MWSF Official Thread

[mdnky]

Originally Posted by malexgreen

Enterprise XServe - An XServe with Power3 or Power4 chips (4 and 8 way). Also a XServe blade server using low power G5's, if they are not already capable of fitting within a blade form factor.

IBM is (and has been for months now) using 1.6ghz PPC970 chips in it's own blade servers (dual at that) so it's very possible.

My thoughts (possibilities):

* G5 XServes (or speed bumps at least for the G4, been too long)
* iMac speed bumps
* G5 PowerMac speed bumps
* Redesign on iPod (maybe not now, but a future thing for sure...with a easily replaceable battery <G>)

[Arden]

Originally Posted by bobw

Free pass for MacWorld;

http://eshop.macsales.com/Macworld/

Well, now I have to go. Thanks for the link. What are we supposed to do with it, though? Print it out and hand it to them when we show up at the door? Register online with a certain code?

iMan, we can meet up if you go on Friday... that's the only day I don't have school.

[fryke]

The G5 blades from IBM have been _announced_. They're not in the market 'for months now', btw.

[iMan]

arden, I think I'm off that friday.. we'll see if anyone else want to meet up!

Viktor

[mdnky]

They were announced back around October, and have been orderable since November.

I've been in contact with a sales rep at IBM since then (had I ordered them then, they'd been here in mid December) pending a decision on the technology front at the office, as to purchasing two of them for a d-base/mining project we're working on. As soon as we decide which systems (software) to use, we're goning to buy the hardware. Seems like recent news says we're going with Sybase or Oracle (thank god it isn't M$), so I'm pretty well set on the JS20 unless Apple 'makes magic' with the XServe and a G5.

[bobw]

Print the pass and show at the door.

[nb3004]

I think this would be a nice high end feature for people with cable modems and big harddrives, or at least for those with the money to purchase such things. I think it's doable now.

I highly doubt this would happen Steve Jobs said in a Rolling Stone Article (i believe) that downloading movies now does not offer instant gratification like .mp3's do ...sorry aac's (that doesnt sound as cool)

[senne]

i'm not going (of course not.. Belgium you know..)

But of course i will keep MacOSX.com users who aren't able to watch the stream updated about new products, just like i did with the previous Keynote!