Comments on: Macworld 2008 hopes and dreams

By: GYUSZI BACSI

GYUSZI BACSI — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 21:07:50 +0000

I like the look of Apple devices, but I got used to MS Office, so I dont change, whatever Steve Jobs says
but, to tell you the truth, this guy makes a very good impression on me, he is a very good speaker

By: Toshio

Toshio — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 22:26:02 +0000

Well, you were featured in Steve Jobs keynote speech. Congrats V, that must be a dream come true! Especially when Ryan mentions it in his live update. =P

I’m really disappointed that they didn’t release new lineup of MBP… I’ve been waiting almost two years to buy one. I would have bought one today if they had released it… If you read the engadget comments, I think a lot of people were expecting this too.

*shakes fist at sky and sighs heavily*

By: Andrew P

Andrew P — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:59:08 +0000

Dunno what there will be, but thanks as always for being one of the more insightful set of eyes’n'ears “on the ground” at these things!

By: mully

mully — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 10:01:14 +0000

I have no idea what machine they’ll be using it in, but i know Steve is going to anounce a WiMax enabled device. I only found out a few hours ago … but it’s absolutely true.

By: faddah

faddah — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 08:45:00 +0000

ronnie, i have no idea why you say wimax is doubtful or off the table. if anything, it's the thing that makes the most sense, given both the title of the slogan on the banners and apple's partnership with Otelini and Intel. look at what happened while you were at CES — intel announces at their keynote all the nifty chips and what you can do with them, and what happens the very same day? as his jobsness would say: Boom! suddenly, a week before macworld, and mac pro and xserve and out the door in the apple store with the latest, beefiest quad core chips from intel possible. coincidence? WE THINK NOT! no, it's obviously a planned marketing partnership between these two companies that are now technology & channel partners. intel has new big chips to push, apple shows their application in the latest, greatest beefy hardware. no mystery there. same with wimax. as you saw, intel had vans driving everywhere up and down vegas with "intel & wimax" on them. they're really trying to push this. and who better than their spiffiest partner who was at the forefront of including 802.11n in airport extreme while it was still a IEEE draft? why would apple sneeze at 2 - 10 gb speeds in the air at up to a 10 kilometer distance? lemme tell you — up here in portland, we've had a bear of a time implementing MetroFi's bass-ackwards solution of what was supposed to be city-wide 802.11g speeds, when in truth, unless you buy a third party solution they support, you don't get squat if you're as much as 50 feet away from the broadcaster node on the various telephone poles around town. pathetic. something like wimax city-wide would be a god-send to make our wireless cloud city a reality instead of a crippled, gimpy, limping MetroFi fiasco. and apple and intel teaming up to make it a reality? sign me up, is all i have to say.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 06:41:26 +0000

A macbook with detachable screen that acts like a tablet.

By: tessa

tessa — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 06:33:28 +0000

i added this site as a link. hope you don’t mind.

By: James

James — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 05:23:22 +0000

I vote for the SDK. Having an iPhone with all these restrictions is like having a laptop with no wifi! It just doesn’t make sense!

By: Bud F.

Bud F. — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 01:31:33 +0000

I’m hoping for a smokin’ update to the MacBook Pro because I am picking one up as soon as the announcements are complete. So I will buy a current state 2.6Ghz or whatever faster is announced.

By: Heffron

Heffron — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 23:35:37 +0000

A sub-notebook would be nice, or, as Philip stated above, a price-competitive Macbook (Pro). I need a new laptop.
What I’d really like is for the iPhone to drop in price and to become more available in Europe. I’m not even sure it’ll come to my country (Belgium), Apple hasn’t confirmed anything yet.
And, of course, I could get it somewhere else, but then there are the SIMlock and contract problems… In Germany, T-Mobile are selling iPhones without a contract for €999. Yeah, that’s US$1,417.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 23:26:39 +0000

I think they’ll be introducing the Macbook Lite with wifi and 3g support (so you can surf the internet from anywhere).
The new macbook will have technology that will eventurally be used in the next-gen iPhone.It will also have a multitouch-like touch-pad supporting a few gestures that iPhone users are accustomed to and a few more that will revolutionize how we use portable laptops making it even more easier to use. The 3g service you can also buy from iTunes – in minutes, or on a monthly basis and of course, the back end tech, will be supported by AT&T and its 3G network. It will also not have an optical drive, no firewire, and will have only two USB ports on the left & right.

Ok lets see, what else; Movie rentals is a given, entire iTunes music catalog will be DRM free at the same 99 cents price point, a 16gb and possibly a 24gb iphone, iPhone SDK is also a given, as well as a host of new iPhone apps from Google, and the one more thing is a new Starbucks application that you will be able to buy your coffee for pick up without even being in the store. They will also introduce partnerships with a host of banks, retail stores like the GAP and Cosmetic stores, fast food restaurants to develop their own iPhone app which will be able to do easy transactions of merchandise & services. etc etc… I could go on and on.. but its going to be mind blowing…

By: Kathryn

Kathryn — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 23:10:02 +0000

I don’t need a subnotebook or tablet. I have an iPhone and MacBookPro. I’d LOVE SDK apps blessed by Apple! And a new 3G iPhone for my husband would make him happy.

But we already got our Apple “present” The new big Macs with dual DVD burners! Just when my husband was pricing disk duplicators at CES. Dual burners and blazingly fast CPUs, what’s not to like?

By: markie

markie — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 22:59:00 +0000

I would love to hear news of the Apple Store Employee Wedgie program. Every time someone goes into an Apple Store and the employee gives information that is wrong, or acts holier than thou, the customer can give that little bastard a wedgie. (or melvin if you’re from the northern states).

Other than that, MMS on my iPhone would be spiffy.

By: Lan Bui

Lan Bui — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 21:29:52 +0000

Air signifies how the new product works all through the air.

Sub-notebook, no ethernet, no cables, all through the air.

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 21:18:02 +0000

An SDK to be able to develop new software on the iPhone? Come on. How about basic, nineties-era features for the software the phone’s already got. Like stealing the ability to sync ToDo lists and Notes from my 1994 monochromatic Palm Pilot. Or the ability to cut-and-paste from… I dunno… my DOS machine? I love my iPhone. Don’t get me wrong. But I’d really like it to start loving me back.

By: Udayan

Udayan — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 21:11:31 +0000

I’d like Apple to remove DRM from the iTunes Store and I would love a price drop for the iPhone, but that’s unlikely. Oh well, all his pretty Myriad Web’d statistics will be fun to watch.

By: Philip

Philip — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 21:00:12 +0000

A price-competitive Macbook. I love the series, but if you look at, Dell and other brands, you get a lot more power for your money.

A tablet would also be pretty cool, especially for the PS + Mac pairing that everyone seems to be doing these days.

By: nonoboy

nonoboy — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 20:37:03 +0000

I would love something to make me want to buy a Macbook and not feel like I should have bought a Macbook Pro. I don’t know what that would be. A price drop would be nice buy while I am at it I might as well ask for a winning lotto ticket. (Then I could afford the Macbook Pro! Bonus!)

By: Matt Martz

Matt Martz — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 20:33:17 +0000

My prediction:
*Update Mac Mini
*Sub-notebook (hopefully for under $1000, i’d get one)
*iPhone SDK unveiling
*iTunes update

By: Dizzy Pixel

Dizzy Pixel — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 20:21:21 +0000

I would love to see Apple TV become more useful. I would love to see the ability to add an ext HD. The ability to download rentals right to AppleTV. The ability to shop for TV content from Apple TV and not necessarily from iTunes all the time. Netflix via Apple TV would be great! That way I’d get an email saying my movie is here!

I’d love to see a sub notebook, but I don’t see a real need in MY life for one. A tablet would be amazing, but its usefulness is really the unknown. Apple products have a way of making you NEED them, even if you really don’t.

iPhone updates would be great, iPhone trade in’s would be even better. I’m not going to spend another $500 just for a bigger capacity iPhone.

I am eagerly waiting for Tuesday’s keynote!