One size may not fit all but you can have 12", 5", 17" and 60" in one Mac), and a Super Airport Extreme (Bluetooth, 802.11n, UWB, and WiMax), and then pay me to take all of their products, except the Xraid, they should reduce the price of an Xraid to $0.99 and reduce the price by a penny for every 99 you buy. Throw in a trip to the Moon and a chance to take over the world and I might consider Apple's Offer to give me a Mac Pro Super quad quad @ 56 Teraflops The screen better be 100" and not a nanometer less or no deal
They could either add a chip between north and southbridge, or sink money into designing (or having designed for them) better NBs and SBs.
Additionally, part of Intel's newer line of C2Ds and C2Qs coming out in early 2007 will run at 1333 FSB (333 quad-pumped), so the problems with adapting a current SLI desktop chipset become less severe, since they can already handle the FSB speed.
That's the spirit, Lewis! Xraid for 99cents? If I can get an educator's discount off that price , I take two. I like the idea of the adjustable size monitor; that would be cool.
My big gripe every year is why can't they make the day of the keynote an international holiday? I live in Japan and the damn thing occurs at 3:00am, which means I either stay up all night and go to work a crazed zombie, or I take the day off from work, sleep all day, wake up in the middle of the night, and go to work the next day a crazed zombie. This year I will try to work something into my schedule (a.k.a. go in on Sunday) so that I can have the day off.
That's the spirit, Lewis! Xraid for 99cents? If I can get an educator's discount off that price , I take two. I like the idea of the adjustable size monitor; that would be cool.
My big gripe every year is why can't they make the day of the keynote an international holiday? I live in Japan and the damn thing occurs at 3:00am, which means I either stay up all night and go to work a crazed zombie, or I take the day off from work, sleep all day, wake up in the middle of the night, and go to work the next day a crazed zombie. This year I will try to work something into my schedule (a.k.a. go in on Sunday) so that I can have the day off.
3% of the market At least until Steve pulls a Button out of his Hat and reveals it's really a "Destroy Microsoft and put Mac OS X on every computer in the world" button. :P
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20 days!!
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Ok, first let's deal with the holiday countdown, and THEN we can deal with the Macworld countdown.
and call it as iMac Pro!
not sure whether 24" iMac is selling well or not ...
19 days!
In my opinion, Apple could include iWork with all new Macs. I'm still on the fence as to whether they should combine iWork and iLife or not.
When iWork is an integral part of a Mac like iLife is, then they can do it. But they still don't do that with iLife and they likely won't so don't hope too hard.
-Boring Sales figures
-Leopard Preview
-Updates to iLife, possible update to iWork
-iSight Cinema Displays
-iTV
one more thing...
-iPhone (if it's the smartphone, they'll call it something like the MacPhone)
Long Shots:
-Updated iMac
-Updated notebooks
-iPod Widescreen
Things you won't see at MacWorld '07
-MacBook Mini
-Midrange Headless Mac
-MacTablet
-Me
1) Isn't iWork ALWAYS done at MWSF?
2) Long Shots: What do you update these notebooks with? Socket P isn't out yet.
Oh, and Joe_the_Dragon - they could totally scrap together more PCIe lanes if they wanted to pay a premium.
When iWork is an integral part of a Mac like iLife is, then they can do it. But they still don't do that with iLife and they likely won't so don't hope too hard.
They do include iLife on all new Macs...
They do include iLife on all new Macs...
Yes they do, but when iLife 07 comes out, you still have to pay for the upgrade, and they only do that because iLife is increasingly becoming a larger part of the Mac Experience. Eventually iLife may just become a part of OS X, but there would be fewer upgrades (only when OS X was upgraded) and iWork is still a few years behind OS X status.
Sebastian
-_-
Sebastian
2. iTV w/ DVR capabilities (record to a mac, no hard drive)
3. new mini
4. mac pro with blu-ray
5. 12 inch MacBook Pro
Apple Fans have too much Imagination, and as such, usually set themselves up for far too much disappointment.
Sebastian
More fun starts after the Keynote when everyone who didn't get what they wanted complains for two weeks about the bad choices Apple made. I have said it before, but will do so again: Apple could announce that they were giving everybody on the planet a free computer (let's say Mac Pro Super quad quad running at 56 tereflops) and monitor, and somebody here would find fault with the plan without ever saying "thanks, Steve". (It should have had 9 HD bays, not 8)
But that is how things should be. This is where we dream and let our imaginations run free drool, weep and complain, and for a month, it is a lot of fun. Hold on for the ride!
It seems like there's a general dearth of what's really expected, aside from an "Aloha" Apple phone...perhaps. Most likely a Leopard "new features" preview awaits along with a new iLife preview, The iTV gizmo, boiler plate sales figures, Apple financial health report, and of course, Steve Jobs in jeans and a turtle neck. Not much else seems verified...
Rumors of a "MacBook Thin" are thin on credibility at this point. I'll believe it when A.I. reports something to the effect. We all know (On Balance) that the iMac is doing well, as is the MacBook. IMHO the MacBook Pros need a major overhaul (way long in the tooth, give us a damn user removeable hard drive!). We all know the Mac Mini needs Core2 Duo, but it's not significant enough to spotlight at the MacWorld event.
Slewis: you are beginning to see some of the temporary insanity we were talking about on another thread recently. It will only increase (get worse? get better?) over the next couple of weeks, reaching a furor the day before the keynote. It even continues on the AI iChat forum during the keynote (I really wish I had printed last year's chat; parts of it were hilarious).
More fun starts after the Keynote when everyone who didn't get what they wanted complains for two weeks about the bad choices Apple made. I have said it before, but will do so again: Apple could announce that they were giving everybody on the planet a free computer (let's say Mac Pro Super quad quad running at 56 tereflops) and monitor, and somebody here would find fault with the plan without ever saying "thanks, Steve". (It should have had 9 HD bays, not 8)
But that is how things should be. This is where we dream and let our imaginations run free drool, weep and complain, and for a month, it is a lot of fun. Hold on for the ride!
Ah... well that would explain it. Personally I think Apple should throw in a Free Macbook Pro with a user adjustable screen (One size may not fit all but you can have 12", 5", 17" and 60" in one Mac), and a Super Airport Extreme (Bluetooth, 802.11n, UWB, and WiMax), and then pay me to take all of their products, except the Xraid, they should reduce the price of an Xraid to $0.99 and reduce the price by a penny for every 99 you buy. Throw in a trip to the Moon and a chance to take over the world and I might consider Apple's Offer to give me a Mac Pro Super quad quad @ 56 Teraflops
Back to Sanity now
Damn I just spoiled Macworld for myself.... -_-
Sebastian
Questions:
1) Isn't iWork ALWAYS done at MWSF?
2) Long Shots: What do you update these notebooks with? Socket P isn't out yet.
Oh, and Joe_the_Dragon - they could totally scrap together more PCIe lanes if they wanted to pay a premium.
There are not using hyper transport witch would make it easy to add pci-e lanes
NB gives x16 to the pci-e slots and x8 the the SB so at the most you can have x16 x8 and some on the lanes are used by other on board chips.
http://developer.apple.com/documenta...uid/TP40003027
Additionally, part of Intel's newer line of C2Ds and C2Qs coming out in early 2007 will run at 1333 FSB (333 quad-pumped), so the problems with adapting a current SLI desktop chipset become less severe, since they can already handle the FSB speed.
My big gripe every year is why can't they make the day of the keynote an international holiday? I live in Japan and the damn thing occurs at 3:00am, which means I either stay up all night and go to work a crazed zombie, or I take the day off from work, sleep all day, wake up in the middle of the night, and go to work the next day a crazed zombie. This year I will try to work something into my schedule (a.k.a. go in on Sunday) so that I can have the day off.
That's the spirit, Lewis! Xraid for 99cents? If I can get an educator's discount off that price , I take two. I like the idea of the adjustable size monitor; that would be cool.
My big gripe every year is why can't they make the day of the keynote an international holiday? I live in Japan and the damn thing occurs at 3:00am, which means I either stay up all night and go to work a crazed zombie, or I take the day off from work, sleep all day, wake up in the middle of the night, and go to work the next day a crazed zombie. This year I will try to work something into my schedule (a.k.a. go in on Sunday) so that I can have the day off.
3% of the market