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Quote: Originally Posted by solarein Am I the only one hoping it's not the tablet? I would much rather see new MacBook/MacBook Pros announced, and I think there's a high probability of that happening due to the new Intel Core i3/i5 chips being announced around the same time. I really need a new laptop... Very, very likely some Core i3 and Core i5 refreshes to MacBook Pro (probably not MacBook). Hopefully with ATI 5-series 40nm...

Quote: Originally Posted by Kibitzer I believe that Apple will time its announcement close to actually having product available for sale. If a late January announcement - February - maybe. March - too far out. The only justification I could see for an expedited announcement would be to put Apple's stamp on the current ongoing discussions about industry standards for distribution of e-book content and music and video streaming. Apple has...

Quote: Originally Posted by nvidia2008 Just get the Core i5 iMac 27". That will last you for a few years. The video card, ATI 4850 512MB is quite nice too. I might just have to do that. I have been looking at 21.5 tho, but the idea of a 27 gets me excited. After all, it is Christmas.

Quote: Originally Posted by Wiggin ....... However, the public are idiots and will continue to beg for more pixels, so that's what Apple will be forced to deliver or risk being perceived as falling behind. I agree with the idiots part. Most camera users in general don't know an F-stop from a pixel. Apple can deal with this in a couple ofvways one being educational marketing and two would be to sell a cell phone where the built in...

Quote: Originally Posted by liney I don't understand why Apple would rent the Yerba Buena center for a special product debut when they could present at the premier Apple event of the year, MacWorld Expo! We Mac fanatics have been feeling really dissed by Apple since they backed out of MacWorld. And here they are, just about a week before the Expo, holding a special event RIGHT ABOVE THE EXPO VENUE. Their behavior mystifies me. And...

Quote: Originally Posted by doyourownthing yes there's also a 50 / 50 chance the world will end tomorrow. what kind of forecast is that? It isn't a 50/50 chance (there is a chance, but it isn't 50%) and he was more creative in his numbers. Edit: Well I guess he wasn't more creative with the tablet.

Quote: Originally Posted by mediaproducer I wonder if anybody knows what bit rate the new graphics will have? Is it still 8bit or are they finally seeing the light and bumping it to 10bit? There are more monitors coming out that can display 10bit. It sure would be nice... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H.264/MPEG-4_AVC I'm glad I could help grow your knowledge base. Cause reading this grew mine.

I didn't read the article, but 3D head-tracking has been around for a long time...

Quote: Originally Posted by solipsism SELLS present; SOLD past. Those images are from Apple present website. You can’t buy the original iPhone from Apple or AT&T. You can only buy it from eBay, Craig’s List and perhaps a few online dealers and pawn shops. It is not a current a model. In my following paragraph I did not ask you about any past Android phones. I clearly queried, "On the flip side, how many current Android...

Imagine if you can call someone from your tablet. Speakerphone functionality. Screen Sharing with other (Apple) Tablets. Conferencing. For some reason I see this making it into the enterprise.