The Apple thread

Cloudane · Post by **Cloudane** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 10:05 am 0

Yak wrote:TBH I really would rather have an eee.

{AOL} Me Too

For one thing you can buy 6 of them for the same price*

But more to the point it does what ultra-portables are supposed to do - it's ultra-portable. The new Mac is ultra-light and ultra-thin, but it also has a massive footprint, which is where I think it completely misses the point.

Who knows, I may get a better impression when we get to see them in person but it looks massive.

* MacBook Air = Â£1200. Asus Eee-by-gum = Â£200. I know there's a power difference but that's still a shameless rip-off Apple, if you're trying to shake off the image of being overpriced you're going about it the wrong way!

Kemper_Boyd · Post by **Kemper_Boyd** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 10:08 am 0

GeeZa wrote:But you just *know* Apple have something waiting in the wings. It's all just a matter of when.

No doubt about it in my mind, but it may not be a Mac. Apple very rarely
announce hardware far before it is launched, the x86 transition was one
they had to announce early and the iPhone because of all the regulatory
issues. Otherwise iPods and Macs are announced only a few weeks before
availability.

Menlow will be available in the second quarter of the year but my hunch
is that any announcement of a jumbo iPod touch, sub notebook Mac,
Newton^2 will be at WWDC. I'll be astonished if Apple don't announce
a portable device with Menlow in it during 2008.

Cloudane · Post by **Cloudane** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 10:11 am 0

I remember not so long ago when Steve used to say "available today" for everything, which I thought was brilliant. It's mostly 2 weeks+ now though.

Jimaroid · Post by **Jimaroid** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 11:30 am 0

Cloudane wrote:I remember not so long ago when Steve used to say "available today" for everything, which I thought was brilliant. It's mostly 2 weeks+ now though.

Yeah, curse them for having massive leadtimes because of increased demand, popularity and success...

In today's age I'm constantly amazed that Apple is able to do offer huge volumes of hardware in such a short period of time between announcement and market shipment. It seems increasingly impossible to keep anything secret thesedays and the fact we haven't really seen any major leak of product before announcement is astonishing.

korruptor · Post by **korruptor** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 3:57 pm 0

They must pay very well

GeeZa · Post by **GeeZa** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 4:31 pm 0

Kemper_Boyd wrote:Menlow will be available in the second quarter of the year but my hunch is that any announcement of a jumbo iPod touch, sub notebook Mac, Newton^2 will be at WWDC. I'll be astonished if Apple don't announce a portable device with Menlow in it during 2008.

That's where my money is too and I'm sure some of the technology in the MBA and the software/OS in the iPhone will crossover into some sort of portable device that can basically do everything. The retail stuff is all shaping up to support this. Personally I think it'll be very exciting and a proper portable touch-based computer would be a no-brainer for me.

Misfit · Post by **Misfit** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 5:05 pm 0

GeeZa wrote:
Kemper_Boyd wrote:Menlow will be available in the second quarter of the year but my hunch is that any announcement of a jumbo iPod touch, sub notebook Mac, Newton^2 will be at WWDC. I'll be astonished if Apple don't announce a portable device with Menlow in it during 2008.
That's where my money is too and I'm sure some of the technology in the MBA and the software/OS in the iPhone will crossover into some sort of portable device that can basically do everything. The retail stuff is all shaping up to support this. Personally I think it'll be very exciting and a proper portable touch-based computer would be a no-brainer for me.

Good points. The one thing I do like about the way Apple works is that they usually don't keep us waiting too long. Big speech and you can go and order it right away. None of this waiting for ages after hearing about a new product. (apart from the iPhone of course).

So expecting the tablet announcement now was wrong.

I've never been a Mac wanker, my recent Macbook pro was bought to test websites and mainly runs windows as my laptop for demos and I got an early iPhone from the US with the intention to play briefly, mock it, and profit on eBay.

But after my iPhone experience the chances I'll buy a small tablet the second it is released are above high, even at the stupid price they are bound to release at....

I didn't cash in on my iPhone and it remains possibly my favourite gadget ever.

WiteWulf · Post by **WiteWulf** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 6:14 pm 0

...which reminds: my mate who was asking about the contract procedure for buying an iPhone in the UK went out to Carphone Warehouse at lunchtime, bought one for Â£270 and promptly came back to the office and Jailbroke it. It's now quite happily running with an Orange PAYG SIM in it, apparently.

Deckard · Post by **Deckard** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 6:47 pm 0

For those quick fix one handed moments

hyphz · Post by **hyphz** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 7:13 pm 0

WiteWulf wrote:...which reminds: my mate who was asking about the contract procedure for buying an iPhone in the UK went out to Carphone Warehouse at lunchtime, bought one for Â£270 and promptly came back to the office and Jailbroke it. It's now quite happily running with an Orange PAYG SIM in it, apparently.

But presumably no fast web access because Orange doesn't do EDGE?

Misfit · Post by **Misfit** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 7:28 pm 0

WiteWulf wrote:...which reminds: my mate who was asking about the contract procedure for buying an iPhone in the UK went out to Carphone Warehouse at lunchtime, bought one for Â£270 and promptly came back to the office and Jailbroke it. It's now quite happily running with an Orange PAYG SIM in it, apparently.

But jailbreaking doesn't sim unlock and I hadn't heard that UK phones were unlocked?!

Was it still a 1.1.2 phone then?

Misfit · Post by **Misfit** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 7:29 pm 0

hyphz wrote:
WiteWulf wrote:...which reminds: my mate who was asking about the contract procedure for buying an iPhone in the UK went out to Carphone Warehouse at lunchtime, bought one for Â£270 and promptly came back to the office and Jailbroke it. It's now quite happily running with an Orange PAYG SIM in it, apparently.
But presumably no fast web access because Orange doesn't do EDGE?

EDGE and fast aren't something that tend to go together, unless a negative is in there somewhere!

WiteWulf · Post by **WiteWulf** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 8:38 pm 0

hyphz wrote: But presumably no fast web access because Orange doesn't do EDGE?

Dude, we're in Loughborough, far away from the bright lights of the big city. We barely get a GSM signal here, let alone EDGE.

Misfit > It's on 1.1.2, I'll double check that he's on Orange, it may be an O2 PAYG SIM and I misheard.

Acronym · Post by **Acronym** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 9:41 pm 0

Deckard wrote:For those quick fix one handed moments

Does the Rev know you think of him that way?

Deckard · Post by **Deckard** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 10:58 pm 0

Acronym wrote:
Deckard wrote:For those quick fix one handed moments
Does the Rev know you think of him that way?

Sometimes, late at night, if I look hard enough you can see the flames searing the space between those two little icons...