Jobs' surprize

**banjo_boy** · May 12th, 2003, 01:42 PM

Everyone expects a speed increase on the Pbooks and Towers. The new iBooks and iPods came out.

I think and hope that it will be mini-tablets. Macwhisper talks about a 5x7 case that has been made for Apple (for all that is worth). LoopRumors, who I trust, talk about tablets. Also, rumors talking about a devise that can connect to a monitor and cpu, at the same time and separately.

PowerPod: fully functional computer, but smaller than any other devise out there.

Inkwell has to be used for more than Wacoms!

**MikeXpop** · May 12th, 2003, 02:54 PM

Originally posted by fryke
But you _do_ know that the iBook 900's been introduced only weeks, no, days ago?

I think right now the iBook's too attractive already for the PowerBooks... :P

Yes, but just think about how close the 1ghz+Superdrive Powerbooks were to the 12" and 17" powerbooks.

Personally I'd like to see an iBook with an optional airport card in the monitor, so I could take the monitor around and have it act as a tablet

**Androo** · May 12th, 2003, 04:03 PM

maybe apple will buy the apple store!
maybe apple will make a tv...iTV, MacTV, AppleTV, iVision, macVision.......and can be hooked up to your mac.... in case you wanna record something, like the grammy awards or something..

**Da_iMac_Daddy** · May 12th, 2003, 04:10 PM

[baffled]

buy the apple store?

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**Rhino_G3** · May 12th, 2003, 07:30 PM

Originally posted by Da_iMac_Daddy
[baffled]

buy the apple store?

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Ditto

**Rhino_G3** · May 12th, 2003, 07:43 PM

Originally posted by qwikstreet
How about the allowing of the new Mac clones. The iBox!

You know what? I might actualy be able to see this. Apple has been surprising us a ton lately. Of course if you'll open up to clones then I feel a ton of people will be hopping on the bandwagon.
Of course knowing Job's dislike for clones I would see it highly unlikely.
Maybe they're working on a consumer level headless version of the iMac?

**dracolich** · May 13th, 2003, 10:41 AM

Maybe they're working on a consumer level headless version of the iMac?

Think about 2 things: 1) Macs have not sold well in general PC stores since the original (Bondi Blue) iMac rolled out. A lot of PC stores balked at Apple recent trade agreement, and anyway their salespersons are not overly motivated to sell Macs. 2) Apple still owns the Power Computing brand.

So... what about an "in-house" clone-maker, with a different company and brand, 100% owned by Apple, producing fast, cheap and beige PPCs? As an example, a minitower with a true 266Mhz bus and a 1 Ghz G3 processor... uhm...

**banjo_boy** · May 13th, 2003, 11:00 AM

Clone Macs will not work again. Especially if Apple own the clone.

The only way a clone would survive is if Apple allows the competition. And that ain't happenin'! Apple hated that Power Computing was getting ALOT of business.

Apple will never let another clone to come out. My problem with that is: competition makes technology advance. PC makers have been pushing each other for years. Think of what Apple would be like if they had someone biting their ankles to make better machines. We would have our 2+Ghz machines by now.

The surprise has got to be a digital hub product.