Gosh I wish I had posted this earlier. This week Apple announce new Mac Pro hardware. I had mentioned to my colleagues last week to hold off buying a Mac Pro until I got back from SFO. I fully expected them to announce that the quad core chip to be the baseline for the Mac Pro and here they announced it a week earlier than I expected. Obviously Steve Jobs has some announcements that he fears will overshadow this one so they put it out a week early.
I expect that Apple will embrace Blu-ray. I am expecting them to announce availability of Blue-ray drives in iMacs and Mac Pros. Getting it in a MacBook would be really cool.
I am hoping they a release an update for the AppleTV that will allow an external DVD player to be attached to the USB port to be able to play DVDs through AppleTV. One less device in the stack. With luck Apple will have a Blu-ray compatible device in the same footprint as the AppleTV.
I don't really expect them to announce the 3G iPhone unless they are ready to ship immediately. It would seem kinda dumb to announce one and then wait for several months before shipping one. Who would buy one in the mean time. Unless they dropped the price of the current one to $150-$200.
While I would love to have a lighter weight MacBook than the 5 pound beast plus another pound or two of accessories that I will be carrying to MacWorld I don't think a price or specification will make it attractive enough for me to get this year. I am not sure what Apple could bring to tablet or ultra-thin sub-notebook to make it a better seller than other brands but if anyone can Apple can. I think that they will announce something. Maybe in a size slightly larger than the Newton 2100 that includes a keyboard that can be folded out of the way. That would be cool.
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