Comments on: MacWorld 2008 Predictions

By: Mike Davidson - Apple Just Killed The Market for Phones

Mike Davidson - Apple Just Killed The Market for Phones — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 04:33:48 +0000

[…] for MobileMe, I was six months early in my call here, but most of the details are on target. Concurrent Exchange/Non-Exchange workflows, […]

By: Mike Davidson - iPhone Enterprise Hooks: Will They Extend to Mail.app?

Mike Davidson - iPhone Enterprise Hooks: Will They Extend to Mail.app? — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 02:22:26 +0000

[…] I predicted in December that Apple would take a dual path strategy towards supporting both open-standard enterprise protocols like IMAP/iCalendar and proprietary Exchange protocols, and it appears this is now coming to fruition, but in all of the announcements today, there was no mention of the desktop version of Mail.app. […]

By: Mike Davidson - There’s Not Enough In The Air

Mike Davidson - There’s Not Enough In The Air — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 20:53:17 +0000

[…] said, I think the show this year was a success (and mostly in line with my predictions), with the surprising exception of the one product I was most excited about: The MacBook […]

By: Amy

Amy — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 20:06:51 +0000

Looks like you did pretty swell with the predictions. Kudos.

By: Christian

Christian — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:57:10 +0000

So Time Capsule ends up being how they solved the AirPort Extreme wireless debacle. Not too bad. I might try one!

By: African Boy

African Boy — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 07:38:05 +0000

But they could re-invent the whole concept of gaming machines with a mnimalist device that plays PS3, PC and Wii games, but not Xbox games. Also, it could perform other functions not usually seen in gaming devices.

By: Macworld 2008: Keynote, Rumors, Events & Parties | Laughing Squid

Macworld 2008: Keynote, Rumors, Events & Parties | Laughing Squid — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 00:41:02 +0000

[…] – “Macworld Software Highlights: Better Leopard, New Office, HD iTunes” (Wired) – “MacWorld 2008 Predictions” (Mike […]

By: 3G iphone hopeful

3G iphone hopeful — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 23:44:43 +0000

Oh, they’ve tried the gaming scene. It didn’t turn out so well… Although I wouldn’t mind to see it again, heck I would buy it!

By: African Boy

African Boy — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 15:31:42 +0000

I think Apple is going to go into the gaming business. Afterall, that’s the only place they don’t seem to be existing in yet.

By: Ross

Ross — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 21:33:38 +0000

Looks like they came out with the Mac Pros before the conference… I wonder why. I got one this morning, been waiting a while for this one, spent too much money… BUT saved a bunch because of your memory post! Thanks Mike!

I hope I am right on the assumption that pairing the memory cards as 2 x 1GB and 2 x 4GB will work ok to give me 10GB. Maybe down the line I can afford to get 32GB (that is just crazy…). Note: as your blog said, 32GB from mac $9100, 32GB from macsales $3250…

http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.woa/wa/RSLID?nnmm=browse&mco=CE229723&node=home/shop_mac/family/mac_pro
https://eshop.macsales.com/shop/memory/Mac-Pro-Memory

By: 3G iphone hopeful

3G iphone hopeful — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 21:17:33 +0000

I have no idea how likely the 3G IPhone update will be, but I’m dying to get this new device! I’ve been waiting since the first one for the second, and a few times its been that I’ve nearly made the investment. I’m sticking to my plan and waiting for the next gen. with more memory and 3G speed. PLEASE Steve, I beg!

By: Kurtis

Kurtis — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 02:24:20 +0000

Mike,

Nice writeup, odd that you didn’t mention VMware Fusion, VMware’s version of desktop virtulizatoin. Version 1.x of Fusion is already running more cleanly than Parallels, with many more IPO R&D dollars ahead to make it feature rich and solid. http://www.vmware.com/products/fusion/

By: Stefano

Stefano — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 19:24:01 +0000

Mike (and Steve): instead of an OLED keyboard it would be more easier to put a touch screen where the keyboard actually is, to free the main screen from interface and allow us users to switch from full keyboard to numpad, from icon/command-board to gamepad, or whatever else.
This would be revolutionary, I think.

By: Mike D.

Mike D. — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 19:00:38 +0000

Roy T: I think you’re right. App downloads done through iTunes.

Steve: I think the OLED keyboard is still a ways off, mainly because Apple just refreshed their keyboard line not too long ago (the slim silver ones).

Bill: I actually think the opposite about the Netflix service. If I shorted stocks, I would be shorting Netflix right now. The Netflix box kind of reminds me of MovieBeam, Disney’s failed dedicated set top box for movies. Additionally, the initial cost estimate for the Netflix box is $799. $799!!! Exactly zero people will pay that much for such a device, and therefore, it will need to be subsidized by Netflix. If you make the box $500, I still think it’s zero. If you make it maybe $200, I think you might get 10% of Netflix subscribers to buy it. If you make it $99, I still think less than 50% of people try it. I guess the reason I have higher hopes for Apple’s version is that it will have the Apple shine to it and it will do other things besides stream movies. Even so, it must be kept inexpensive. $199 tops.

By: Bill

Bill — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 20:34:43 +0000

Unfortunately for Apple I think an announcement about downloadable rentals via AppleTV would be too late to take any kind of quality market share away from NetFlix. They just announced plans of their own A lot of people already use NetFlix and unless LG's player is grossly overpriced I can't see AppleTV becoming a NetFlix killer. Not by a long-shot.