MWSF 2001 optimism vs. pessimism

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• Reply 1 of 10

  kidred Posts: 2,402member

  November 28, 2001 1:23AM

  For your PMac pessimist view, I think even if Apple comes out with G4s they will have a faster system bus and use DDR. So maybe that a positive pessimist view?
• Reply 2 of 10

  neutrino23 Posts: 1,562member

  November 28, 2001 2:48AM

  I doubt that Apple will add USB 2.0 until it is heavily adopted by the rest of the industry. FW is already there for fast connections. USB 1.0 works OK for printers, cameras, keyboards and such. Finally, there are almost no products that use USB 2.0. Even if you had it you couldn't use it. There is no need for Apple to be on the leading edge of this one.
• Reply 3 of 10

  blizaine Posts: 239member

  November 28, 2001 6:02AM

  man, I'd buy that "optimistic" 1.4Ghz G5 for $2399 in a heartbeat if that were released...
  
  
  
  
  
  :eek:
• Reply 4 of 10

  jasonpp Posts: 308member

  November 28, 2001 8:09AM

  Didn't MWSF 2001 happen almost a year ago?
  
  
  
  
• Reply 5 of 10

  tl Posts: 33member

  November 28, 2001 9:54AM

  Those pessimistic ones are exactly what I expect to see, except with 256 RAM in the middle models.
• Reply 6 of 10

  slacker Posts: 127member

  November 28, 2001 9:59AM

  I really think Apple will go with USB2.0 instead of 1.1 (or whatever it's at).
  
  
  
  If 2 is no more expensive than 1 to implement why not? It's fully backward compatible with 1 so if there is no big price difference it would be foolish not to.
• Reply 7 of 10

  zo Posts: 3,117member

  November 28, 2001 10:17AM

  pessimistic all the way...
  
  
  
  Im thinking MAYBE we will see DDR ram to keep people quiet for a while longer. But besides that, nothing. Maybe a slightly faster dual setup (dual 933s)
  
  
  
  We will also have 500Mhz G4s again for another year... because Steve feels like.
  
  
  
  I just hope a new iBook doesn't come out in January... caus I'm about to buy meself one.
• Reply 8 of 10

  caler Posts: 29member

  November 29, 2001 7:24PM

  [quote] Apple announces that 98% of mac applications have been carbonized.
  
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  2% = Photoshop, Quark Xpress, Dreamweaver...
  
  
  
  
• Reply 9 of 10

  neomac Posts: 145member

  November 29, 2001 8:52PM

  I'd rather be a pessimist ("realist") and be pleasantly suprised if Apple exceeds my expectations, rather than be an optimist and be sorely disappointed when Apple falls short of my unreasonably high expectations.
  
  
  
  I say 1Ghz or higher G4 PowerMacs and a 1Ghz G3 iMac. It will be the "Ghz Expo".
• Reply 10 of 10

  eman Posts: 7,204member

  November 29, 2001 8:54PM

  [quote]Originally posted by Slacker:
  
  <strong>I really think Apple will go with USB2.0 instead of 1.1 (or whatever it's at).
  
  
  
  If 2 is no more expensive than 1 to implement why not? It's fully backward compatible with 1 so if there is no big price difference it would be foolish not to.</strong><hr></blockquote>
  
  
  
  Yeah, that's a good point.