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Apparently 4-6 was a reasonable estimate.

I checked http://www.macrumors.com and found that the 1.25 GHz PowerBook was released on 16 Sept 2003 and that 10.3 was released on 21 Oct 2003.

This is exactly 5 weeks apart. Should Apple have offered me an OS upgrade at a discount, given that I bought a high-end system from them a few weeks before and that 10.3 was a substantial improvement over the OS that shipped on my PowerBook? I think so. Did they? no. They essentially told me to 'talk to the hand.'

Anyone have any whining tips for my future reference?

Looks like there will be a 10.3.9 update soon, interestingly enough.

It appears that Longhorn will also include piles (or stacks to MS) which were a long rumored feature in Mac OS.

Apple gets 3 times as much money as musicians from each sale. Apple takes a 35% cut from every song and every album sold, a huge amount considering how little they have to do. Record labels receive the other 65% of each sale. Of this, major label artists will end up with only 8 to 14 cents per song, depending on their contract

Sites in the US typically sell tracks for 99 cents each. The wholesale price is currently 65 cents per track

The wholesale price of a track is thought to be around 65c, but the success of Apple's iTunes online music store, which to date has sold more than 200m songs and accounts for some 65% of the download market, has raised the eyebrows of music executives

In the United States, online stores typical sell music downloads for about 99c per track. The wholesale cost of these tracks (that the shops pay) is about 65c."

The majors are asking and getting about 65 cents per download from each 99 cent download from Apple

with Apple paying the record companies an average of 65cents per track...[from a FORTUNE article]

Apple gets 3 times as much money as musicians from each sale. Apple takes a 35% cut from every song and every album sold, a huge amount considering how little they have to do. Record labels receive the other 65% of each sale. Of this, major label artists will end up with only 8 to 14 cents per song, depending on their contract

Sites in the US typically sell tracks for 99 cents each. The wholesale price is currently 65 cents per track

The wholesale price of a track is thought to be around 65c, but the success of Apple's iTunes online music store, which to date has sold more than 200m songs and accounts for some 65% of the download market, has raised the eyebrows of music executives

In the United States, online stores typical sell music downloads for about 99c per track. The wholesale cost of these tracks (that the shops pay) is about 65c."

The majors are asking and getting about 65 cents per download from each 99 cent download from Apple

with Apple paying the record companies an average of 65cents per track...[from a FORTUNE article]

Apple gets 3 times as much money as musicians from each sale. Apple takes a 35% cut from every song and every album sold, a huge amount considering how little they have to do. Record labels receive the other 65% of each sale. Of this, major label artists will end up with only 8 to 14 cents per song, depending on their contract

Sites in the US typically sell tracks for 99 cents each. The wholesale price is currently 65 cents per track

The wholesale price of a track is thought to be around 65c, but the success of Apple's iTunes online music store, which to date has sold more than 200m songs and accounts for some 65% of the download market, has raised the eyebrows of music executives

In the United States, online stores typical sell music downloads for about 99c per track. The wholesale cost of these tracks (that the shops pay) is about 65c."

The majors are asking and getting about 65 cents per download from each 99 cent download from Apple

with Apple paying the record companies an average of 65cents per track...[from a FORTUNE article]

Apple gets 3 times as much money as musicians from each sale. Apple takes a 35% cut from every song and every album sold, a huge amount considering how little they have to do. Record labels receive the other 65% of each sale. Of this, major label artists will end up with only 8 to 14 cents per song, depending on their contract

Sites in the US typically sell tracks for 99 cents each. The wholesale price is currently 65 cents per track

The wholesale price of a track is thought to be around 65c, but the success of Apple's iTunes online music store, which to date has sold more than 200m songs and accounts for some 65% of the download market, has raised the eyebrows of music executives

In the United States, online stores typical sell music downloads for about 99c per track. The wholesale cost of these tracks (that the shops pay) is about 65c."

The majors are asking and getting about 65 cents per download from each 99 cent download from Apple

with Apple paying the record companies an average of 65cents per track...[from a FORTUNE article]

And I forgot my source:

http://www.macrumors.com/pages/2003/04/20030413220 229.shtml

Err.. where'd you get the number 20 million? Apple reported 10 million sold at the beginning of the year. Unless the selling rate for iPods has more than doubled this quarter (or iPods are being used by multiple users), there aren't 20 million iPod users.

Just wondering outloud... Apple patented a "rotary mouse" a few years ago. Could the rotary portion be the second button? So you'd have the mouse itself as the primary button and be able to click the rotary wheel for a context menu. That gives you a scroll wheel and context menus, without the rarely used third button.

IIRC, Freescale has stated that the e600 MPC8641D dual-core with IMC will not sample until the second half of 2005. Indeed, we have not even seen products based off the G4 7448 yet, and that's supposed to precede the e600 MPC8641D. The 7448 should compensate partially for the bandwidth problem too, since it gets a 200 MHz and 1 MB L2. Most importantly though, it's a direct drop-in replacement for the current 7447A, and thus is a no-brainer upgrade. Interestingly, references to the G4 7448 have already shown up in Apple's CHUD tools.

Well, if you want to see the complete Fanboy mentality in full masticatory action, check out the Macrumors thread here. I got banned, can you?

This Mac I is pretty cool. I wonder if its Doom 3 benchmarks are any worse than a high-end Dual G5's are? ;-)

This same phrase said 4 hours earlier. :) Here.

Ahh but apple also introduced this
Photo Accesory

For people into digital photography, a 60gb iPod Photo + a digital camera is perfect when you are on the go and need to store all your pictures.

Ohh and before you ask, whats so different about this one then the other accessories. Well this one lets you check out the pictures on the iPod itself while the other accessories don't.

Yep, silent as the night breeze ;)

The MacRumors.com buyers guide is an excellent resource and I have used it many times to pick the right time to buy.

One of the best things to check before an Apple hardware purchase is the Mac Rumors Buyers Guide because it doesn't speculate about what or when, but basically gives you data on how long it has been since the last update and what Apple has done in the past.

It has never steered me wrong.

http://buyersguide.macrumors.com/

I submit to you the mac buyers guide. Now I dont care for rumor sites but this is a excellent tool to keep track of dates and averages between product cycles. They rate the iMac as neutral and I'd agree. But I would hold out the week or so until the PM, PB etc get updated. Who knows a refresh even if it does not touch the iMac could lower prices or open up other options on the second hand market.

I see no indication of scant supply.
I see no indication that current models are EOL'd on retailers' stocking systems.

Like this from mac rumors

PowerBook shortages are being reported by resellers worldwide, with Apple's own online store putting shipping dates now at 7 - 10 days out. Delays like these usually signify a product change is about to occur, and the G4 PowerBook is expected to have a minor speed bump revision according to Think Secret. G5 PowerBooks have been in the rumor news recently, but aren't expected to show for some time to come.

Or perhaps this

Macbidouille posts that FNAC (largest multimedia shop in France) has declared the Powerbooks "End of Life". FNAC is also present in other European countries such as Spain.
There will be no new shipments of the old revisions once the stock is sold.

I see no indication of scant supply.
I see no indication that current models are EOL'd on retailers' stocking systems.

Like this from mac rumors

PowerBook shortages are being reported by resellers worldwide, with Apple's own online store putting shipping dates now at 7 - 10 days out. Delays like these usually signify a product change is about to occur, and the G4 PowerBook is expected to have a minor speed bump revision according to Think Secret. G5 PowerBooks have been in the rumor news recently, but aren't expected to show for some time to come.

Or perhaps this

Macbidouille posts that FNAC (largest multimedia shop in France) has declared the Powerbooks "End of Life". FNAC is also present in other European countries such as Spain.
There will be no new shipments of the old revisions once the stock is sold.

I'd love it is /. were a decent Mac rumors site. But it's not. In this case, it's "News for Nerds. Typos that matter."

This is the lamest rumor I've ever seen on the web. And I used to read macosrumors.com daily. (I'm not hyperlinking them because their website isn't worth your ten second speed read. macrumors.com is a little better.)

Update: Within an hour of posting the story, and the screenshot we took as evidence, Apple altered the HTML to replace g5 with g4. Don't hang around, do they?

And yet they haven't posted an official statement to their website about the Mac Mini not voiding the warranty when you either A) break the clips holding the case together or B) open the case in the first place.

You would think that if they are able to update their site that fast to quell rumors that they would at least post an official statement about the serviceability of the Mini. Interestingly enough the Mac Mini page still says that memory upgrades (along with other hardware) *must* be upgraded by an authorized person.

BTW - I wasn't aware that this was a Mac rumors site. I thought it was Slashdot (News for Nerds/Stuff that Matters + iPods)?

They recently improved every product line significantly

Actually, not really. Looking at MacRumors's buyers guide, the Powerbooks, eMacs, and PowerMacs are all long overdue for updates. The recent iBook updates were anything but "significant", also. And the Mac mini is a completely different ballgame than Apple's other desktops, so the Powermacs are still waiting for an update.

I just bought a Powerbook G4, so you can expect the G5 announcement any day now.

Unless you really needed the PB now that was a stupid thing to do. Always check MacRumors Buyer's Guide before buying.

1. Insert several new products in the pipe, but release no substantial information about them.
2. Stomp the hell out of people who really like your products when they release "premature" info even though they are really, really interested in your new products.
3. ???
4. Profit!!!

Looks like that strategy works...

Now, if I could only pin down the particulars of Step 3, I'd be rolling in dough too!

Heavy bandwidth usage tends to be a very normal occurrence on fansites at any rate. For a while now, Apple Rumors and MacNN switch to low-bandwidth versions during the keynote, and even these sites were swamped.

MacRumors was pretty much down after iWork was announced.

MacNN had a 403 between when iDVD was discussed and when the Mac Mini was mentioned.

Mac Teens performed the best, but started to get intermittent towards the end (probably due to a cascade effect of people fleeing from one working site to another)

Engadget was fairly unreliable, but a little better off than MacNN.

They've been showing their age and I plan to replace them with headless iMacs. I'm at a university, so we ought to be able to get them for $300-400 each with the educational discount. That's a pretty good deal for a brand new OSX box.

I'm wondering -- does this have anything to do with the screenshots of Tiger that were released on Macrumors a few months back? Some of you may remember this; I think Slashdot even ran a story about it (although unfortunately I can't find it at the moment).

What happened was this: Someone sent what they claimed to be Tiger screenshots to Macrumors.com. However, the article said "courtesy of Gary Niger from GNAA" or some such, so everyone assumed they were fake. But then they turned out to be real. The GNAA has been bragging ever since.

I guess what I'm really wondering is, are the defendants in this case GNAA members who got caught obtaining and posting these screenshots? Or is this something else, completely unrelated?

Using the name now would probably just cause some market confusion and not a little bit of litigation...

...they'll price it at £699 in the UK despite the dollar rate.

Aye, and $1300 NZD.
Apple Hardware $ vs £ vs $

If released, the $500 Mac would be a G4.

Are you the same person who posted this at MacRumors? Well, regardless, I liked it there and I like it here. It still amazes me that some people just don't get the humor, and are actually offended by it.

Awhile ago, Apple re-hired much of the team from Gobe, creators of the amazing app Productive for BeOS. Productive was the most tightly-integrated, easy to use, and fast office suite I've ever had the joy to use.

The team that created Productive was also the team behind the original ClarisWorks on the Mac, which too was an amazing feat of integration in a small footprint. Then a different coding team took over, it became AppleWorks, and began to suck royally.

If the team behind Productive is the team behind this rumored office suite, it is going to be one sweet Suite! HA HA HA HA. Seriously, though, they are masters of the art.

The "Global" computer/videophone in Earth: Final Conflict is probably the wave of the future, with some changes:

1) it will have to be "malware-free" - people won't use it if they can't trust it.

2) it will need a better form factor, something that can fold up and fit in your wallet or shirt pocket, or maybe even be embedded in clothing or your body. The Global's slide-out screen is a good start but not good enough.

http://www.macrumors.com/ Seems Apple already thought of this, then thought better of it. (read the updated part)

Having trouble finding exact bills- but got loads of press about it in the last few days:

http://www.environmentaldefense.org/article.cfm?co ntentid=2727
http://www.wilderness.org/Library/Documents/BushRe cord.cfm
http://www.bushgreenwatch.org/mt_archives/000223.p hp
http://forums.macrumors.com/archive/index.php/t-99 537
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/120604G.shtml
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/story .jsp?story=589884
http://bobwhitson.typepad.com/howlings/2004/12/bus h_sets_out_p.html

There's a page2 rumor over at Macrumors.com that ogg support will be added into Quicktime and iTunes at MWSF. With ogg support in both Quicktime and iTunes it's likely that the iPod software will be updated to play ogg files.

Bigger picture guys, there's no SCREEN. Doesn't mean there's no display. They already solved how to display information without a screen: http://www.macrumors.com/pages/2002/12/20021227191 929.shtml/.

They could easily project the information through the case (menus, song names, etc) when necessary... this would make it easier probably than building screens to fit in odd locations, plus it would be a lot more slick and very cool. Think mini-rear projection display into a portion of the casing. (Thus, the display would be invisible when not in use.)

Apple registered the names of some other large cats including Lynx, Cougar, and Leopard.

I'd strongly recommend the "iCurious" check out MacRumor's Buyers' Guide, it's invaluable for helping you not to make the dreaded "but you were so right for me, then they brought out the newer sexier model" mistake!

Particularly of note are the warnings not to buy Powerbooks right now, as it's very likely they're be new ones in Jan/Feb (and the 12" is currently a rip-off compared to the latest 12" iBook). There are also rumours that the eMac'll be updated to a G5 soon, though this gossip does appear to have been quashed today due to low-end G5/PPC970 chip shortages from IBM. Though, as always, if you _really_ need it, just buy it -- the Apple store tends to automatically upgrade if a new product's announced, and even if your toy arrives just before the new announcements if you ring Apple they may be able to sort you out with something to make feel you a little less gutted. At the end of the day, even if you Apple is superseded tomorrow, it's still no less useful...

Apple v's Microsoft (good brief overview of the original $5.5 billion suit)

Apple patent window trasnparency

Apple patents iTunes interface

And lots more...just Google.

You can also do some research before you buy Apple products, too. Just because Apple doesn't make announcements about products coming up doesn't mean you can't turn to other sources. One source I have found helpful is the MacRumors Buyer's Guide (http://buyersguide.macrumors.com/). They track the release cycles of hardware, and take into account the rumors that float about new releases; based on that information, they give the various Apple hardware ratings from "Don't Buy - updates soon" to "Buy now - just updated"). I think it's a pretty cool system myself. Not foolproof, obviously, but you can at least make a slightly more informed purchase when it comes to hardware.
As I mentioned, this site is for hw only, so it wouldn't help with a sw purchase, but it's a nice resource to have anyway.

You should always check the Mac buyers guide before buying a Mac, if you don't want the product cycle to get the best of you. In the iBook section, you would have seen that it was almost certain a new iBook would be released soon.

Wasn't this intended to be an OSX on Intel? Apple have (alledgedly) been devloping a version of OSX that runs on i386, in the event that PPC doesn't cut the mustard. Little can be found on the internet about it though...

http://www.macrumors.com/pages/2002/08/20020830181 129.shtml

Sounds like there's a problem with your machine (either software or hardware). I'm pretty sure there are some known issues with the new G5 iMacs (particularly something dodgy with some power supplies that cause a buzzing that's often mistaken for fan noise): do a search on Google or take a look here:
http://forums.macrumors.com/archive/index.php/t-90 304
http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:wQoarms_HOMJ: www.macfixit.com/article.php/20040324083206608+G5+ iMac+fan+fix&hl=en

Alternatively, save yourself time, hassle and worry and ring up Apple's phone support. They're really quite helpful and should be able to provide a solution (as it's a known issue). Good luck!

Well - it was only 20% of the computers - I'm not sure if this included replacing leased with purchased Macs either -as there were several 1000 in Kinko's locations and in the graphic design departments at FedEx.

I was only close to knowledge about this because my brother flies fedex executives around the country and I was hitching a ride with him not too long ago.

Here was the original speculation that this was going to happen.

Looks like they'll be dropping Macintosh support completely. (Caveat: looks like there might be 3rd party support, but a friend of mine told me MarkSpace leaves something to be desired.)

Why bother adding anti-counterfeiting measures to our real currency when clerks will accept denominations that have never been minted like the $200pP This happened more than once.