The past few weeks in the Apple community have been chockful of rumors that Apple will hold a special event next Tuesday, September 12th. What they are going to release then is anyone’s guess. However, the special event will almost certainly update some current Macs with the new Intel Core 2 Duo (Merom core) processor and even bring a new Mac as Apple Insider claims.
Apparently, Apple will introduce a massive 23 inch iMac powered by the dual-core mobile Merom chip. You can expect speeds of 2, 2.16 and 2.33GHz to be offered. On the Intel front, this year’s net income was a whopping 57% lower than expected and Intel might cut as many as 10,000 jobs soon.
As far as other Apple rumors are concerned, September 12th might bring the iTunes Movie Store that we’ve all been hearing about. However, if the price per movie is indeed in the neighborhood of $14.99 I won’t be using the service, especially if the movies are DRM-protected. Now if you are feeling ambitious, you can extrapolate that rumor to indicate that a new iPod should be introduced to play these movies.
Speaking of DRM, a recently released Python package dubbed QTFairUse can circumvent DRM in iTunes 6. However, QTFairUse shouldn’t be too much of a threat to Apple as it requires a fairly strong technical know-how to even get it running.
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I’d love to upgrade my 21″ to the 23″ but I’d need to get the saw out to widen my desk’s column shelves. Upgrading monitor size will make me even more spoilt when I try to use my laptop. I will probably just wait until next spring and get a faster, cooler, design of the MacBook with Leopard installed.
Check out this program. Its called Jhymn and it does the same thing as QTFairUse and doesnt require any tech know how. Its written in Java.
I’d like to see them release something completely new to the market, shake it up a bit.
Hmm..I’m excited what secrets will be opened by apple in this release.Lets see it at 12th sept.
And of course this means updated MacBooks and MacBook Pro’s. (updated as in Merom chips)
i’d like to see a macbook with a 15.4″ not glossy display
I’m so bored of all these Apple rumors and surprises. I love Mac’s, but I don’t get all the hype over nothing.