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No new iMac, no Mac Mini.
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LOL!!!
And waiting...waiting...waiting...frustation...frustation...frustration...
Guys, you have to learn to be happy today...stop waiting and enjoy today! The new will be old soon...always waiting a new model, more than you need!
28" iMac on the 28th... hmmm
Definitely, it comes with a free Mac Mini and a 10ghz Pentium 27
it will be the last day to take advantage of this offer, in case you happened to buy a computer that had the old software on it, after the new software was announced.
My wife said I could buy a new mac back in December, and I've been waiting (impatiently) until today for some good news... Oh well, I guess I'll ask my soon-to-be-5-year-old G5 to hang in there a little longer.
And you know this how?
If MW proved anything, it's that people shouldn't think of rumors as facts. Especially unfounded rumors. I've yet to read one article that gave me a feeling that a new iMac would have been introduced at MW. I was not one bit surprised.
Actually, even as someone who's sceptical a lot, the 9xxx documents found within an OS X update combined with the update cycle was pretty solid "proof" to the rumour, as Apple rumours go.
So where is this going? The mini is getting updated. We know this from leaked version update in a kext file. Think about what other updates they are going to do this year.
17" MBP was the star of the show and was probably ready a while ago. How many of these do they sell anyway?
BTW, doesn't a Leopard kext mini reference imply new mini before Snow Leopard? Why design Leopard to work on a new mini if the mini is going to come with the new OS? Hmmm.
- One by one, antiglare gets sprinkled down as an option for all the MB line.
- All MB's get new battery?
- Snow Leopard is coming.
- New iphone and as always ipods.
- New mac mini eventually.
17" MBP was the star of the show and was probably ready a while ago. How many of these do they sell anyway?
BTW, doesn't a Leopard kext mini reference imply new mini before Snow Leopard? Why design Leopard to work on a new mini if the mini is going to come with the new OS? Hmmm.
crap
Now I have to keep using my duel 450 powermac for a while I use a PC in the house when I need speed. I've been holding out for a quad core iMac so I'll just have to wait longer. Hopefully it comes before I have to donate my Mac to a museum. I wonder what the glitch was. Hard to believe all the rumor sites could be so detailed yet so wrong.
Now I have to keep using my duel 450 powermac for a while I use a PC in the house when I need speed. I've been holding out for a quad core iMac so I'll just have to wait longer. Hopefully it comes before I have to donate my Mac to a museum. I wonder what the glitch was. Hard to believe all the rumor sites could be so detailed yet so wrong.
September of 2007 bought top of the line mini, flash forward to Jan 2009 and i own a 24" 2.8 imac and an aluminum 2.4 macbook.
They would be foolish to drop it as it brought me into the mac fold.
How the hell can they start by saying 'Today we're gonna talk about the Mac' then just announce a new iLife, new iWork and update one laptop???
Maybe it's just me, but it looks like Apple is set up nicely for a Mac "special event" sometime in the next couple months. They've said that they're moving away from Macworld because they like to control the timing of their events for when they're stuff is ready. What better way to make that point then by holding an event sometime in late January or February? Look at all the things in the product line that need to be updated:
Mac Mini, iMac, Mac Pro, Cinema Displays, Apple TV, Snow Leopard.
An event with all these items would be awesome.
A couple other side benefits:
1. An event further from Christmas is less likely to tick off people who bought the above items for Christmas.
2. iLife 09 isn't ready until the end of the month. How many people would be ticked off if they ordered new computers today with iLife 08 only to find out that there's a new one out in two weeks?
Because of all this, I think a late January or February event makes a lot of sense.
Mac Mini, iMac, Mac Pro, Cinema Displays, Apple TV, Snow Leopard.
An event with all these items would be awesome.
A couple other side benefits:
1. An event further from Christmas is less likely to tick off people who bought the above items for Christmas.
2. iLife 09 isn't ready until the end of the month. How many people would be ticked off if they ordered new computers today with iLife 08 only to find out that there's a new one out in two weeks?
Because of all this, I think a late January or February event makes a lot of sense.
I personally feel that Apple wanted to get out of Macworld because it doesn't want to be the biggest company there, which will outshine other smaller companies.
What Apple did really indicate that they are there as a "guest speaker" at Macworld, announcing minor new products and not revolutionary ones - just like other companies participating in this year's Macworld Expo.
If Apple is going to announce something big, they are gonna do it by themselves at their own events and control it their own way, plus getting the credit.
What Apple did really indicate that they are there as a "guest speaker" at Macworld, announcing minor new products and not revolutionary ones - just like other companies participating in this year's Macworld Expo.
If Apple is going to announce something big, they are gonna do it by themselves at their own events and control it their own way, plus getting the credit.
Why would they release a set of new Mac Pro's and Mac Mini's now when Snow Leopard is just around the corner (May/June) and it would be much easier for everyone if they came with Snow Leopard preinstalled rather than having to shell out another $100 for it. I would be fairly annoyed if that happened. Just my $0.02
Two of the things announced today aren't going to be ready until the end of the month. That's more proof that being forced to make announcements at Macworld isn't good, as far as Apple is concerned.
A mini upgrade however, is so overdue, it's hard to figure why it couldn't be ready six months ago. Apple is milking the old model for all it's worth, that's for sure.
A mini upgrade however, is so overdue, it's hard to figure why it couldn't be ready six months ago. Apple is milking the old model for all it's worth, that's for sure.
Perhaps it's because iMacs and Minis are always bundled with iLife. Who knows - but let there be no doubt that new iMacs and Minis are coming.