The Apple Special Event
I was hesitant about blogging about this, as seemingly everyone has already heard that Apple will be holding a special event on February 28th. I thought I would take a different stance and ask everyone what they think Apple will unveil at this event. My prediction includes a 13.3″ iBook (named simply MacBook not MacBook Pro) with a single-core Intel Yonah processor and accompanying mobile chipset with integrated iSight and Front Row. I’m not so sure if Front Row would make it in, but it would sure be nice. The reason I think a MacBook is coming is that I believe Apple wants to get their money makers out the door first. Mobile macs provide for a huge portion of Apple’s income once you set their iPod profits aside. That being said, the Mac Mini and PowerMac likely will not get revamped and transformed into Intel powerhouses until the summer, likely WWDC in June. Let me know what you are expecting or hoping for Apple to pull off.
A little off topic, but today I had my first iChat conversation. Some people had been bugging me to get a microphone for a long time and I finally got around to picking one up (although it is fairly subpar and dinky). Apparently, now I have to get an iSight, egh.
I don’t think we’ll see the new ibook. It’s going to be the mac mini. If the invitation says “come and see some fun new products” and considering the description for the mini says “do fun things”… just loose ends.
they almost made me get an isight also, but i got a logitech webcam working with isight, so just buy a $10 webcam and set it up. that’ll do.
How about some media cube?
it’s a bit late to be up don’t you think?
and yea, that looks bad to me, i don’t like it. hopefully it’ll be something in that direction, but not that ugly box.
I hope to not see the media cube, looks pretty gross. I blogged about what I expect to see, I’m hoping mac mini, some software updates, maybe final cut. Check it out for yourself!
http://www.zamwi.com/wordpress/?p=62
I hope we don’t see another cube.
THEUBERGEEKS ATTACK!
I’m inclined to agree with you.
I don’t think we’ll see any iPods until the other side of Easter, possibly even the summer, because when you’ve just sold as many iPods as they did before Christmas, the last thing you should be doing is alienating those customers by making theirs obsolete (and the touchscreen stuff suggests obsolete would be a mild word to use).
Similarly I don’t think we’ll see a new Mac Mini of any great significance. They’re still throwing FrontRow 1.0 around but a new Mini would surely be begging for a FrontRow 2.0 of some kind. Possibly they will do a gentle bump of the Mini because if they’ve built a small motherboard for an iBook update, it wouldn’t be too much effort to reuse it in the Mini.
I don’t think the iBook will be a straightforward update. I expect them to play either their touchscreen hand or their “mobile me” hand. Laptop where you can detach the screen and use it as a tablet, like some PC laptop makers have been experimenting with?
Hey Paul it’s Victor from the Typical Mac User Podcast. My predictions for the 28th (by the way I’ll be in the middle of the Western Caribbean so I won’t know what the announcements are until March 4th ), are. . .
1. Intel single core Mac Mini
2. I agree with your MacBook prediction but I will add a prediction of a 17″ MacBook Pro (won’t ship until April though)
3. Announcements regarding other Universal Binary applications
On another subject congrats on getting that mic, now how about sending me some segments for the Typical Mac User Podcast. I’d still would love to have your contributions to the podcast.
Take care
Victor