deanmass Posted January 1, 2005 Share Posted January 1, 2005 With the SF Mac hoopla a week or so away, I am gonna pipe up with my predictions. Some I learned from macrumors, some are pure speculation on my part. * Headless iMac-Cheap CPU, from Macrumors. Makes sense, but it better be cheap and gorgeous. * PDA with bluetooth and WiFi. Pure guess. Wishfull thinking on my part maybe * iPod with built in satellite radio receiver and a record stream function. I am HOPING for Sirius.Wishful thinking. *iPod Micro. Under $100, no screen OR 4 loine screen. Speculative on my part plus rumor stuff. *Fix garageband's non-standard interface issues with regard to Soundtrack/Logic, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theblue1 Posted January 1, 2005 Share Posted January 1, 2005 Originally posted by deanmass: With the SF Mac hoopla a week or so away, I am gonna pipe up with my predictions. Some I learned from macrumors, some are pure speculation on my part. * Headless iMac-Cheap CPU, from Macrumors. Makes sense, but it better be cheap and gorgeous. * PDA with bluetooth and WiFi. Pure guess. Wishfull thinking on my part maybe * iPod with built in satellite radio receiver and a record stream function. I am HOPING for Sirius.Wishful thinking. *iPod Micro. Under $100, no screen OR 4 loine screen. Speculative on my part plus rumor stuff. *Fix garageband's non-standard interface issues with regard to Soundtrack/Logic, etc.My magpie greek chorus (and thoroughly light-hearted if not entirely tongue-in-cheek) response: Headless Mac -- Won't be as cheap as some of the Mac-rumour-mill folks have it. My prediction: base price $600 but with the P-o-S add-ons that can drive 'competitive' Mac prices through the roof. (I recently spent some qual time with a Mac G4 12" Powerbook with a base price of $1800 that went out the door at over $2800 18 months ago with a 40 GB drive and 512 MB of RAM but that you're lucky to get $700 for now. Just what is a $100 'Apple Store charge' for, anyhow?) "iPDA" -- a natural progression from their subtle reinvention of the Mp3 player. I think they could do something really nice here -- but the market for PDA's is still much smaller than the market for Mp3 players was before Apple entered the market -- and the R&D costs are enormous. There's also undoubtedly an institutional allergy left over from their first run-in with the PDA-as-waterloo. iPod w/ satellite radio -- a great idea. But it could presumably be done with a clip-on accessory, like iPod conventional radios and cams. Stream recording -- even with tight DRM control -- probably won't happen. But it is allowed under the MCA, for PUO, of course. iPod micro -- seems really unlikely to me at that price. And uncompetitive above $130, I think. After all, by today's standards, 2 GB is practically micro, already, particularly if you're using larger, higher qual formats like Mp3 or AAC VBR -- which is currently the only way to get high quality sound on an iPod, since it shuts out hi fi formats like WMA(10) and Ogg Vorbis. (The new hi-def AAC should help.) Bringing GarageBand into interface standards alignment with Apple's flagship audio creation programs -- But then they'd have to give up their slavishly imitative rip on the ACID interface. And what would the hordes of PC musicians giving up the lean-mean ACID to move to the CPU-devouring Garage Band do? They'd have to learn one of those tricky Mac interfaces! bookmark these: news.google.com | m-w dictionary | wikipedia encyclopedia | Columbia Encyclopedia TK Major / one blue nine | myspace.com/onebluenine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed A. Posted January 1, 2005 Share Posted January 1, 2005 Probably some kind of Apple branded FireWire audio interface. Rumors of something code named " Asteroid ". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanmass Posted January 1, 2005 Author Share Posted January 1, 2005 Forgot about that one...But, I hope the name 'ass' is not in it anywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ren. Posted January 1, 2005 Share Posted January 1, 2005 Some iShot or iPod thingy where you cannot only view files, but also attach some sort of funky little gadget to make it a digital camera. Retail Price: $899 Who Put The ' M ' In MySpace? don\'t_click | day_job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisDude Posted January 1, 2005 Share Posted January 1, 2005 The apple product lifecycle ...or from a more reputable source A budget g4 sounds like a great idea, but it will probably have some sort of built-in debilitating feature set like no expansion ports and one usb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderton Posted January 1, 2005 Share Posted January 1, 2005 Apple should come out with an iPod boombox. It astonishes me that they haven't done so already. iPod brains, but with radio (satellite radio preferred!) and speakers. Craig Anderton Educational site: http://www.craiganderton.org Music: http://www.youtube.com/thecraiganderton Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/craig_anderton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theblue1 Posted January 1, 2005 Share Posted January 1, 2005 Originally posted by thisDude: The apple product lifecycle ...or from a more reputable source A budget g4 sounds like a great idea, but it will probably have some sort of built-in debilitating feature set like no expansion ports and one usb.There was already an article in Forbes about how this rumor has enhanced Apple's already hotly watched stock price. The thinking is that this might enhance the halo effect of PC owners who buy iPods and then switch to Macs which Apple puts at 13% of iPod buying PC users -- but like any p.r. from Apple with numbers in it, it might pay to take this with a grain of salt. (Funny, they didn't release their internal numbers regarding sales to PC users who were drawn into Apple stores by the original 'switch' adverts -- which were spectacularly negligible, less than 2% of PC users coming into the stores.) So far, of all the iPod users I know (all but two of them pretty happy with their little units), no one I know has switched from a PC to a Mac. Although one of my (iPod owning) musician buddies is so frustrated he's getting a PC to do the things he can't on his iMac. We'll see how that goes. He's only ever had a Mac -- and the PC he's getting is a 5 year old job one of his friends is giving him for free. But he says he's anxious to run ACID, since his G3 won't run Garageband. Acid, which GB was closely patterned on, has been out since '98 and is famously efficient, so there should be no problem there. But, having just helped some Mac friends set up a a new-to-them Powerbook 12" and a wireless network at their home, I'm painfully aware that, while the basic principles and behind-the-scenes action of the two platforms is closely parallel -- the 'interface culture' is painfully different. I, perhaps naively, was expecting that the Mac interface would be easily intuitable but I didn't find that to be the case at all. It's just a culture thing, of course, and once you're used to one system, you tend to see things that way. (And let me hasten to say that, while the basic GUI operations of Windows [95 and up] have always seemed quite straightforward to me, the system access interfaces in Windows [where, like any 'power user' I have spent a long and not necessarily pleasnt amount of time] have always been a confusing, preterlogical, idiosyncratic mess. Then again, the Mac wasn't as straightforward as I had previously thought for a lot of system issues, as well.) bookmark these: news.google.com | m-w dictionary | wikipedia encyclopedia | Columbia Encyclopedia TK Major / one blue nine | myspace.com/onebluenine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3D Audio Posted January 2, 2005 Share Posted January 2, 2005 Originally posted by Anderton: Apple should come out with an iPod boombox. It astonishes me that they haven't done so already. iPod brains, but with radio (satellite radio preferred!) and speakers.I have a friend who has a portable speaker device that plugs into his iPod and it's battery powered and has two 2.5" speakers plus a sub. HA! The whole thing is a little larger than a big sandwich. Pretty hilarious. Lynn Fuston 3D Audio Inc Home of 3dB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ernest Buckley Posted January 3, 2005 Share Posted January 3, 2005 I think Apple will eventually release a Farm Card of their own that will support Logic. If you think about it, its the only reason PT has dominated the DAW world. www.ErnestBuckley.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theblue1 Posted January 3, 2005 Share Posted January 3, 2005 Originally posted by The Music Room: I think Apple will eventually release a Farm Card of their own that will support Logic. If you think about it, its the only reason PT has dominated the DAW world.I think the need for de facto standards has as much to do with it. Can you even have a commercial studio and not offer PT support? There are a lot of 'proudly analog' studios around my parts, but, as far as I know, they all have at least a minmal PT rig, too. PS... I just got off the phone with one of my pals who was wondering if maybe the 'headless' Mac could be employed as a farm machine for Logic Audio. And that's an interesting thought, for sure. bookmark these: news.google.com | m-w dictionary | wikipedia encyclopedia | Columbia Encyclopedia TK Major / one blue nine | myspace.com/onebluenine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phaeton Posted January 4, 2005 Share Posted January 4, 2005 I don't know who this "Mac" guy is, but I'm sure he's sick n tired of everyone nosing around in his life... Dr. Seuss: The Original White Rapper . WWND? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Surack Posted January 6, 2005 Share Posted January 6, 2005 Originally posted by Anderton: Apple should come out with an iPod boombox. It astonishes me that they haven't done so already. iPod brains, but with radio (satellite radio preferred!) and speakers.It is not from Apple, but here you go..straight from the CES show! http://www.dlodirect.com/iboom.html Chuck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderton Posted January 6, 2005 Share Posted January 6, 2005 1 GB Flash iPod for $149 2 GB Flash iPod for $199 Mini expanded to 5 GB Craig Anderton Educational site: http://www.craiganderton.org Music: http://www.youtube.com/thecraiganderton Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/craig_anderton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phait Posted January 6, 2005 Share Posted January 6, 2005 I'd buy a 1GB iPod for $150, I don't need any bigger. But then what would I do with my Creative MuVo Slim 256 MB, $150? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip OKeefe Posted January 7, 2005 Share Posted January 7, 2005 I heard Apple is suing someone over a early leak of a new product... I didn't catch all of it, but I heard it briefly on Fox News. I guess one of the rumors hit too close to the truth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cowbell Posted January 7, 2005 Share Posted January 7, 2005 Yup, the rumor of a Flash based iPod for $100 came out a couple months ago, and Apple decided to sue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cowbell Posted January 7, 2005 Share Posted January 7, 2005 In an unprecedented lawsuit, Apple has sued the publisher of Think Secret, a website devoted to Mac rumors, along with other yet-unnamed persons. Apple has stated their belief that recent articles at ThinkSecret.com revealed trade secrets and therefore, the corporation has filed a suit in the Superior Court of Santa Clara County, California to get an injunction to prevent further release of said secrets. Aiming to identify those who revealed confidential information, the suit offers some valid confirmation for forthcoming rumored products, a 'headless iMac' and an 'iWork' productivity suite. In recent weeks, Apple has also sued distributors of pre-release versions of Tiger, as well as individuals who leaked information about a future musical device from Apple, known as Asteroid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Zeger Posted January 8, 2005 Share Posted January 8, 2005 Wait until Apple releases the MonsterMac and the MonsterPod. Then, the fun begins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theblue1 Posted January 8, 2005 Share Posted January 8, 2005 Originally posted by Mark Zeger: Wait until Apple releases the MonsterMac and the MonsterPod. Then, the fun begins. _________________________________________ The iBoom had me going for a second until I realized it was an 'exoskeleton power suit' for the iPod. So the iPod is basically a dongle with headphones? bookmark these: news.google.com | m-w dictionary | wikipedia encyclopedia | Columbia Encyclopedia TK Major / one blue nine | myspace.com/onebluenine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cowbell Posted January 8, 2005 Share Posted January 8, 2005 http://dms.tecknohost.com/macrumors/i/ihome/ iHome Is this for real? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boosh Posted January 8, 2005 Share Posted January 8, 2005 Originally posted by Cowbell: http://dms.tecknohost.com/macrumors/i/ihome/ iHome Is this for real?Man I love your Avatar,...I never had a clue Moses played cowbell in a band. Must have been "the Discipels" or "the Commandments" Fan, nu pissar jag taggtråd igen. Jag skulle inte satt på räpan. http://www.bushcollectors.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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