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'Back To the Mac' Media Event On October 20th
Kildjean writes "Engadget reports that Apple has issued invitations for a special media event to be held next Wednesday, October 20th at 10:00 AM Pacific Time. The invitation for the event, which is to be held at the company's campus in Cupertino, California, carries the tagline 'Back to the Mac.' The invitation also contains an image of what appears to be a lion peeking out from behind the Apple logo, hinting at discussion of Mac OS X 10.7. 'Lion' has been one of the most commonly-suggested 'big cat' names for the next-generation operating system. Much of Apple's notebook line with the exception of the entry-level MacBook is due for a refresh, and Apple has refreshed at least a portion of its notebook line each October or November for the last several years. Apple's desktop offerings have all been updated relatively recently, suggesting that the company's media event may focus on notebooks if new hardware is included on the agenda."
This is worthy of a front page news item why?
I'll admit, I'm not a huge fan of Apple. But this is the biggest non-news story ever posted to Slashdot. Basically, Apple is holding an event where they *may* introduce a new release of their operating system and their laptop and desktop lineup is due for a refresh which may or may not happen on Oct 20th. There's absolutely no information in there thats news.
I hope they upgrade the MBP line (which they should, it's within their usual release cycle). My current Macbook (from before they had small MBPs) is getting old and slow and can't really handle having two people logged in and running Firefox at the same time anymore, and I didn't want to get a new one when they were this close to releasing new ones!
In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is kinky.
You woke me up for this?
Just send me what Jobs is pushing the college demographic to ask mommy for this Christmas in an email. So I can delete it. (Like ZDNet.)
Man, I remember when Slashdot use to be a tech and open source news and tech discussion forum. Can't believe it has transformed into an Apple fanblog.
The big cats are:
Here's what is going happen:
* Jobs will give the name of the new OS that won't be coming out for at least a year and encourage developers to get involved with it by offering some promotion/kool-aide.
* There will be updates to the macbook pro and macbook air line. Maybe some small addition to the macbook. (The new macbook air is supposed to be epic. I'm gonna hope for -typical- with an i3 chipset. Just saying...)
* He will not want to talk about iOS saying this is about Macs with the exception of the new iLife Package which will have some App Made Easy program in it.
* See above...new version of iLife.
* There will be some one more things nonsense, everyone will go nuts. Drink more kool-aide, spend all your money...hoozah.
Yes, I own I mac and an iphone...but I hate the hype. Anyone that really cares read macrumors and daringfireball, right? (Yes, gruber is an asshole.)
That would be the wayback machine to OS 9 (which may have been one of the finest OSs ever). I welcome our XI overlords as well.
it is woefully overdue. Ramp it up to 4gb of memory at least, being stuck at 2gb really limits the device. Prices of SSD should allow it to be the only storage offering available.
Apple still needs something to excite the lower end consumer, the Mac Mini doesn't cut it as it doesn't even come with keyboard and mouse which really does put off some people. I think they would be best served offering it up with keyboard, mouse, and a decent (read:no ips) stand alone display. Give people a complete solution and try to get all this into their hands for as near to $500 you can. Yeah, I know, we can't reach that price point, but I don't see why 699 isn't possible with the screen instead of being the price for just the box. I know it won't happen, but it something has got to give. Perhaps a cheaper packaging of the mini components would do the trick.
Having seen people in Best Buy they never do much other than look at the price and then go play with the iPad.
* Winners compare their achievements to their goals, losers compare theirs to that of others.
I'm am so totally going to this event!
I'm going to scream and cry at every word Jobs utters.
I'm going to jump up and down while I tinkle my panties with joy at the marvels that are going to be revealed!
I just KNOW whatever it is it is going to be TEH BEST THING EVAH!
I am going sit around chatting with my Hipster Douchebag Friends at the local Starbucks about what colour mine is going to be.
And I'm going to have TEH BEST unboxing vid on youtube for whatever magical thing gets revealed.
God I'm feeling horny. Need to go find my black turtleneck and my Apple branded anal dildo...
I wonder how long it will be until Apple divides the low and high end Macs via lock down. They seem to have gotten people to buy into it in the mobile space, no reason they can't sucker more people in on the slightly higher end.
Wait... you forgot to mention how this applies to Android. Slashdot, you're losing your fair and unbiased abilities.
... an updated timezone info for Fiji:
Fiji New Daylight savings starts October 24th with no end in sight.
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Avonsys
Things I hope they change:
I recommend you change your /. settings so you don't see apple news.
Easy enough.
...but everyone knows they're Lion.
He who knows best knows how little he knows. - Thomas Jefferson
Why, with the exception of removing direct internal MacRumors links, this "story" looks to be identical wording to the MacRumors story on this.
Another non-functioning site was "uncertainty.microsoft.com."
The purpose of that site was not known.
Steve Jobs has just washed* his cereal bowl, a spoon, and what appears to be a small plate.
* You can actually see him, through his kitchen window, doing his dishes if you walk down his street.
If you were talking about bowel movements, well that's not only gross but silly too. Everyone knows the iToilet hasn't been unveiled yet. At least it won't have the buffer overflows that Microsoft's MyToilet prototype suffered from when Steve Ballmer demonstrated it.
Putting moderation advice in your
Correction: The original submission from Kildjean has the link to MacRumors at the bottom. The approved /. story does not. Kildjean did right, samzenpus removed it.
Another non-functioning site was "uncertainty.microsoft.com."
The purpose of that site was not known.
I' love to "get back to the mac" but I cant. You wont make a mac pro that is affordable in any way so I had to abandon the Mac platform and go back to the PC platform like many MANY businesses have.
I would love to stick with Final Cut and the mac platform... but I am able to buy 2X the machine for 1/2 the money AND have enough left over to buy new video camera gear. for the price of ONE Mac Pro quad core that can do AVCHD editing smoothly.
I loved editing on the mac platform, but they made the mac pro platform way too expensive.
Do not look at laser with remaining good eye.
The discussion seems to be very OS oriented, but I'd like to see some hardware changes. There have been plenty of "refreshes" but nothing that is a truly NEW Apple computer. How about a desktop computer between the mini and the pro? Something better than the absolute base model and the absolute top end, that I can use on my KVM switch. The current pricing is $700 and $2500. Bit of a price gap for headless desktops there.
No sig for you. YOU GET NO SIG!
Only reason they are having this event is to announce and demo FaceTime for Mac.
*ducks*
I'm voting for "ThunderCat".
Or perhaps "Tabby".
Unfortunately Apple wasted the Cheetah codename as an internal codename for the original initial release of 10.0.0. The newer releases were all faster which is kind of ironic.
Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler. - Albert Einstein
and releases HellOSX Kitty
m..mom?
APK likes to ask for responses to the same things over and over. Maybe he just likes the responses?
You must be new here. This is standard Slashdot M.O. Just put quotes around what someone else wrote (without citing them), and somehow they think that's OK. It's shockingly prevalent here.
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Make this happen...
I'm hoping they're gonna announce a stock split!
Mac press, you've been punked! But seriously, he is looking for work. He's got his SAG card and here are some recent headshots.
SJW: Someone who has run out of real oppression, and has to fake it.
the Egyptian Sphynx. Don't let the human face fool you, this is definitely a big cat to be fearful of. Largest of the big cats, razor sharp claws, rumored magical abilities, and a fondness for difficult riddles makes this a big cat you don't want to mess around with.
Apple is great at innovating. Everyone will be holding their breath at the awesome features until he springs the gotcha and hands you the kool-aid to wash it down with.
(iPhone)
The iPhone is the greatest PDA phone ever, don't worry it is not really a PDA phone, it's a smart phone!
The iPhone is still the greatest smart phone ever, don't worry you can develop and use WEB apps for it!
The iPhone is the greatest PDA phone ever, don't worry we have the App Store! "You are so like children. We must save you from yourselves."
(MacBook)
Our line of black MacBooks have been outselling the white ones 10 to 1, don't worry we don't sell the black ones anymore!
Our full line of laptops, including the MacBook, come with our patented aluminum unibody enclosure and backlit keyboards, don't worry we've redesigned the MacBook with the shiny white case you have grown to love and removed it's backlit keyboard!
(The Future)
What's next? Pick one that sounds great to start but ends up really sucking:
Apple's full line of laptops now have USB 3.0 and eSATA, but don't worry they now all run Apple iOS. "You are so like children. We must save you from yourselves."
Good news, we still have lots of the white MacBooks left. We've lowered the price by $25! Don't worry, we removed the expansion ports and permanently attached it with it's maximum memory (1GB)!!
Apple announces it's biggest merger every... from this day forward we will be known as MappleSoft, come on out and say a few words Bill!!
Buy the FRIGN WHITE ones & drink the kool-aid ALREADY!
Nick Powers
p.s. Yes "You are so like children. We must save you from yourselves." is a quote from the movie iRobot.
Encryption: I may not agree with what you say, but I will defend your right to encrypt it...
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ie, giraffe.
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I hope this goes well for them. I want Apple to succeed. I don't own and will never buy a Mac, I'm just a Windows hater. I'm doing everything in my power to help Apple get more market share, even though I primarily use Linux.
I don't go telling people Linux is suitable for the average Joe when I have to add the equivalent of an if statement to xorg.conf to get it to handle internal/external display toggling correctly.
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Bzzzzzz Wrong answer. Just a new desktop OS, or maybe a Laptop.
"Oh. Apple still makes those?"
most will be happy with a MATE Imac or a system with imac hardware without the screen.
Apple is pushing games on the mac now but the hardware does not say that as the.
MAC MINI $700 for a system with a old core 2 cpu only 2gb ram + 5400RPM HD + on board nvidia video is not that good of a system and it only has 2gb ram. Now make it a little bigger to have a full size HDD and 4gb base ram with 4 slots and I3 / I5 cpu or a AMD cpu then for $800 can have a better system maybe give a PCIX16 slot (2 wide) for a video card (system can also have on board video) + a X4 slot for 1 other card. But all of that is not needed some of the old g4 / g5 uses may just want a full size HDD + at least 4 ram slots with a up to date cpu and good on board video.
Imac have weak video cards for there screen size. starting at $1200 for a ATI Radeon HD 4670 with 256MB + 3.06GHz Intel Core i3 on a 21.5-inch screen and maxing out at $2000 for a ATI Radeon HD 5750 with 1GB + 2.8GHz Intel Core i5 (add $200 for a 2.93GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i7) on a 27-inch screen. $2000 only 4gb ram?
Mac pro over kill hardware price Do you realy need a 1k PSU for a 1 cpu system with a ATI Radeon HD 5770 with 1GB GDDR5.
Mac pro at $2500 comes with a W3530 cpu about $300 (same price area as the i7-930) but apple only puts 3gb ram in and only a ATI Radeon HD 5770 with 1GB of GDDR5 (add $200 for a ATI Radeon HD 5870 1GB)
But when you can get good I7 systems with 6gb ram and a better or the same video card for $1000-$1500. Where is the that extra $1000+ going a full boxed copy of Windows 7 Ultimate is only $300 oem full is like $200 and big oem like dell pay less.
There are people who may not want to play games but for $2500 you should get a Nvidia Quadro or ATI fire pro ATI FireGL card.
Alot of people with old g4 / g5 towers may just want a good desktop at $1000-$1500 and for that a card like ATI Radeon HD 5770 is fine.
If apple wants to get in to games then $2000+ should get you SLI or crossfire video.
You mean the one they just did a refresh of in April? Normally it's more like a year between updates. April got us new CPUs (the shift to i5/i7) and new video hardware (although it sorta sucks).
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Yeah, I ended up replying to myself on this. Looks like the original submission had the citation, but it got stripped when posting to the main page. A bit mean, since it looks like Engadget is the immediate source, when it's actually the OP citing MacRumors citing Engadget.
Another non-functioning site was "uncertainty.microsoft.com."
The purpose of that site was not known.
The hybrid of P. leo and P. tigris is called a Liger. It's the biggest of the big cats (up to 900kg).
In fact, there are a number of other well-known hybrid big cat varieties: tigon, and their hybrid offspring litigons and titigons. There's also pumapards. All have varying degrees of fertility. The liger and tiglons have been known to appear naturally.
Personally, I think they could milk it and just go with other wild cats like lynxes, ocelots, etc.
Mac pro over kill hardware price Do you realy need a 1k PSU for a 1 cpu system with a ATI Radeon HD 5770 with 1GB GDDR5.
A Mac Pro is an expandable workstation. If Apple didn't put a powerful enough PSU for the the 3 PCI slots and the 3 HD expansion bays, there would be complaints that Apple put in an underpowered PSU. Some people actually use them.
Mac pro at $2500 comes with a W3530 cpu about $300 (same price area as the i7-930) but apple only puts 3gb ram in and only a ATI Radeon HD 5770 with 1GB of GDDR5 (add $200 for a ATI Radeon HD 5870 1GB)
Perhaps maybe because a Xeon is not the same thing as a Core i7. Intel considers them different families, maybe you should too.
But when you can get good I7 systems with 6gb ram and a better or the same video card for $1000-$1500. Where is the that extra $1000+ going a full boxed copy of Windows 7 Ultimate is only $300 oem full is like $200 and big oem like dell pay less.
Again an i7 isn't a Xeon. If you want an i7 from Dell, buy one.
There are people who may not want to play games but for $2500 you should get a Nvidia Quadro or ATI fire pro ATI FireGL card.
I don't think it is listed anywhere on the MacPro website nor does Apple hint that the MacPro is a "gaming machine". The problem is that you keep saying it's not a gaming machine but that's just your misunderstanding of what a MacPro is. It has always been a professional workstation so that professionals can edit sound/music/graphics/video for a living. It is not made for you to play Crysis, although you can do it. If you want a gaming machine, companies like Alienware make equipment specifically for you.
Well, there's spam egg sausage and spam, that's not got much spam in it.
But apple is trying to push games on mac osx but the hardware is not there for it.
and apple should have better prices / hardware if they want to push gameing.
I can haz new OS?
But apple is trying to push games on mac osx but the hardware is not there for it.
That doesn't make your specific complaint that the MacPro is not a gaming machine any more valid, just like if you said that OS X Server isn't very portable. It's a server; it's not made to be portable even if it's a 1U. You could say that the iMacs are not very powerful gaming machines; that's a valid complaint.
and apple should have better prices / hardware if they want to push gameing.
Apple has said that you can play games on Macs and want to dispel the notion that you can't. I don't remember them ever saying that they are the best in gaming like Alienware advertises. Also for the record, Dell (not Alienware) advertises that you can game, surf the web, etc. on their budget Dells. Why don't you take Dell to task that their budget PCs aren't gaming machines?
Well, there's spam egg sausage and spam, that's not got much spam in it.
So you're saying your Mac is "getting tired" and slowing down due to age and you think that's completely normal for a computer?? And you're willing to pay more money for another one?!?!
W T F
Mac users.
(mod me a Troll, but seriously.... )
Um.
Yes.
1. When I originally got this computer it was only being used by one person. Now it's being used by two people.
2. Newer software (especially Firefox) need more resources.
3. My camera now takes much larger photos, and it takes more power to process them.
4. My video camera now shoots hidef video, which, again, requires a lot more power to process.
5. Heck, a lot of video content online is HD. Takes a lot more power to VIEW that without skipping.
Basically if I was still using this computer in 2006, it'd still be fine.
In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is kinky.
1) (in my best morbo voice) WRITEOFFS DO NOT WORK THAT WAY! You don't get stuff for free. It isn't like you just buy new hardware and then pay that much less in taxes. Yes, there are various kinds of tax writeoffs related to physical goods. No they don't come anywhere near what the goods cost (and you have to take them over time).
2) Managing expenses is extremely important to small business. You generally have a limited amount you can grow your market, particularly in the shit economy we currently have. Thus the difference between profit and loss is in expenses. My parents are fighting with that right now. Their business is nearly profitable, would have been had growth continued. However they cannot grow sales, they've tried, just doesn't work. The only thing they can do is keep expenses under control. That includes things like not spending shitloads on computers when you don't have to.
3) Who says you need to be a business to want pro software? Where do you think people learn this, magic? Someone who is in to videography, either just for fun or perhaps because they are trying to make a business out of it might well want a professional editing suite. In the case of Apple's software, Final Cut is it. Also there's the problem that they don't offer good lower end versions. Final Cut Express hasn't been updated in years. It isn't like Sony Vegas where a home user can buy software that is just like the pro stuff, only less capable.
Regardless, the cost of hardware matters and trying to pass it off as just a "business expense" is not at all realistic. He's right about systems too. I have a Core i7 860 here and with Vegas 10 I can edit 1080p 4:2:0 video no problem, generally realtime playback for simple edits and so on. A more powerful, dual processor, system isn't needed.
Yeah, kinda funny since 10.0.0 was sloooooowwwwwwwwww(although I was running it on a G4 400Mhz)
Apple isn't pushing games. Valve is pushing games.
And it doesn't matter anyway. The geeks around here build gaming rigs. Great. Fantastic.
My dad plays PC games. He plays them on... basically a stock computer. Same with my brother. Same with my sister-in-law. The list goes on.
I have a custom gaming machine that screams. It gets better FPS than theirs. It rules. So what? Casual PC gamers outnumber people who build their own rig.
Sounds like it's designed to make Linux look better than Windows and Mac OS X by breaking their numbers down.
It scarcely matters one way or the other.
StatCounter Global Stats, iOS tops Linux
I mentioned this in another thread a while back, but lolcats could be used and there are plenty of names to use...
Monorail Cat, Basement Cat, Ceiling Cat (is watching you boot), itty bitty OS committee, Serious Cat, and I made you an Mac cookie but I eated it cat...
There's new ones daily!
I love the sound of distortion in the morning -- webcommando
The release's codename is Ceiling Cat. Believe nothing else.
For us non-believers, the retarded fanboy comments to Apple stories are often the most amusing thing on slashdot.
To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it
This is worthy of a front page news item why?
And you followed the link to read it and THEN commented because?