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Sat, 24 Nov 2007 01:14:30 +0000

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By: Daniel

Daniel — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Devon,

I agree with you on Logic, I use it on a daily basis and it’s in need of a refresh now. As for the mac book pro’s, i WISH apple would sort out the issues with disk I/O.

Im a photographer and damn, the machine cannot handle my workflow, due to the file size. Granted this isn’t a Apple only problem, but maybe this is somewhere they can do something to really make it a portable creative machine.

wishful thinking tho :p

By: Overclocked

Overclocked — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

What’s the Big Surprise from Apple?

With Macworld kicking off in San Francisco and CES opening up in Vegas, intrigue surrounds what exactly Steve Jobs has up his sleeve. The Apple homepage boldly proclaims “The first 30 years were just the beginning. Welcome to 2007.” Scoble …

By: joel

joel — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

No new iPods but does anyone even care anymore now that they’ve seen the video capabilities of the iPhone?

In a word – yes. There are a lot of people out there who just want the next version ipod, more storage, in a larger, and wider, 16:9 screen. I admit that this iPhone is some hot shit, but for those of us who want the ipod and video capabilities in the phone we’re sort of left sitting around with our faces 2″ from the latest gen ipod video.

I’m impressed, but still disappointed. I wanted “The True iPod Video” and I wanted it now.

Oh well. Too bad, I suppose :-/.

By: Willi

Willi — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I was reading the specs for iTV and getting pretty excited. I almost bought one and was thinking, “Mike was right – this is a Netflix killer!”

Then I fired up iTunes (which I never use since I got my Sonos system), and looked up a couple movies and was instantly shocked by the price.

If I were to match my current Netflix queue (5 out at a time) with an iTunes movie purchase I would be out $49.95-74.95! For that amount I can get dozens and dozens of movies from Netflix.

I tried to match my current Netflix queue to get an accurate cost however non of the titles at the top of my queue are offered by iTunes.

So on one hand I’m pretty excited about this appliance (and would love to buy one today), on the other hand *today* it doesn’t offer value anywhere near Netflix or Blockbuster. Not even close. Right?

I’ll be curious to see how iTV improves to compete over the next 12 months.

By: Chad Edge

Chad Edge — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Apple Inc. Interesting, seeing as how Jobs played the Beatles on the phone. I wonder if they’ve made an agreement to sell the music. I’d be hard-pressed to assume Jobs would play any music on stage that wasn’t available online through the iTunes music store.

I’m in training today so I can’t launch iTunes to see if the Beatles are online. The Apple (records) site says squat.

By: Ruben

Ruben — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Shares are up $10 since the backdating announcement 2 weeks ago. Unbelievable swing, better than anyone could have hoped.

By: Jason

Jason — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

You called it. Say good-bye Apple Computer, Inc. Say hello Apple, Inc.

By: Fred

Fred — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I also believe it has something to do with Television/Movie watching experience. Apple store rep recently mentioned options regarding the Apple remote and recording/playing shows over a network. I think that is Apple’s next direction. Should be interesting.

By: RobK

RobK — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

This is the first MacWorld prediction post that has me truly excited to go to MacWorld. Nice, well-reasoned ideas.

Thanks. It’s nice to read something other than the usual If-they-don’t-release-an-iCoffee-maker-I’ll-sell-my-iPod drool.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Excellent! I hope you're right about some of this stuff. I made my predictions earlier, today I decided to go with a wishlist instead. There are some similarities... http://www.applemorphic.com/2007/01/07/no-more-macworld-2007-predictions/

By: Rachel Faith

Rachel Faith — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Wow Mike, good stuff here…. I am still disappointed that no one has (so I will) bring up an iTablet… Common Apple… yer late to the game here.

By: Greg P.

Greg P. — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

iTheatre, iTV, what ever it is called - I am buying one. I wonder how much it will deviate from their sneak peak they gave last time around. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITV_(Apple)