texanpenguin
Registered Penguin
With these two new announcements out of the blue so close to WWDC (when people are expecting announcements of 3GHz G5s, iMac G5s, a new line of displays etc, etc), does it strike anyone ELSE as odd that Apple would opt not to wait until the big show to unleash things like the Airport Express or 2.5GHz G5s?
To me, these mean one of the following:
- WWDC will suck from a product line p.o.v.
or
- WWDC will see something BIG coming. VERY big.
I'm going to go with number 2, and my predictions are as follows:
- With the new Airport Express newly unleashed, I see a focus on Wireless, at least in part, consisting of:
-- Airport Extreme cards standard in all iMacs, an option on sale for PowerMacs. Standard in all notebooks.
-- A new iPod, 60GB with a colour screen, wireless, an inbuilt microphone (similar to that in the PowerBooks) and perhaps a slightly different button layout (gotta be distinguishable if you're spending tonnes on it). Basically an iPod that noone can resist. This comes as (in Australia) Pepsi is giving away an iPod an hour and Streets Ice Creams (or perhaps it's Cadbury's or Peter's) is giving away an iPod a day; that's a huge quantity of iPods getting cleared out of stock...
-- Some form of wireless remote device (either 802.1x based or Bluetooth based) to control your wireless enabled device (such as for presentations). Could also be a new feature in the wireless iPod (VERY simple control functions) similar to Salling Clicker.
- With the new Powermac G5 range bumped up to 2.5GHz, I see Steve announcing a 3GHz G5 for late-2004 shipping; the 2.5Ghz models are to ship quickly, to tide anyone in a mad rush over until the 3GHz model.
- Of course there's going to be Tiger, which I foresee to be not really worth the upgrade (for once), but I'm sincerely hoping to be proven wrong.
Agree/Disagree?
Discuss.
To me, these mean one of the following:
- WWDC will suck from a product line p.o.v.
or
- WWDC will see something BIG coming. VERY big.
I'm going to go with number 2, and my predictions are as follows:
- With the new Airport Express newly unleashed, I see a focus on Wireless, at least in part, consisting of:
-- Airport Extreme cards standard in all iMacs, an option on sale for PowerMacs. Standard in all notebooks.
-- A new iPod, 60GB with a colour screen, wireless, an inbuilt microphone (similar to that in the PowerBooks) and perhaps a slightly different button layout (gotta be distinguishable if you're spending tonnes on it). Basically an iPod that noone can resist. This comes as (in Australia) Pepsi is giving away an iPod an hour and Streets Ice Creams (or perhaps it's Cadbury's or Peter's) is giving away an iPod a day; that's a huge quantity of iPods getting cleared out of stock...
-- Some form of wireless remote device (either 802.1x based or Bluetooth based) to control your wireless enabled device (such as for presentations). Could also be a new feature in the wireless iPod (VERY simple control functions) similar to Salling Clicker.
- With the new Powermac G5 range bumped up to 2.5GHz, I see Steve announcing a 3GHz G5 for late-2004 shipping; the 2.5Ghz models are to ship quickly, to tide anyone in a mad rush over until the 3GHz model.
- Of course there's going to be Tiger, which I foresee to be not really worth the upgrade (for once), but I'm sincerely hoping to be proven wrong.
Agree/Disagree?
Discuss.