No new hardware at Macworld SF?
Ahh, Macworld season. You can always tell how close we are to Macworld by the number of rumors swirling around out there on the internets. The closer we get to the big Stevenote the more people that come out of the woodwork with a cousin who's married to a woman who knows a guy that went to college with some dude that waters the plants at Cupertino and he totally said that there will be no Intel Macs. Seriously.The latest rumor comes from Derek Picone, who apparently works with an Apple tech. This tech has weekly phone meetings with Apple execs and they let it be known that they were not required to go to Steve's upcoming keynote. Why should this matter to you? Well, they are usually required to go when Steve is going to announce new computer hardware, therefore if they won't be there neither will new computer hardware.
Personally, I put little stock in any of the rumors that lead up to a Macworld until Macworld eve. That's when all of Apple's secrets are usually laid bare and the surprise is ruined for everyone.
Thanks, Ricky.
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Ahh, Macworld season. You can always tell how close we are to Macworld by the number of rumors swirling around out there on the internets....
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Many diggs at digg.com are nothing more than questionable, dubious, or controversial information posted on someone's blog (that has Adsense ads) in a lame attempt to generate ad revenue. http://digg.com/users/DEIx15x8/profile Go figure.
December 16 2005 at 3:04 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Replyhttp://digg.com/apple/No_Intel_at_Macworld_ This is the link to the digg story which was pulled from the frontpage. Read the comments to get a better impression about how this was initially reported on the kids blog.
December 16 2005 at 11:44 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyHaha, funny how some high school (or college) kid can stir such a rumor on major Apple news sites. This story was on digg a few hours ago and at that point his blog entry looked a bit different. He wrote: That there is an Apple Care Technician [e.g. low level repairman] at his SCHOOL who told him that once a week he has a conference call with high level Apple execs [yeah, sure]. And they told him that there would be no intel macs released in January. Sounds very credible, doesn't it.
December 16 2005 at 10:42 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyThanks everyone for pointing out my typo there. I wrote this a few minutes after I woke up and then I had to run to work. Stars for all!
December 16 2005 at 10:02 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Replyhey, whatever they are saying... apple will do everything to keep it on the down low, so my guess is they are just messing with people's heads... my knees don't tell me when the weather changes, but i feel a new hardware itch in them... :)
December 16 2005 at 9:56 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyWhat ever happened to that "Asteroid" audio breakout box?
December 16 2005 at 9:50 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyWith Apple many times things don't really make sense ( products, features, update cycles, etc. ) and even what Apple says they do, will have or will not have you can't believe. It's all about patience.
December 16 2005 at 9:50 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyDear Scott, Please proofread your posts. Specifically the important words mentioned by Grant (#2). Love and Puppy Dogs, TUAW Readers Everywhere
December 16 2005 at 9:49 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI don't buy it. Hardware's the fun stuff, and macworld is a great forum for releasing it. It just makes sense for Apple to combine the two.
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