Do you think Apple are clearing the stage before WWDC?
Given the closeness of WWDC, I cant help but think that Apple are doing a tidy up exercise to clear up items in order to keep the stage free for WWDC.
By that I mean the MacBook revision and the iPhone release date. The MacBook could have waited and been a part of WWDC announcements and I'm more surprised that they have chosen to announce the release date out of the blue.
Given that Apple seem to think the new iPhone as a big play in their strategies ( both in terms of the actual unit and possibly further units based on smaller OSX platform ) then it seems wierd to not have announced it in the keynote - it is a big release date . . . so why not have it in the big talk?
I know it reads obivous, it implies to me that Apple are looking to clear the stage of the small what about this? type questions.
So it suggests to me, that something else pretty big in the hardware wide of things has to coming along .... that is assuming that it wont all be about leopard.
Or is my reasoning completely flawed?
By that I mean the MacBook revision and the iPhone release date. The MacBook could have waited and been a part of WWDC announcements and I'm more surprised that they have chosen to announce the release date out of the blue.
Given that Apple seem to think the new iPhone as a big play in their strategies ( both in terms of the actual unit and possibly further units based on smaller OSX platform ) then it seems wierd to not have announced it in the keynote - it is a big release date . . . so why not have it in the big talk?
I know it reads obivous, it implies to me that Apple are looking to clear the stage of the small what about this? type questions.
- Yes, Leopard is going to be shown in all its glory, but will ALL be about leopard? I doubt it.
- Will we see new displays? I expect so . . . but that seems an awfully small hardware item to push out something important like iPhone release date.
- Will we see a new MacPro? I dont think so .... whats out there to make a big thing of changing it? to that new thing
- Will we see new graphcis cards in the MacPro ... possibly . . .but is that really a big enough thing to push out iPhone? ( remember its only a different card in the same machine )
So it suggests to me, that something else pretty big in the hardware wide of things has to coming along .... that is assuming that it wont all be about leopard.
Or is my reasoning completely flawed?
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Well, a MS-Surface thrashing MultiTouch UI (in new desktop(s) and MacBook Pro / ultraportable) would fit the bill.
Just a thought.
Tell me I'm wrong and explain it please.
OK, maybe I'm just weird but I don't understand when people say "Apple are." Does that make sense? Apple is one thing, not many. Apples are doing something. Apple is doing something. Apple is clearing the stage. Apple is doing a tidy up exercise. Given that Apple seems to think.
Tell me I'm wrong and explain it please.
Just one idea from someone who is not native english speaker: maybe the US vs. UK version?
OK, maybe I'm just weird but I don't understand when people say "Apple are." Does that make sense? Apple is one thing, not many. Apples are doing something. Apple is doing something. Apple is clearing the stage. Apple is doing a tidy up exercise. Given that Apple seems to think.
Tell me I'm wrong and explain it please.
I'll tell you that your being pedantic.
I can see your point, but I could argue that I used the word 'Apple' as a respresentation of the body of employees working under the group name of Apple. Thus creating the plural aspect and necessitating the need for 'are' instead of 'is'.
So it suggests to me, that something else pretty big in the hardware wide of things has to coming along .... that is assuming that it wont all be about leopard.
Of course it won't be all about Leopard. We will get the usual reviews on Apple's performance on several sectors, and also some words on iPhone.
On the hardware front, some whispers want new redesigned iMacs going together with Leopard. While this is a possibility, I somehow doubt it will happen at WWDC. I think Apple Expo fits more the purpose and it is close to the official release month of Leopard.
I'll tell you that your being pedantic.
I can see your point, but I could argue that I used the word 'Apple' as a respresentation of the body of employees working under the group name of Apple. Thus creating the plural aspect and necessitating the need for 'are' instead of 'is'.
The proper pronunciation would be, "Apple is..." If you wish to speak about the body of employees working at Apple, Inc., you would say, "the employees of Apple," or "Apple employees."
The phrase, "Apple are..." reduces the credibility of the source to me. That's my honest opinion.
The only significant difference I can think of is that the British sometimes treat collective nouns as plural where the Americans treat them as singular.
UK: "The government are announcing an important decision." (Speaking of specific people in the government).
"The government is a constitutional monarchy." (Speaking of the government as an institution)
US: "The government is announcing an important decision."
"The government is a republic."
Being the fact that America is basically a country formed by British colonials that over time developed its own colloquilisms I'd say that if anything the British way is correct and that America has skewed the standard over time.
The US isn't even 300 years old. You could point out a million buildings in Europe that are 5x older than the US itself. We're just babies compared to the rest of the world when age and cultural history is considered.
OK, maybe I'm just weird but I don't understand when people say "Apple are." Does that make sense? Apple is one thing, not many. Apples are doing something. Apple is doing something. Apple is clearing the stage. Apple is doing a tidy up exercise. Given that Apple seems to think.
Tell me I'm wrong and explain it please.
No, you are not wrong. Apple (the company) is singular just like 'world' is singular even though it contains 6 billion people. However, some collective nouns can be singular or plural. For example: the word 'audience'.
You can say, "The audience claps." - singular. But you can also say, "The audience take their seats." - plural. How about 'fish' or 'sheep' - singular or plural. English is made up of about 15 different languages with all their spellings, sentence structures, syntax, etc. It's no wonder we get confused. Incidently, there is a book about the English language called, "English and How She is Spoke."
Sorry for interjecting these words of wisdom (?), but I can't help myself. I have taught college English for 18 years and have written legal briefs for a lot longer. I STILL make mistakes.
Sorry for interjecting these words of wisdom (?), but I can't help myself. I have taught college English for 18 years and have written legal briefs for a lot longer. I STILL make mistakes.
Evidently you do. Might wanna do some reading on the subject of collective plurals.
I'll tell you that your being pedantic.
I can see your point, but I could argue that I used the word 'Apple' as a respresentation of the body of employees working under the group name of Apple. Thus creating the plural aspect and necessitating the need for 'are' instead of 'is'.
Apple is a single entity. Apple has people, yes, but Apple is a single entity, hence saying "Apple are" is grammatically incorrect.
Here's the thing: in the UK it is common and acceptable to use 'are' and other plural descriptors with collective nouns (like 'team' for instance). In the US, it is not generally done. That's it. Nothing more.
Does anyone really find the OP's point incomprehensible because of this vast gulf in transatlantic grammar? No? Then can we get back to the frickin' topic already?
The common theme among them will be some kind of limited touch screen capability.
Speaking of the new macbook update and the new thread about the release of new MPB with the back to school promotion I was wondering if we may see another upgrade to these notebooks hardware now and again before the end of the year. I personally was holding off buying a mbp for leopard but after the delay to october I figured id buy one come the next round of upgrades. But now im kinda looking at it and thinking freak these are nice upgrades but nothing really cool is being done. Ranting aside here is my real question.
Will we see another "upgrade" or overhaul to the MBP again this year, 2007, if they are upgraded within the next week as is predicted? (assuming they dont get santa rosa, led backlights, flash memory ect...)
I'm not counting on the iMacs anymore, though I don't think they'll be too long after WWDC (2-3 weeks). An hour and a half may be used to sum up the iPhone, general updates, and Leopard.
it would be great if new imacs were announced and demo-ed at wwdc, then released a few weeks later - this would tie up nicely with pay day!
it would be madness if they (it?!) delayed new imacs until leopard.
The proper pronunciation would be, "Apple is..."
That should be "The proper syntax . . ."
Does anyone really find the OP's point incomprehensible because of this vast gulf in transatlantic grammar? No? Then can we get back to the frickin' topic already?
touché
hopefully a small revision of mac pro as in new gpu and 2gb of ram as standard, as it is world wide 'developers' conference, not totally out of the question