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No New Air at WWDC
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perhaps because today is tuesday we might get something ...
I'm hoping too. But I'm not holding my breath. We were warned that WWDC was going to be all about iPhone. Apple didn't lie or mislead there. I think Mac is very far from their focus. Did you see how at the end of WWDC all the teams were publicly thanked. It must suck at Apple to be on a team working on a Mac product now
Nice !!
Not really, if he's looking for a lighter computer with a 13" screen.
BTW great choice, the extra 1.5lbs won't bother you but you'll like the size, footprint and the power. The 13" MBP beside the Air doesn't look a whole lot different, just a little thicker.
According to MacBreak weekly, on TWIT with my man Leo LaPorte, Apple has booked the Moscony Center for June 27th, Hope springs eternal
Only know what I hear with my ears and see with my eyes
NO IT Doesn't
I don't know why people are fixated on having 4GB of RAM in the MBA; I have a 15" MBP with 4GB and my MBA with its soldered 2GB and honestly the MBA is FASTER.
I find my MBA faster as well... but I am not running Parallels or Fusion. I think that is where the memory really makes a difference.
/Jim
Hopes Dashed.
But that's a Sunday. Does Apple do product announcement events on a Sunday? I figure a company party or inside event unfortunately.
According to MacBreak weekly, on TWIT with my man Leo LaPorte, Apple has booked the Moscony Center for June 27th, Hope springs eternal
But that's a Sunday. Does Apple do product announcement events on a Sunday? I figure a company party or inside event unfortunately.
That is quite weird. Apple will have another event in September for the iPod/Apple TV event as they usually do. Having 3 events in a spam of 4 months is a lot considering that this is Apple.
If this is true then they might have the event strictly for MAC and the next revision of OSX or it might just be the iPod event coming a little earlier.
Another slim possibility is that it might be to announce the 2nd quarter earnings but highly unlikely.
I'm hoping for this to be true because we all know Apple doesn't hold conferences for minor speed bumps and I'm certainly hoping it is a MAC event and aweee us all because to be honest there hasn't been a stand alone MAC or OSX event in a long time. Damn you iOS...
Hope you're right, but I don't think Apple's gonna want anything taking the focus off of the new iPhone for at least a couple of weeks after its release, even though they're two different animals.
Good to know but it's faster NOW.
I want to keep the thing for a half decade if possible, 4gb's near essential.
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Re: Cheffy Dave's MacBreak Weekly scoop: Does Apple have any history of renting the Moscone Center for one Sunday in summer... for any purpose? Another history question: The last time they had 4 or 5 items all getting small upgrades at the same time: Was it all done by silent Tuesday updating of the AppleStore, or did a bunch of little stuff get it's own one-day press event? ---- If it IS a press event, the press releases would go out, what, 1 or 1-1/2 weeks in advance? So for an event the 27th, we might hear of a press release on about the 17th? Hmm. ------ Last guess: Could it be the Mac Pro and big monitors are getting a signifiicant enough upgrade, that the event could be just to announce those?
Re: Cheffy Dave's MacBreak Weekly scoop: Does Apple have any history of renting the Moscone Center for one Sunday in summer... for any purpose? Another history question: The last time they had 4 or 5 items all getting small upgrades at the same time: Was it all done by silent Tuesday updating of the AppleStore, or did a bunch of little stuff get it's own one-day press event? ---- If it IS a press event, the press releases would go out, what, 1 or 1-1/2 weeks in advance? So for an event the 27th, we might hear of a press release on about the 17th? Hmm. ------ Last guess: Could it be the Mac Pro and big monitors are getting a signifiicant enough upgrade, that the event could be just to announce those?
That should be in on the front page.
Good read, I believe, makes sense after all.
The question is to stay/get further entangled in the Apple bubble with Mac's, iPhones, now iPads and onward OR jump ship in resistance of the direction Apple is going~profit ahead of function.
The way he's got people buying App's from the App store no doubt is quite "magical" to S Jobs
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Cheffy Dave: Is there any way to use the chef's / catering biz grapevine to check: is there any catering planned for the 6/27th event? If so, is it the cheaper kind suitable a press event.... or better catering (full lunch?) of the level that'd be suitable for a huge Apple staff-only event?
Cheffy Dave: Is there any way to use the chef's / catering biz grapevine to check: is there any catering planned for the 6/27th event? If so, is it the cheaper kind suitable a press event.... or better catering (full lunch?) of the level that'd be suitable for a huge Apple staff-only event?
Also, on topic, this is how I feel. We all love our MBAs, but I just think they won't be updated this year. They won't be EOLed, but they are going to go the way of the Mac Mini for a while.
I think a year without an update will let them really focus on it, if they decide to keep it. They could come back and kick it out of the park, but lets get real for a second. Most of Apple's revenue comes from iOS devices and iPods. That is their focus. Steve Jobs himself compared the Mac to a truck, which fewer people will use in time.
I'm keeping mine for grad school, but this machine is stuck in between the ipad and the 13 inch MBP. It's without a solid target audience.
Bri
I think a year without an update will let them really focus on it, if they decide to keep it. They could come back and kick it out of the park, but lets get real for a second. Most of Apple's revenue comes from iOS devices and iPods. That is their focus. Steve Jobs himself compared the Mac to a truck, which fewer people will use in time.
I'm keeping mine for grad school, but this machine is stuck in between the ipad and the 13 inch MBP. It's without a solid target audience.
Bri
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"No market" is what execs. say when they don't feel like doing something. ------- I think the following may be analagous to the Air's story: Apple launched the Newton with too many arbitrary preconceptions about exactly how thin and light it "needed" to be (the famous "block of wood" story), and for lack of a bit of intelligent mgmt. flexibility it debuted under-batteried (4 AAA cells), etc. Then Jobs returned and EOL'd it, whereupon all the competing companies made money off their versions of PDAs, for years. Esp. Palm which was just bought by HP. This rigid notion of the 'Air' must be 3.0 pounds, has IMHO painted the design and specs both, into a corner.
"No market" is what execs. say when they don't feel like doing something. ------- I think the following may be analagous to the Air's story: Apple launched the Newton with too many arbitrary preconceptions about exactly how thin and light it "needed" to be (the famous "block of wood" story), and for lack of a bit of intelligent mgmt. flexibility it debuted under-batteried (4 AAA cells), etc. Then Jobs returned and EOL'd it, whereupon all the competing companies made money off their versions of PDAs, for years. Esp. Palm which was just bought by HP. This rigid notion of the 'Air' must be 3.0 pounds, has IMHO painted the design and specs both, into a corner.
Let's face it, the MBA has gone a full year without an update, which should have given them plenty time to focus. *And* last June's update was not a screamer technology-wise.
But then again there are the CPU/GPU issues, so actually Apple might have been forced to not update and it's not been their choice.
Whatever the reason, the current status of the MBA does not make it a good buy.
I'm guessing a silent refresh will come soon, it's been too long without a refresh and as you say it really isn't a device to purchase at the moment.
Hopefully it will also receive a price drop with the update... whenever that may be..
Fair Enough
Here is something to check out:
http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/en...the-Macs-Non-Presence-at-Apples-WWDC-Mean.htm
Repeats some of the NW article but is more reporting that opinion.
Here is something to check out:
http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/en...the-Macs-Non-Presence-at-Apples-WWDC-Mean.htm
Repeats some of the NW article but is more reporting that opinion.