Final Macworld predictions?
By Ryan Block 
posted January 14th 2008 5:56PM
posted January 14th 2008 5:56PM
posted January 14th 2008 5:56PM
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Steve is going to wear a black turtleneck w/ jeans tucked into jeans sans belt.
Maybe this year someone will tell him that it's:
(a)ugly
(b)played out
(c)not as cool as he seems to think it is
(d)all of the above
i think it was great when Apple wasn't so mainstream, but if he sees the way the company is headed as well as i do, i think he needs to change it up a bit.
@Ellianth
If you could add 10 more options to your objective..honestly i dont think anyone cares anymore..its been his image for a very long time now.
Moreover the guy is minted and for all i care, he could wear a pirate suit tomorrow am still tuning in to know what "the mothership"(lol!) has instore for us consumers.
Not only that, I bet Steve's first words will be, "Good Morning".
Followed by his last words after the keynote behind stage will be, "You're all fired."
He SHOULD wear a pirate suit.
@Ellianth, I don't think Steve cares what he looks like.
@Ellianth, maybe this year someone will be hit in the head by a flying "MacBook Air" :D.
this year, he'll wear a turtleneck AS PANTS. that'll show us.
Let the crazy speculation/ranting about prices/apple fanyboys/Windows fanboys/gamers/the rest commence now!
macbookair.com
preaty much a good hint
i bet the same Apple employee that decided to put up "Something is in the air" registered the domain just to stir the pot.
Why does everyone think this means anything? The URL that it directs you to is a question, not a statement.
http://www.apple.com/?Will+We+see+a+MacBookAir+on+Tuesday
Question mark went away, whoops.
it directs you to.
http://www.apple.com/?Will+We+see+a+MacBookAir+on+Tuesday?
do you know how easy it is to redirect traffic from a site and to provide the domain certificate with a fake registration address (e.g. 1 Infinite Loop)?
Guess what, it was registered by a prankster;
http://www.tuaw.com/2008/01/14/macbook-air-wafts-around-the-rumorscape/
Yay.
go here too!!!!
http://www.apple.com/?We+Will+definately+not+see+a+MacBookAir+on+tuesday
or, for example
http://www.apple.com/?Chris+Macdonald+Pwns
I didn't write he is gay cuz I hate him. It's just for fun. I actually respect him along with ol' Gates.
http://engadget.com/?We+Worship+Hamsters
lol
@CUBSWILLWIN
You're that guy that thought "your mom" jokes were funny in 2003 aren't you?
People are going to applaud when no applause is necessary.
Or appropriate...
I am applauding right now. I am as giddy as a little fanboy!
do you guys think Steve read Engadget?
I think Joe, steve's secret half brother does and reports back.
Am I the only one getting the feeling that csjk789 is, in fact, el Jobso?
C. Steve Jobs, King because 7 -8- 9??
Clever, victor.
Actually, he has a point when you look at it. The only thing this guy has ever commented on was mac-related posts. Wow. And every time he says something, it's pretty much entirely grammatically correct. Hmmmm. Well if it is Steve then I would like to say, WELCOME STEVE! We Engadgeteers aren't that hostile, although I can't speak for everyone. However, it is cool if you moonlight under a codename. In fact, if I were a big CEO, I would use the online forums as the ultimate way to see what the people want.
That would be the ideal way to find out what it is that consumers want.
Let's see. Steve has kids now, right? A family life. Monday night, big keynote tomorrow morning, last-minute testing to make sure all the bugs are out of those demos. But hey, none of that's more important than monitoring Engadget and posting at 6pm, 7:30pm, 11pm. Come-on. This is not Steve.
A touched based MacBook and line of monitors.
I was thinking of that, too.
That would be awesome. If any company could pull it off, Apple's definitely one to do it....
....and just for a meager $1.6 umptitrillion dollars.
But seriously, it would be amazing and it's not that farfetched. I'd totally get one.
You can find out all about the URL thing at:
http://www.9to5mac.com/macbookair.com-registered-to-macrumors-4564556
They are not all Apples
this doesn't sound very believable, but: OSX Lynx ( or lion, I don't give a care. , with pc and mac compatability creating an age where all computers can run all OS's. I hope that happens atleast along with the Air and the tablet.
"A touched based MacBook..."
That comment, and a conversation my friend and I had about the religion of Apple, made me think something inappropriate.
Show me where they touched you!
Fresh from the rumor mill: Steve and Bill are supposed to be fighting to the death.
...it's just what I heard.
Cue the Star Trek fight music!
http://www.geocities.com/televisioncity/studio/6546/Wavs/fightm.wav
My guess is that they're either going to give a very very subtle hint at a new model of the iPhone. Or release a beta for the iPhone SDK.
Yellow Submarine iPod, Beatles music.
That's so MW'07.
We forget so fast.
I say now it's a yellow iPhone.
you mean a banana phone??
well it is inter-activeodgular
Well, since that big mouth said a 3G iphone would be out by summer, I am thinking Apple will announce a new iphone for the summer, as they announced the original once 5+ month early.
A macTAB is out of the question for this year, I think - so - rather than just adding some lousy wireless tech to a tiny macbook, they (apple) needs to announce some serious hardware.
They will probably talk about the 8-core mac pro's, and that will be boring.
What's the best way to get the live Keynote announcements on a mobile device (i.e. Blackberry). Anybody offering an email feed?
MacRumors is going to be doing some Twitter updates, which you can have automatically sent via SMS to your phone.
Just go here:http://www.macrumors.com/lists/#sms
OK Guys, now I'm gonna ruin all your fun with MacBookAir.com. Sorry, it has to be done.
There are several reasons it *isn't* registered by Apple:
1) It redirects to http://www.apple.com/?Will+We+see+a+MacBookAir+on+Tuesday?. This is just a page, or URL anyone could make up. I could register a domain and forward it to http://www.apple.com/?Greg+is+the+coolest!. Ta-da! Apple thinks I'm the coolest! Not.
2) The domain forwarded to a parked domain before. When has Apple EVER forwarded to a parked domain, in the history of domains? That's right, never.
3) It's a protected domain. Past years, domains haven't been protected in this way.
The more you think about it, the less likely that this domain is Apple, and more likely that it's just a fanboy. Sorry to bring down the fun, guys ;-)
http://www.9to5mac.com/macbookair.com-registered-to-macrumors-4564556
They'll announce something cool and new, everyone that just bought something else will complain. Then in a few months uy the new thing.