How big will MWNY be?
With the news from apple that it won't update its hardware anytime soon means that hardware will be updated at MWNY.
Do you think apple will update both portables and desktops at macworld?
If so do you think the powermacs might distance itself from the imac?
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Do you think apple will update both portables and desktops at macworld?
If so do you think the powermacs might distance itself from the imac?
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We could see a total product line refresh at MWNY, who knows, its too early to call.
<strong>When is MWNY? MYTY?</strong><hr></blockquote>
I don't know the exact dates, but I do believe MWTY is at the end of March and MWNY is at the end of July.
Portables at WWDC (May) and desktops in July sounds pretty good to me
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I don't know the exact dates, but I do believe MWTY is at the end of March and MWNY is at the end of July.
Portables at WWDC (May) and desktops in July sounds pretty good to me</strong><hr></blockquote>
Actually, I see consumer CPUs (iBook/iMac) getting updated in their own thing -- special event or quiet upgrade, and pro machines (PB/PM) getting updated in New York.
Heck they've only started to ship in quantities and it's already mid Feb. And the low end won't be out for another month!
Heck they've only started to ship in quantities and it's already mid Feb. And the low end won't be out for another month!
<strong>When is MWNY? MYTY?</strong><hr></blockquote>
MWT March 21, 22, 23
MWNY July 16, 17, 18, 19
MWSF 2003 January 7, 8, 9, 10
Speculation:
No changes to the iMac till at least the fall, more likely MWSF, unless some monster problem rears its head. In that case there will be a rev to fix it. The iMac looks so good that I can't imagine what it needs. Certainly we can all think of things to add on to it. But it is not like the TiBook last year which really needed a combo drive.
TiBook - I think there will be speed bumps and maybe some feature bumps (larger HD, more memory, faster bus?) before MWNY. The big change for the TiBook will be a larger/more high resolution display and it is probably too soon for that.
iBook - same thing. Speed bump before MWNY. Probably not much else. Maybe a larger HD.
The laptops will be changed before MWNY so that Apple can focus on the PowerMacs there. I think the towers will see a substantial speed bump and some feature bumps (FW2?, larger and faster HD, AT100?, DDR?). By then we will have seen OS 10.2 and maybe even OS 10.2.1 as well as Photoshop for OS X and probably a number of other major apps for OS X (Quark?) making this a great show for the pros.
Also more news about Powerschool, Apple Stores, maybe a new version of iPhoto. By July Apple hardware will be the most solid, reliable combination available to the general public. MWNY should be a kind of celebration. Will Steve declare that it is now twelve o'clock on his metaphorical timepiece?
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Which, incidently, is about 1/200th as big as most people here will expect it to be, resulting in a lot of whining in Future Hardware over the following few days. Or months...
Speculation:
No changes to the iMac till at least the fall, more likely MWSF, unless some monster problem rears its head.[/QB]<hr></blockquote>
I just don't see apple going an entire year from it's new iMac announcement until it's next rev. I think apple has had quite a lot of success with the fairly frequent small updates to the iBook.
I think we'll see a Power Mac with all the fun bus and ram buzzwords and the imac will get a quiet bus and mhz bump.
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MWT March 21, 22, 23
MWNY July 16, 17, 18, 19
MWSF 2003 January 7, 8, 9, 10
Speculation:
No changes to the iMac till at least the fall, more likely MWSF, unless some monster problem rears its head. In that case there will be a rev to fix it. The iMac looks so good that I can't imagine what it needs. Certainly we can all think of things to add on to it. But it is not like the TiBook last year which really needed a combo drive.
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The iMac will need a speed bump in August or September if for nothing esle but PR for Apple. This is when Apple intros the hardware that they have for back to school and Christmass, so a speed bust will be needed to hold the iMac over till next January. Possibly holding onto the 700 mhz at the bottom end, and cutting the cost, then the top end iMac gets a 900 mhz or 1 ghz processer.
The big question for New York is will we finally see a new mother board, and which processor will they use. Apple will need a 1.2 to 1.4 ghz processer for the PowerMacs by the end of the summer if they are going to continue to be attractive for high end video use.
Every time curiousity always wins.
As soon as every one of these off the wall MW predictors realize that in order to enjoy a mac world you need to not set your goals high at all... setting them low allows for surprise and allows you to ENJOY a MW for once.
Mac Guru
And this is going to be huge
Then the new slogan "We will make you hip" <img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[Laughing]" />
PowerMacs between 1GHz and 1.5GHz
PowerBooks between 733MHz and 1GHz
<strong>... maybe a new version of iPhoto</strong><hr></blockquote>
I don't think so. It took iTunes 10 months to get updated. We might get a point release, but I'd bet that 2.0 might make it to MW Paris.
I remember before I discovered rumor sites, how I heard about the new macs second hand through macworld or macaddict, or saw only clips of the show. i was wow'ed by anything, even the old beige boxes [oh the horror].
the boards here really do ruin the show i think. like before mwsf this jan, w/o rumor boards i probably wouldn't have expected g5s et al. others' inside knowledge from friends of distant relatives who've once smelled a sealed test box, raise my expectations. people whine about what apple should be doing, based on their own wants, and declare apple could.
i don't think people should lower expectations to the point of apple releasing the newest, greatest iFecalMatter, so that if apple does do anything they'll be happy. people should make reasonable expectations. every so often, apple will boost the speeds. how much they do it, or at what increments is a guessing game, to b left to motorola. sw revisions can come at mw's, too. we shouldn't expect anything too specific, b/c we don't konw and can't possibly know whats to happen.
they'll do something. it'll b cool. i'll want to buy one.
Fall event - iMac - 133MHZ bus, 867/1000 MHZ G4
MWNY 2003 - G5
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