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Comments on MetaFilter post The Apple rumor mill is buzzing...Sat, 29 Jun 2002 23:55:16 -0800Sat, 29 Jun 2002 23:55:16 -0800en-ushttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss60The Apple rumor mill is buzzing...
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<a href="http://dealmac.com/forums/read.html?f=1&i=795006&t=795006">The Apple rumor mill is buzzing...</a> Tonight marks the expiration for many of their recent <a href="http://www.apple.com/promo/">promos</a>
and rebates. The <a href="http://store.apple.com/">Apple Store</a> has been closed for a few hours now for "updating." Is a new "insanely great" product about to be unleashed unto the Mac faithful ... or is it just wishful thinking?post:www.metafilter.com,2002:site.18140Sat, 29 Jun 2002 23:32:30 -0800FoferappleapplestorerumorcomputerapplecomputermacmacintoshBy: Down10
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Oh, please, please, <i>please</i> have the new product be the G5. It's been a long time, and we've been very patient.comment:www.metafilter.com,2002:site.18140-298041Sat, 29 Jun 2002 23:55:16 -0800Down10By: toddshot
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Consensus among the rumormongers seems to be that we won't see a G5 till next year, but that we will get zippier G4's come Macworld NY in 2 weeks.
I doubt this is a sign of any major announcements. I just don't think they'd announce anything big so soon before MWNY.comment:www.metafilter.com,2002:site.18140-298048Sun, 30 Jun 2002 00:44:56 -0800toddshotBy: jjg
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No way. First of all, nobody releases a new product on a Sunday (Yahweh notwithstanding). Secondly, the MWNY keynote is <a href="http://www.macworldexpo.com/macworldexpo/v31/index.cvn?ID=10029">17 days away</a>. Even if there were some strategic reason that the product should go out <i>right now</i>, Jobs loves the big-splash keynote product intros too much not to hold off for a couple of weeks.comment:www.metafilter.com,2002:site.18140-298049Sun, 30 Jun 2002 01:05:01 -0800jjgBy: Monk
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Maybe Jobs <a href="http://www.crazyapplerumors.com/2002_06_16_archive.htm#85180396">just can't wait</a>?comment:www.metafilter.com,2002:site.18140-298050Sun, 30 Jun 2002 01:14:18 -0800MonkBy: meep
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I would think they'd wait until MacWorld as well.
But speaking about waiting -- couldn't we have just waited until the apple store was back up? It's not as if they'd have it down for an entire day -- I hope. Maybe it is just routine maintenance. It would be great if something exciting were coming down the pike, but it could just be nothing.comment:www.metafilter.com,2002:site.18140-298052Sun, 30 Jun 2002 01:54:43 -0800meepBy: mcwetboy
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I think the June 30 expiry date has more to do with the fact that it's the end of Apple's fiscal quarter. Sales have been lower than expected this quarter -- Apple has already warned, and their stock price has taken a hit as a result -- and these offers are more likely an attempt to boost flat sales for that reason, rather than the imminent release of new gear.
Seriously, ever since I switched last November, I've been noticing that hardcore Mac heads go absolutely <i>meshuggeh</i> just before a Macworld. It goes something like this. "I desperately hope it will be $something_unreasonable, but if it's $something_realistic, does not use $unavailable_technology and costs $a_price_apple_is_likely_to_charge, I will be bitterly disappointed, and feel that Steve has personally betrayed me." It's a bit much.
Other points. The Apple Store is back up. Photoshop 7.0 was announced on a Sunday.comment:www.metafilter.com,2002:site.18140-298059Sun, 30 Jun 2002 04:55:46 -0800mcwetboyBy: fletcher
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More likely, new promos, given their <a href="http://theregus.com/content/39/25418.html">current sales and inventory woes</a>.comment:www.metafilter.com,2002:site.18140-298060Sun, 30 Jun 2002 04:57:13 -0800fletcherBy: mecran01
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Waiting for the Ipod/pda based on unix.comment:www.metafilter.com,2002:site.18140-298062Sun, 30 Jun 2002 05:22:05 -0800mecran01By: patricking
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i condsider myself a shockingly realistic mac user. the only thing i really want apple to deliver to me by macworld is an OS which, as has been promised, makes my rendering times (i'm an artist) cheaper and faster. my bottom line relies upon it.comment:www.metafilter.com,2002:site.18140-298066Sun, 30 Jun 2002 05:46:35 -0800patrickingBy: mkelley
http://www.metafilter.com/18140/The-Apple-rumor-mill-is-buzzing#298095
When Amazon marked the 700mhz 14" iBook "unavailable" my rumor senses went off. The smaller screen versions are still available. So does this mean a new iBook? I'm betting that it will either be dropped (hope not, I was saving for a 14" model) or updated with a G4.comment:www.metafilter.com,2002:site.18140-298095Sun, 30 Jun 2002 08:21:30 -0800mkelleyBy: ncurley
http://www.metafilter.com/18140/The-Apple-rumor-mill-is-buzzing#298160
Please, leave the hyping to Steve Jobs. He does a much better job.comment:www.metafilter.com,2002:site.18140-298160Sun, 30 Jun 2002 14:47:22 -0800ncurleyBy: dogwelder
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Holy crap- the Apple Store is back up! What secret messages have they encoded onto the page?????????comment:www.metafilter.com,2002:site.18140-298183Sun, 30 Jun 2002 17:26:19 -0800dogwelderBy: aaronchristy
http://www.metafilter.com/18140/The-Apple-rumor-mill-is-buzzing#298199
<i>Maybe Jobs just can't wait?</i>
Monk,
That link was classic!comment:www.metafilter.com,2002:site.18140-298199Sun, 30 Jun 2002 19:41:09 -0800aaronchristyBy: anildash
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I'm just wondering, because of the "something people haven't seen before" link policy of MeFi, is there any time the Apple rumor mills <em>aren't</em> buzzing?comment:www.metafilter.com,2002:site.18140-298211Sun, 30 Jun 2002 22:55:05 -0800anildash
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