Apple Employees To See New PowerMacs on 1/24?

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in Future Apple Hardware edited January 2014
According to Think Secret there is to be an unveiling for employees to be held in Cupertino at 10AM PT tomorrow. (This is the same thing that happened with the iPod. Employees got a look several days before the public did). Looks like product, along with new iMacs, will be at Apple Stores and Re-sellers on Tuesday the 29th.
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  • Reply 1 of 34
    willoughbywilloughby Posts: 1,457member
    I thought the employees saw the iPod only 1 day before? Maybe we'll see the PowerMacs on Friday. heh
  • Reply 1 of 34
    canadianmacguycanadianmacguy Posts: 47member
    Umm, no, most Apple employees did not see the iPod before it was announced to the public.. they did hold a meeting in town hall, and there were press folks in there updating web pages live for us..
  • Reply 3 of 34
    fran441fran441 Posts: 3,715member
    I also hate to break it to you, but the new iMacs will not be on sale on the 29th. They are shipping out from Apple on the 29th and will be at retail stores on either the 1st or 2nd of February.
  • Reply 4 of 34
    nonsuchnonsuch Posts: 293member
    Seems kind of grandiose for a not-terribly-significant hardware upgrade ...
  • Reply 5 of 34
    willoughbywilloughby Posts: 1,457member
    [quote]Originally posted by Fran441:

    <strong>I also hate to break it to you, but the new iMacs will not be on sale on the 29th. They are shipping out from Apple on the 29th and will be at retail stores on either the 1st or 2nd of February.</strong><hr></blockquote>





    Thats not what my local Apple Store said. They said they'd "have them in" next week. Ah hem "probably". hehe
  • Reply 6 of 34
    davegeedavegee Posts: 2,765member
    [quote]Originally posted by Nonsuch:

    <strong>Seems kind of grandiose for a not-terribly-significant hardware upgrade ...</strong><hr></blockquote>



    What seems grandiose? Apple showing an updated product to the people who work there? I'm not sure I understand. Unlike the iPod rollout this isn't a press event it's just for people who work at Apple.



    Dave



    [ 01-23-2002: Message edited by: DaveGee ]</p>
  • Reply 7 of 34
    jasonppjasonpp Posts: 308member
    [quote]Originally posted by canadianmacguy:

    <strong>Umm, no, most Apple employees did not see the iPod before it was announced to the public.. they did hold a meeting in town hall, and there were press folks in there updating web pages live for us..</strong><hr></blockquote>



    Hey, are you in Markham?



    I'm at a certain Telcom next to buttonville airport..always wanted to work for Apple Canada though.. what's it like?
  • Reply 8 of 34
    the swanthe swan Posts: 82member
    Why unveil a speed bump to employees? If its the same QS enclosure who needs an unveiling. Now a G5, there's something worth "unveiling".



    [ 01-23-2002: Message edited by: The Swan ]</p>
  • Reply 9 of 34
    kidredkidred Posts: 2,402member
    [quote]Originally posted by The Swan:

    <strong>Why unveil a speed bump to employees? If its the same QS enclosure who needs an unveiling. Now a G5, there's something worth "unveiling".



    [ 01-23-2002: Message edited by: The Swan ]</strong><hr></blockquote>



    "Ok everyone, gather around. Whoalaaa! These are the current QS G4s that we have managed to squeeze 133mhz out of to give us a dual, say it with me folks, a dual 1.0ghz!! Everything else is pretty much the same, but it's a dual 1.0ghz!!



    Alright, the party is over, everyone get back to work, move it. Move it!"
  • Reply 9 of 34
    spotbugspotbug Posts: 361member
    [quote]Originally posted by The Swan:

    <strong>Why unveil a speed bump to employees? If its the same QS enclosure who needs an unveiling. Now a G5, theirs something worth "unveiling".</strong><hr></blockquote>



    Hey, good point. If it's just the internals that are changing, you don't need to gather everybody around; just send a company-wide memo with the new specs. If you want everybody to see it, you need to get them all together to show it off.



    Hmmm... this could be something. Alright! I'm all refueled in expectation of the next "next big thing".
  • Reply 11 of 34
    tarbashtarbash Posts: 278member
    Apple doesn't schedule campus-wide employee meetings for new products unless it's a fairly big deal. They did this for the iBook and the iPod, as well as the retail store launch. What usually happens is an email gets sent out telling all employees to gather in Cafe Macs and they all then watch Steve unveil new stuff via TV.



    When the TiBook and iBook got bumped back in October, its not like Apple called all employees in and showed off the new stuff... this sounds kind of fishy if it's going to JUST be speedbumped G4s. <img src="graemlins/bugeye.gif" border="0" alt="[Skeptical]" />



    [ 01-23-2002: Message edited by: Tarbash ]</p>
  • Reply 11 of 34
    leonisleonis Posts: 3,427member
    Yeah. Steve finds that reaching 1Ghz is the milestone in Apple's history book so he think it's necessary to be proud of



    [ 01-23-2002: Message edited by: Leonis ]</p>
  • Reply 13 of 34
    cdhostagecdhostage Posts: 1,038member
    Yeah, it's a 1 ggiahertz baby! Yeah Baby!



    (2 years after Intel machines reached a gig)
  • Reply 13 of 34
    amidalaamidala Posts: 82member
    I think you're all forgetting something.



    Apple has not annoucned a press-conference. So if they are updating stuff soon, there will be no hoopla about it.



    Andrew
  • Reply 15 of 34
    macsrgood4umacsrgood4u Posts: 3,007member
    Think Secret, as usual, did not give a source for the meeting rumor. Folks, that's all it is, a rumor. We already know that no press briefing for a special event has been announced.
  • Reply 16 of 34
    bodhibodhi Posts: 1,424member
    You guys do not get it. Apple does not need to call the press, have them drive or fly into Cupertino to hear speed bumped Power Macs.
  • Reply 17 of 34
    rmh1572rmh1572 Posts: 94member
    Railhead design states that he called a retailer and they said new PMs would be out thurs. Just more info to add. i gues this kinda squashes that whole rumors about g5s at seybold if this is true. The product cycle would be too quick
  • Reply 18 of 34
    bill mbill m Posts: 324member
    If the Crystal Clear offer (PMG4 + LCD rebate) ends on Jan/31, it would be safe to assume no new towers before that date.



    Agree?
  • Reply 19 of 34
    bodhibodhi Posts: 1,424member
    [quote]Originally posted by Bill M:

    <strong>If the Crystal Clear offer (PMG4 + LCD rebate) ends on Jan/31, it would be safe to assume no new towers before that date.



    Agree?</strong><hr></blockquote>





    This has talked over to death. The promo means absolutely nothing. Apple shortened the cd burner Powerbook promo without notice and they can do it again with the Crystal Clear promo.
  • Reply 20 of 34
    jcgjcg Posts: 777member
    [quote]Originally posted by Rmh1572:

    <strong>Railhead design states that he called a retailer and they said new PMs would be out thurs. Just more info to add. i gues this kinda squashes that whole rumors about g5s at seybold if this is true. The product cycle would be too quick</strong><hr></blockquote>



    That depends on the anouncement. A simple speed boost, with no mother board revision, or even moving to MP's across the board wont cost Apple much in R&D, and if they keep the inventory low then they could easily announce the G5 in a few months. This strategy might also make the apparent jump in speed appear less when/if they start shipping 1.6 ghz G5's, which would be clost to a 100% boost in processer speed over what is shipping now. This could sit "bad" in customers mouths, and bring about some bad press. On the other hand, if they ship the new G4's for a few months before they anounce the G5's it will appear that they are moving ahead in development, instead of stigmatizing the G4 as a "failed" chip.
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