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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Working from current news and events

[HaloZero]

Let's assume the following givens:

• Introduction of the Core 2 Duo to the iNtel Mac lineup;
  • Conroe will be featured in the iMac and the new PowerMac; Quad capability may or may not be present...
  • Merom will be featured in the MacMini, the MacBook, and the MacBook Pro [evidence of meromac]
  • Woodcrest MAY be present in the next revision of the XServe and XServe RAID
• Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
  • Point releases are traditionally announced at WWDC.
  • Point releases usually accompany upgrades.
  • Conroe, Merom, and Woodcrest bring x86_64 (EM64T) support, 10.5 should take advantage of it fully.
• A bigger shift to the iMac line.
• A shift to the iPod nano line (they've been killing off stock by giving the freaking things away with new Mac purchases).
• Something less useless than the iPod Hi-Fi.

Everything else is gravy. Don't count on an iPhone, Apple's not ready for that market. I think Motorola may be on hand to announce a sister to the ROKR and SLVR, something akin to the RAZR with a better capacity. And it will synch with iTunes via Bluetooth. We may also see a Bluetooth-enabled iPod. Stock TV Tuner support for the Mac Mini would also be expected, as would SLi/Crossfire for the MacPro.

Re:Working from current news and events

[FuturePastNow]

Also, Conroe won't go in the iMac for power and thermal reasons. Merom is a drop-in replacement for Yonah, and the iMac has a socketed motherboard.

The larger issue is with you, me, the grandparent, the article, and the retards who populate every Mac forum (MacRumors, I'm looking at you). We are all just making shit up. None of us knows what Apple's upcoming products are, and while "current news and events" can provide clues, Apple likes its surprises. I have a friend who works at Apple, and he can't tell me anything, because he only knows about his specific project. It's a very compartmentalized company, and anyone claiming to have the "inside scoop" is full of it.

Sorry about the rant. Back to making shit up...

Re:Windows Vista Nouveau 2004^h5^h6^h7...

[Gary W. Longsine]

The NeXT Version of Windows(TM) has been announced at WWDC several times in history. Most recently, Longhorn was announced at WWDC 2005. The result in that instance was a name change and schedule slip.