Inside View on Apple WWDC Rumors

AppleLurker writes "In a recent interview with DVD newsroom an Apple employee talks WWDC rumors including the iPhone, Blu-ray, MacPro and the Apple Tablet. More realistic about what not to expect next week when Steve Jobs hits the stage." Apple's next move is always a hotbed of debate leading up to a product release and with all the rumors flying this year all bets are off until we see the checkered flag, so take with the requisite grain of salt.

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Lots of new system software?

[Anonymous Coward]

I'm an attendee and have noticed that the online schedule of sessions still has about 40% of the slots with "To Be Announced" as their descriptions. In the past Apple has done this when new technologies are to be announced; the session titles are filled in after the keynote is over.

So perhaps there's going to be quite a bit of new software this time.

Re:Lots of new system software?

[Anonymous Coward]

If you are an attendee, you should organize your schedule at http://www.apple.com/wwdc. After entering your ADC user and password you will see all the available sessions. The page you mention has probably not been updated since WWDC was announced earlier this year. Oh, and before you rush to the site, let me tell you that you wont find any clues as to what will be announced on Monday by taking a look at the name of the sessions :-)

Re:Lots of new system software?

[buckhead_buddy]

Gary W. Longsine wrote:

Leopoard has had the longest development cycle of any Mac OS X release since 1.0.

That's not quite true: Tiger was longer (so far). Here's a list of Mac OS X releases following 10.0 (released March 24, 2001):

1. Puma -- Sep 29, 2001 ~6.3 months gestation
2. Jaguar -- Aug 24, 2002 ~10.9 months gestation
3. Panther -- Oct 24, 2003 ~14.2 months gestation
4. Tiger -- Apr 29, 2005 ~ 18.4 months gestation

Leopard has been incubating for a bit over 15 months from Tiger's release. If it takes the same amount of time as Tiger to release we'll see it go live at the start of November. If it follows the other trend of "prior release + 4 months" we'll see it go live at the start of March 2007. Both of these would fit in with the prediction that Steve made at the last WWDC that we'll see it at the end of 2006 or the start of 2007 "about the time Longhorn is released".

No matter what technology is in the pipeline, the release date is more likely to be determined by when Apple wants to go head to head with the Microsoft PR machine. Apple hasn't made any public technology promises (other than a final version of Boot Camp) so it can delay any project that isn't quite ready until 10.6. If Apple wants to look like an "innovator" and come in "first" with what everyone will think of as the next generation successor to Windows 98, then it may aim for November. If it wants to ride the Microsoft PR wave (rather than appear overwhelmed by it) then it may wait until the same time or just after Windows Vista is declared by some as a steaming pile of poo.

Setting any release date is risky, but I think Leopard's will have less to do with technology and everything to do with what date Apple thinks is the best day to take on Goliath.

Worst rumor site ever

[The One and Only]

If you haven't bothered reading TFA, don't. It's sub-Mac-rumor-site rumors, complete with a (probably fictitious) phone conversation and cheesy backstory.

Re:Hoping for the iPod video update

[Reaperducer]

I'd like to transfer them to the video iPod

Try plugging your iPod into your USB port. It happens automagically.

watch it during a rail-commute

Place your iPod in your hand. Get on trin. Sit. Turn on iPod. Select show. Watch.

or plug it into a friends tv for playback.

Attach small end of video cable to headphone jack. Attach other end to friend's TV. Set iPod TV output option to "on." Select video. Press play.

Either you're the dumbest electronics customer in history, or you don't have an iPod and you're just trolling.