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[SuperPac]

This may be wishful thinking on my part, but...

I want some new kind of Apple portable. Tablet, iChat device, PDA, something new/different.

Preferably, I'd like an iChat-type device that's like the Sony Mylo (but useful). It doesn't need to connect to a cellular service. Has a flip-down keyboard, connects to AIM or Google Talk, does e-mail through .Mac, Gmail and the like, always on or rings/vibrates when you have a message a la text messaging. Goes to sleep when it loses a wifi signal, wakes up when it gets one again...can be set to work with specific wireless networks so you can do it at home, work, Starbucks, airports, McDonald's, Panera, etc. but not ones you don't know. Maybe it has a camera (iSight?) in it so you can take pictures and directly upload them to a .Mac account (or upload the next time it gets a signal). Wouldn't have to do web browsing but maybe it could do some various Google functions or supports Dashboard widgets (YouTube viewer and blog entry functionality).

Hell if it was also an iPod (could even just be a 4-8 GB), I'd pay good money for that.

 

[White Man]

I wouldn't get your hopes up on a tablet. If they couldn't keep the lid on iPhone stuff, I think we'd know about a tablet if it were anywhere close to shipping.

 

[DECK'ARD]

The iPhone stuff could still be all crossed-wires stuff because of the 'other' iPhone that's just launched.

I just don't see that much that Apple could bring to the table with a phone that SonyEricsson/Nokia/Samsung aren't already doing. Apart from a nice design, and closer integration with the PC/Mac, I don't see what would make it stand out. It's going to be difficult to do Apple's tradition simple interface and ease of use of a music player while maintaining the functionality of a phone. Is whizzy looks really worth all the marketting and R&D costs?

If Apple did a phone I think it would be something wilder like ignoring existing carriers and coming up with a wifi phone or something, but it will be a long time before that's worthwhile.

 

[Phoenix]

do you have to do anything special to get Vista to run with Bootcamp, or is it just like the XP install?

Not really no. The latest release of Bootcamp should have resolved those issues. If you don't want to parition, you can absolutely use Parallels and it will work just peachy with Vista.

 

[TheWolf]

Not really no. The latest release of Bootcamp should have resolved those issues. If you don't want to parition, you can absolutely use Parallels and it will work just peachy with Vista.

hmm, the only thing Apple has about Vista on the Bootcamp page is a bashing comment...

 

[maynerd]

Will vista run on a mac mini?

 

[gigapower]

Will vista run on a mac mini?

Yes, just fine.

 

[maynerd]

Yes, just fine.

That's good... because I'd be running vista on a "mac" does that mean it will run worse than on a same spec PC?

 

[Phoenix]

That's good... because I'd be running vista on a "mac" does that mean it will run worse than on a same spec PC?

If its the same spec, how can it possibly run worse?

 

[Mr Mike]

So the iTV will be a closed box, right? I won't be able to buy one and replace my Xbox + XBMC, will I? (i.e. no Divx/xvid support like the 360)

 

[Phoenix]

Nobody who has an actual answer will answer that question (or shouldn't). You've got just a few days to wait and get an answer for that

 

[fart]

you really think they'll launch the itv so soon? i'm expecting them to wait until 802.11n is mature enough for them to launch their new wireless hardware with it

 

[White Man]

you really think they'll launch the itv so soon? i'm expecting them to wait until 802.11n is mature enough for them to launch their new wireless hardware with it

They said early 2007, and they had to have known that the soonest 802.11n could be stamped official was this month.

I thought the most recent refreshes had upgraded their wireless cards to what the 802.11n spec is likely to be, anyway?

 

[fart]

afaik N is still a mess. maybe phoenix has something to add to that.

http://www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=2341

interesting.

 

[maynerd]

If its the same spec, how can it possibly run worse?

Well I'm not completely up to snuff on the Mac arcitechture so I don't know if it differs much if at all from standard PC stuff. I imagine there are some differences because as far as I know you can't install a Mac OS on a regular PC. So I don't know what is different. Also I don't know if it is emulating anything.

What I mean by similar specs I mean Processor Speed and RAM and video card.

 

[White Man]

Real or fake?

Edit: Eh, element points out that the name iPhone is already taken. Fake

 

[fart]

voted fake

 

[DECK'ARD]

Airport cards in the MacBooks and iMacs currently support a pre-n standard. There just hasn't been the software updates or new Airport basestations to take advantage of it.

If I remember right, Apple has always been amongst the first to jump onto the new wifi standards with Airport updates, adopting one of the previous standards before it had been completely finalised too. They are obviously quite in-the-loop with what is going to be the likely outcome, and the fact we are seeing companies already manufacture these 'pre-n' cards suggests it's closer than we think.

 

[fart]

current macs are shipping with two different, and currently entirely incompatible, "draft n" wireless chipsets. from what i've read though, there is no real draft of n, hence the incompatibility thing. similarly, it's not currently known whether these current chipsets will be able to implement the final standard via firmware whenever it is that gets ratified. hence, a mess.

you're probably right in that apple won't have a problem launching an airport hyperexpress-n hardware package before the standards committee is done, but i think at the very least they will want a guarantee that the hardware they're shipping out will be compatible with the final iteration of the standard.

 

[Nick]

Edit: Eh, element points out that the name iPhone is already taken. Fake

Yeah, and mockups like that have been running around for about five years.

Edit: And let's keep it real... Zero 7?

 

[Phoenix]

afaik N is still a mess. maybe phoenix has something to add to that.

http://www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=2341

interesting.

Nah, its still a mess. What Apple will most likely do is release their own Draft-N hardware (Airport Express/Extreme) since they've been putting some of it in their more recent machines but only using it as 802.11g gear

 

[Phoenix]

Well I'm not completely up to snuff on the Mac arcitechture so I don't know if it differs much if at all from standard PC stuff. I imagine there are some differences because as far as I know you can't install a Mac OS on a regular PC. So I don't know what is different. Also I don't know if it is emulating anything.

What I mean by similar specs I mean Processor Speed and RAM and video card.

If you buy an Intel-Mac (and you will), there is pretty much no difference in things architecturally. Its the same ATI/nVidia, Intel, Broadcomm, etc. hardware and you can actually run Windows on it raw (either using bootcamp or if you suffer a lapse of sanity blow away OSX and run Windows by itself) and it would perform exactly the same as a machine with the same hardware.

 

[Battersea Power Station]

So the iTV will be a closed box, right? I won't be able to buy one and replace my Xbox + XBMC, will I? (i.e. no Divx/xvid support like the 360)

The iTV is just an interface. You'll be playing the movies on your DivX/XVid-enabled computer and transferring the signal (over a wireless network) to your TV. That's why it's beautiful. It eliminates the need for a multimedia machine like the XBox+XBMC or the PS3 because you can just have the files on your computer and use iTV to fetch them wirelessly.

 

[Rancid Mildew]

http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/02/apple-itv-rumored-to-be-passed-over-at-macworld/

I hope Apple uses the time to negotiate more deals with movie studios.

 

[EGM92]

Listen up old man, this is the year 2007, no one uses paper/pens anymore maybe you did when you walked to school uphill, both ways, in the snow but not in todays world!

and the Nokia, too small

 

[SuperPac]

So the keynote is gonna be two hours? Is that what it normally is?

http://www.macworldexpo.com/live/20/events/20SFO07A/keynotes

There'll be a lot of Leopard stuff, surely but two hours seems long if they're only talking Leopard and iTV.

 

[DECK'ARD]

So the keynote is gonna be two hours? Is that what it normally is?

http://www.macworldexpo.com/live/20/events/20SFO07A/keynotes

There'll be a lot of Leopard stuff, surely but two hours seems long if they're only talking Leopard and iTV.

Hmmm, that is long and 30 minutes more than previous years:

http://www.macworldexpo.com/live/20/events/20SFO06A/keynotes
http://www.macworldexpo.com/live/20/events/20SFO05A/keynotes

First concrete signs of something interesting maybe, well done Pac

 

[The Take Out Bandit]

Jobs, I have never prayed to you before. I have no tongue for it. No one, not even you, will remember if we were good men or bad. Why we fought, or why we died. All that matters is that two stood against many. That's what's important! Valor pleases you, Jobs... so grant me one request. Grant me a Tablet Mac! And if you do not listen, then to HELL with you!

Oh my god, I want a Tablet Mac!

OSeX digital sketchbook. OMG! MAKE IT SO! MAKE IT SO! MAKE IT SO!

I really have no interest in anything else.

Tablet Mac or DIE!

 

[maynerd]

If you buy an Intel-Mac (and you will), there is pretty much no difference in things architecturally. Its the same ATI/nVidia, Intel, Broadcomm, etc. hardware and you can actually run Windows on it raw (either using bootcamp or if you suffer a lapse of sanity blow away OSX and run Windows by itself) and it would perform exactly the same as a machine with the same hardware.

Ahh ok...cool thanks.

 

[Dragona Akehi]

Realllly can't wait to see Leopard's new features.

 

[DECK'ARD]

Realllly can't wait to see Leopard's new features.

Yeah, aside from anything else I'm intrigued by what the 'top secret' features are. And what Aqua's replacement will look like if that's happening.

Aqua has served pretty damn well for something that I think is 5 years old now, minor tweaking aside.

 

[Stinkles]

Windows Vista on Macs! Run!

Just kidding

Um, I am posting from Vista, on a MacBook Pro. It works just fine.

Edit: And I just edited in OSX, by switching OS on the fly through Parallels.

 

[Burger]

Personally I'd like a new mac to be announced.

Something equally as powerfull as an iMac, but without the screen. I have 2 LCD screens already. MacPro is too much, MacMini is too little. Give me another cube Jobs!

 

[DECK'ARD]

Personally I'd like a new mac to be announced.

Something equally as powerfull as an iMac, but without the screen. I have 2 LCD screens already. MacPro is too much, MacMini is too little. Give me another cube Jobs!

I love my Cube, and it's still going strong after a 1.2Ghz upgrade.

A special edition of it as the 30th anniversary Mac would be nice

 

[RSP]

Um, I am posting from Vista, on a MacBook Pro. It works just fine.

Edit: And I just edited in OSX, by switching OS on the fly through Parallels.

and running Halo 3 at 60fps on an emulator I guess?

 

[White Man]

and running Halo 3 at 60fps on an emulator I guess?

Well, my Mac Pro is considerably more powerful than a 360, but Stinkles hasn't gotten me the game yet

 

[Captain N]

So is halo 3 coming out on vista too?

 

[DECK'ARD]

Well the Mac tablet is coming at MacWorld!*

- Write and draw directly on screen!
- True pen & handwriting recognition
- Built in iSight Camera
- Integrated CD/DVD combo drive
- The ONLY Mac solution with an optional built-in Global Positioning System
- Aircraft grade magnesium alloy for all terrain use

*sort of

http://axiotron.web7.serverlogistics.com/

 

[NYR]

Call it the Newton!

 

[Wes]

So is halo 3 coming out on vista too?

Halo 2 with Vista isn't it?

 

[Smiles and Cries]

i need money

 

[Mr Jared]

I'll be watching the keynote this Tuesday and ordering my Macbook Pro during it. I've wanted one for a few months now but I didn't want to order it with iWork'06 installed, only to have them announce i'Work'07 this week ;o

 

[DECK'ARD]

If this pic is real then the first 30 years teaser is about MacWorld after all:

Hype+1!

(the pic looks a bit off to me for some reason though)

 

[SnakeXs]

I'll be watching the keynote this Tuesday and ordering my Macbook Pro during it. I've wanted one for a few months now but I didn't want to order it with iWork'06 installed, only to have them announce i'Work'07 this week ;o

Not gonna wait for Leopard? =P

 

[Nick]

If this pic is real then the first 30 years teaser is about MacWorld after all:

Hype+1!

(the pic looks a bit off to me for some reason though)

That looks real... but fake. :-/

 

[DECK'ARD]

That looks real... but fake. :-/

It's real!

Hype+10!

Definitely curious to see what's behind all the black cloth now:

 

[Crab Shaker]

So when exactly are we expecting the madness, i.e., when's the official press conference and all that jazz. I love being online and hitting refresh during mac events now :lol

 

[DECK'ARD]

So when exactly are we expecting the madness, i.e., when's the official press conference and all that jazz. I love being online and hitting refresh during mac events now :lol

The keynote is on Tuesday:

9am (PST)
12pm (EST)
5pm (UK)

Looks like it lasts 2 hours (30 minutes more than usual).

Live updates on http://www.macrumorslive.com, and usually a few other places.

And here of course

 

[StopMakingSense]

The only thing I'm really looking forward to is whatever is left to unveil in Leopard.

Hardware wise, the only thing I would be excited about, really, is an ultra portable laptop. I want something lighter than a macbook.

 

[WordAssassin]

Well the Mac tablet is coming at MacWorld!*



*sort of

http://axiotron.web7.serverlogistics.com/

OOOOOOH MY GOD!

What's the price? I will never need to use a Windows-based computer again if I buy one of these, and it's good enough until Apple makes a "real" one. If I can run Photoshop and SketchBookPro and Flash on that thing I will shit my pants. Any word on price or specs yet? Or do I have to wait until Tuesday to start masturbating?