My guess is that Apple will hold a special event for the Mini, Mac Pro, and iMac upgrades sometime in the next 2 to 3 months.
That's my thought as well. Intel isn't ready yet with Xeon Nehalems so new Mac Pros aren't ready. It just makes more sense to do a dedicated Desktop Special Event for the Mac Mini, iMac, and Mac Pro than to break them up separately. This is especially true if they plan to physically redesign the Mac Mini and Mac Pro to bring them in line with the iMac/notebook unibody design to present a unified product line. They are also probably waiting for the rest of the LED Cinema Displays for the Mac Mini and Mac Pro. They may also be waiting for the 55nm shrinks of the GT200 for the Mac Pro. There's probably going to be an event late January or early February for desktops.
MW-NY 2001 -- no hardware introduced or updated (with the G3 still in the iMac and the PowerMacs at 400, 450, and 500 mhz for nearly 2 years), and the audience received a lecture on the MHZ Myth.
The last couple of Keynotes, the audience just sat there bored with the occasional polite applause. I don't blame apple for wanting to stop doing this, it's usually anti-climactic. Just because the Mini and others weren't featured, doesn't mean they won't come out soon. Apple is disengaging.
idk. Certainly several before the second steve jobs era were worse, and in recent history, off the top of my head I'd say the keynote that featured iCards, and they keynote with the flower power / blue dalmation iMacs.
The iCards one was in 2000, and it also was the last before the release of OSX so there was a major demo of that.
I guess if you go far back enough you can find a worse one, but this definitely seems like the worst since Jobs took over the company.
The 17incher is the sweetness. Freakin beautiful. Would love to have a Blu-ray drive in the thing for the price though. Speaking of which, I wonder what kind of battery life it would get with a Blu-ray drive?
Regardless, I too, as some have mentioned, was looking forward to any news on Snow Leopard for this MacWorld. Ah well, hopefully soon.
17" - what is up with Apple not supporting a build-to-order option for an internal Bluray drive that supports large backups that other vendors offer for less than $300? Do we have to wait for Final Cut Pro Studio 3 at upcoming NAB?
Oh I don't know. Maybe its the Mac mini which hasn't been updated since... I'm not even sure. It's been maybe two years?
What about no quad core machines unless you get a Mac Pro? And no Nehalem machines?
I'm sure that Apple will have some 'special' event in 60-90 days. But really, the wait is getting ridiculous for next generation (quad core cpus, Nehalem, cutting edge graphics chips) hardware in Macs.
Its legendary how SJ felt frustrated by the lack of progress in PPC chips (3.0 ghz G5 anyone?) yet even now when on the Intel platform they drag their feet in updating machines to the latest and greatest.
Who's to blame now? IBM?
Apple has never updated their hardware as fast the the Dell's of the world. But all they have to do is slap the new chip or motherboard into one of their old cases and they are done. You'll get your quad core macs this year. Just not right NOW.
And besides.. the Quad Core Xeons are not even available yet. So they couldn't upgrade their Mac Pros.
What happened to all these new hardware coming out???
I hope these new softwares can run on our aging fleet of Mac's!
Mac mini - VERY OLD
iMac - OLD
Mac Pro - VERY OLD
They didn't even bring the prices down on these old products... Apple will give sales to PCs if they don't bring out new hardware ASAP! And if they do... THE WORLD WAS WATCHING TODAY AT MACWORLD EXPO! They should have done it with a BANG! I guess Steve (God Bless him) but his health has put a damper on Apple... That means without him Apple is in deep trouble... It's no wonder Phil did the show... All about software and one hardware - YAH!
The cinema displays are even older - they need a refresh, even if they don't go LED due to high cost.
Anyone else find it interesting that Apple gives the option of 8 GB of memory? It means that the NVIDIA chipset can do 8 GB just fine -- meaning that the 15" MacBook Pro ought to be able to take 8 GB too.
Their are no slot loading BR drives that fit the Mac Book Pro.
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17" - what is up with Apple not supporting a build-to-order option for an internal Bluray drive that supports large backups that other vendors offer for less than $300? Do we have to wait for Final Cut Pro Studio 3 at upcoming NAB?
Are there real performance gains or increase in sales directly because of quad core? Or does it only allow you to brag that your computer goes up to 11.
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I know that.
But I've seen quad core desktop machines at Office Depot for 3 months.
Steve passed the torch to Phil to avoid the embarrassment of announcing no big deal products.
I guess Apple indeed did not like MWSF anymore. What a horrible way to end the keynotes experience there.
Hopefully soon a special event will bring what we are really looking for.
Yes I agree that a special even is what we are looking for. Since I bought the 15" MPB only in November I am glad that Blu-Ray is still a bag of hurt. Would have been pissed if it showed up this time. A special event with Steve on stage will be a treat. If all goes a predicted with his treatment, perhaps we can see something in six months or so.
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My guess is that Apple will hold a special event for the Mini, Mac Pro, and iMac upgrades sometime in the next 2 to 3 months.
That's my thought as well. Intel isn't ready yet with Xeon Nehalems so new Mac Pros aren't ready. It just makes more sense to do a dedicated Desktop Special Event for the Mac Mini, iMac, and Mac Pro than to break them up separately. This is especially true if they plan to physically redesign the Mac Mini and Mac Pro to bring them in line with the iMac/notebook unibody design to present a unified product line. They are also probably waiting for the rest of the LED Cinema Displays for the Mac Mini and Mac Pro. They may also be waiting for the 55nm shrinks of the GT200 for the Mac Pro. There's probably going to be an event late January or early February for desktops.
If not, then which year rolled out less?
MW-NY 2001 -- no hardware introduced or updated (with the G3 still in the iMac and the PowerMacs at 400, 450, and 500 mhz for nearly 2 years), and the audience received a lecture on the MHZ Myth.
idk. Certainly several before the second steve jobs era were worse, and in recent history, off the top of my head I'd say the keynote that featured iCards, and they keynote with the flower power / blue dalmation iMacs.
The iCards one was in 2000, and it also was the last before the release of OSX so there was a major demo of that.
I guess if you go far back enough you can find a worse one, but this definitely seems like the worst since Jobs took over the company.
Regardless, I too, as some have mentioned, was looking forward to any news on Snow Leopard for this MacWorld. Ah well, hopefully soon.
The iCards one was in 2000, and it also was the last before the release of OSX so there was a major demo of that.
I guess if you go far back enough you can find a worse one, but this definitely seems like the worst since Jobs took over the company.
Meh. We had major software demos at this one too. iPhoto and iMovie look fantastic. I think ScottiB has the worst one nailed.
Oh I don't know. Maybe its the Mac mini which hasn't been updated since... I'm not even sure. It's been maybe two years?
What about no quad core machines unless you get a Mac Pro? And no Nehalem machines?
I'm sure that Apple will have some 'special' event in 60-90 days. But really, the wait is getting ridiculous for next generation (quad core cpus, Nehalem, cutting edge graphics chips) hardware in Macs.
Its legendary how SJ felt frustrated by the lack of progress in PPC chips (3.0 ghz G5 anyone?) yet even now when on the Intel platform they drag their feet in updating machines to the latest and greatest.
Who's to blame now? IBM?
Apple has never updated their hardware as fast the the Dell's of the world. But all they have to do is slap the new chip or motherboard into one of their old cases and they are done. You'll get your quad core macs this year. Just not right NOW.
And besides.. the Quad Core Xeons are not even available yet. So they couldn't upgrade their Mac Pros.
Horrible show...
Just a MacBook Pro?
What happened to all these new hardware coming out???
I hope these new softwares can run on our aging fleet of Mac's!
Mac mini - VERY OLD
iMac - OLD
Mac Pro - VERY OLD
They didn't even bring the prices down on these old products... Apple will give sales to PCs if they don't bring out new hardware ASAP! And if they do... THE WORLD WAS WATCHING TODAY AT MACWORLD EXPO! They should have done it with a BANG! I guess Steve (God Bless him) but his health has put a damper on Apple... That means without him Apple is in deep trouble... It's no wonder Phil did the show... All about software and one hardware - YAH!
The cinema displays are even older - they need a refresh, even if they don't go LED due to high cost.
Apple has never updated their hardware as fast the the Dell's of the world. .
I know that.
But I've seen quad core desktop machines at Office Depot for 3 months.
Its pretty mainstream except for Macs.
Color me impressed.
No imacs, no minis, no snow leopard demo. Lame.
*Hoping for a firmware update for his 15" MBP*
Wow a $2800 notebook with a 9600m for poor gaming at 1920x1200 resolutions. And DDR3 ram at DDR2 speeds! Along with a non removable battery.
Color me impressed.
Wow...because you want to game on a MacBook Pro?
17" - what is up with Apple not supporting a build-to-order option for an internal Bluray drive that supports large backups that other vendors offer for less than $300? Do we have to wait for Final Cut Pro Studio 3 at upcoming NAB?
I know that.
But I've seen quad core desktop machines at Office Depot for 3 months.
Its pretty mainstream except for Macs.
Lame MWSF.
Steve passed the torch to Phil to avoid the embarrassment of announcing no big deal products.
I guess Apple indeed did not like MWSF anymore. What a horrible way to end the keynotes experience there.
Hopefully soon a special event will bring what we are really looking for.
Yes I agree that a special even is what we are looking for. Since I bought the 15" MPB only in November I am glad that Blu-Ray is still a bag of hurt. Would have been pissed if it showed up this time. A special event with Steve on stage will be a treat. If all goes a predicted with his treatment, perhaps we can see something in six months or so.