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5 Predictions for Apple in 2007

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the gross-conjecture-and-speculation dept.

Michael writes "2006 is coming to a close, and all anyone can think about (in regards to Apple, at least) is the upcoming Apple phone, but what happens next? What are we going to be salivating over and speculating about after Macworld? What changes are in store for Apple in 2007? No one knows for sure, but it sure is fun to take a guess."

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  1. Higher prices by jhylkema · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    That's a safe bet, especially for Apple, which is Polish for "pay twice as much for the same hardware."

  2. Parallels by saleenS281 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I love the mac fanboi's who keep claiming things like parallels will allow you to "kiss windows goodbye". "Vista who?"... here's a thought, how the hell were you planning on running an app that requires vista without actually purchasing a copy of vista? Parallels STILL requires you to install vista, it just allows you to virtualize it. MS is still getting theirs unless you pirate it... I guess you can't expect fanboi's to use common sense.

  3. same old by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    1. Apple releases the iPod 6G. It doesn't have wireless connectivity, or any other updates aside from something I never even knew I needed. Like Gapless playback... which just makes my songs stutter on transitions in iTunes.

    Consumers complain that the iPod 6G is the same as the iPod 5/5.5G except even shinier.

    Steve Jobs laughs because despite not adding wireless connectivity, and having comparatively crappy battery life, he still owns 90% of the mp3 player market share because of the clickwheel.

    2. A new outer shell is released for the Macbook Pro. It's the "fastest macbook ever" despite the fact that the statement is purely a marketing ploy since, unless they switch back to their G5, which supposedly "left PC's in the dust" it's unlikely that any new, more expensive laptop would ever be slower than an older, less expensive laptop from the same company.

    3. Mac OS X adds the ability to actually travel through time and space, but nobody cares because it still can't play Duke Nukem 3D natively.

    4. They don't release the "iPhone" but try to buy the name back from... what... verizon? I don't even know the name of the company who owns it.

    5. They release a new Bootcamp for Vista.

  4. How about... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    ...heterosexuality?

  5. Lets commit acts of stochastic tittilation by crovira · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    as to the direction an elephant is heading in from a vantage point slightly in front of and below its tail.

    I loathe articles like this; lazy-ass pieces of toilet paper shat out by someone who's too ignorant and/or stupid to write a decent sci-fi plot.

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