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Macworld Keynote at Apple Stores

Posted by pudge on from the drive-somewhere-to-watch-tv dept.

iAryeh writes "I was recently at the Apple Store in Cincinnati and they were passing out flyers that said: 'You're invited to join us at the Apple Store to view the keynote presentation by Apple Computer CEO Steve Jobs.' I guess they are going to present this on the large screen television. This sounds like a better idea than watching the small stream from QuickTime." Apparently it won't be on TechTV this time around, which is mostly just fine with me, since they didn't show it live anyway, but instead paused the keynote for commercials (understandable) and commentary (totally incomprehensible).

26 comments

  1. Not surprising. by Alex+Thorpe · · Score: 1

    I'd love to take advantage of it, but the local Apple store won't open for two more months or so. On the other hand, I should be home this year, so I'll try it on 1.2 megabit DSL.

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    1. Re:Not surprising. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      It's normally acceptable on 256k DSL (have 2) or cable (no longer have), but I'm going over to geek friend's house to watch on his T-1. :)

      It only costs *him* a little over $1,000. per month and I guess *for me* it's worth it. ;)

      Think I'll take the TiBook along and download that new distro of SuSE I've been thinking about ordering on CD. Sure would be tedious with a pokey old 256k DSL pipe. :)

  2. Helpful Link by Evro · · Score: 2, Informative

    A somewhat helpful link would be the list of Apple retail stores. Looks like the one near me opens Thursday.

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  3. I wanna watch too! by LlamaRama · · Score: 1

    Maybe I shouldn't have failed English or something, my nice five hour day of summer school starts bright and early right as the keynote begins. I'll be in the school library for the first hour of the day (we have to do a persuasive essay and I'm doing mine on why DRM sucks), so hopefully by then I'll be able to check Apple.com and /. to see what's up.

  4. Why Wait? by usr122122121 · · Score: 4, Funny
    Why wait when you can just read about what Steve will say beforehand in Time Magazine?

    Whoops. Time warp.

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  5. How will it be broadcast? by foniksonik · · Score: 3, Interesting

    If it's not on TechTV then how will it be broadcast to the Apple Stores? Will they use Quicktime 6/MPG4 or does every Apple have a closed circuit link to some here-to-fore unknown Apple fibre link?

    Any ideas? If they don't use the QT6 streaming server with a dedicated server for each Store what are good alternative technologies for this sort of broadcast/multi-cast/point-to-point 'single-cast'?

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    1. Re:How will it be broadcast? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      *rolleyes*
      ever heard of satelite TV?

    2. Re:How will it be broadcast? by MonaXier · · Score: 3, Informative

      Presumably, they will use the satellite broadcast. More info here. Also, they may be doing broadcasts elsewhere - check apple events in your area. For example, up here (Vancouver, Canada) they will do a delayed broadcast at a university campus downtown, as they have for quite a few MacWorlds already.

    3. Re:How will it be broadcast? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      In my opinion, Apple is pretty much for homos. Apple if and only if gay.

  6. check your local university by sketchkid · · Score: 2, Informative
    there's was an ad in this week's issue of our newspaper here at Florida State and it says

    MacWorld NY
    Keynote Address
    Wed. July, 17th
    9:30 am

    Student Life Theatre


    so its sounds like theyre going to broadcast the keynote address at our theater. maybe your local university is doing the same thing
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  7. Oops, I spoke too soon. by Alex+Thorpe · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I wasn't aware of just when the keynote was, and didn't realize that they were starting early. I'll be at a funeral for a great-aunt.

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  8. All of them? by 90XDoubleSide · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The keynote starts a 7AM mountain time and 6AM pacific time (move back to Chicago, damnit ;). Are the stores here going to open early or is the theater thing only on the east coast (I don't remember exactly when they open, but I know I was listening to the mall's muzak loop for the 35th time and freezing my ass off well after sunrise at the store opening). I guess they can show rebroadcasts all day. I'm not gonna make it out to a store anyways; it's going to be hard enough to drag myself out of bed and over to my computer that early, let alone drive 20 mins to the Aspen Grove store!

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    1. Re: All of them? by elemental23 · · Score: 1

      I know the Apple store in Newport Beach, CA, was showing it at 6:00am this morning (presumably live, given the ungodly hour). Employees were invited in to watch it. I don't know if it was open to the public or if they're replaying it throughout the day.

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  9. 26.4-Quicktime Plan by Rivard · · Score: 1

    I, and my turtle 26.4 connection, seem to notice that the only time Quicktime works is when Steve Jobs is doing something.

    It is disappointing that Tech TV can't get its act together. This is one of only a half-dozen events that effect the whole industry so immensly. And probably the only one that is actually worth watching at all. You can say what you want about Apple, but there is nothing in the computer industry that is more extrinsically appreciated as Steve Jobs doing his jig at MacWorld.

    It is also the only thing that makes me want to endure using Quicktime for streaming anything.

    But, of course, the only thing that matters is: What is Apple going to do for me? I am looking forward to a reason to use OS X--aside from Aqua--and a G4 iBook.

    1. Re:26.4-Quicktime Plan by george399 · · Score: 1
      It is disappointing that Tech TV can't get its act together.

      I don't think it's an issue with Tech TV. His Steveness won't allow them to broadcast it (ever). Seems to be on par with the recent press-pass blacklisting

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    2. Re:26.4-Quicktime Plan by Rivard · · Score: 1

      Well nothing happened anyway: the iMac got a bigger LCD screen, and OS X got a corny box.

  10. Watch it Live by d3xt3r · · Score: 1

    You can also watch it live via QuickTime or MPEG 4 via QuickTime 6. It's at apple.com

  11. MPEG-4 stream is great by extra88 · · Score: 2

    If you've tried to watch a QuickTime stream of MacWorld keynotes in the past, you know the quality generally sucks.

    I'm watching the MPEG-4 stream right now and it's great.

    http://stream.apple.akadns.net/

    1. Re:MPEG-4 stream is great by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I went back and forth between the MPEG-4 stream and the QT stream. I didn't see much difference between them. It was pixellated on either side.

      I'm on cable modem. I'd expected better of MPEG-4. :(

  12. ..my employer has its own TV network by cjsteele · · Score: 1

    We have over 200 facilities in 26+ states, all of which are able to watch our Television channel. I don't have ANY clue how they accomplished this, but I know we have our own television studio, but beyond that I don't have a clue.

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  13. Why don't you just get a REAL operating system... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    ...instead of hanging on every word of a madman?

    Windows users aren't controlled by every whim of one man!