MWSF Official Thread

[Cat]

Flash iPods would be sweet

Flash iPods would be expensive: much more expensive in fact than HD-based ones ...

[daedbird]

sounds pretty sweet

[breuklen]

Cat already said it, Flash is too expensive. And there are 2" HDs out there. So I believe the miniature iPod will materialize.

So will iOffice (updated, improved AppleWorks) and of course, speed bumps for most lines. Let's hope the eMac dies too.

[fryke]

1". 2" would be bigger than the currently used 1.8" HDs. ;-)

The eMac dies? I hope not, that's a sweet entry-level computer. _If_ it should die, let's hope it's replaced by something even more affordable. Like... A headless eMac and a cheap display to go with it. But I'm not _that_ interested in consumer Mac news.

[breuklen]

Read on another site (or was told? can't remember now) that the 2" HD would be housed in a new case, making the mini-iPod smaller with less capacity.

The eMac is ugly and appears outdated compared to the FP iMac line. There probably won't be a new consumer Mac announcement at MWSF. But since I want to get one for my nieces, I can hope.

[Arden]

Why is everyone hating the eMac? It's a great computer, and it looks better than the original iMac. It even performed a little better than the G4 iMac in Macworld's reviews.

[fryke]

Well, I guess that's a matter of taste, Arden, and sadly you don't have any. ;-) (j/k) ... I'd say the eMac is "nice enough" for an affordable Mac, but not really for an Apple product. I'd rather see Apple make an iMac with an even smaller screen (i.e. getting rid of the CRT in the eMac). A really compact one. Look at the space an iBook needs, then translate that in a really compact new eMac.

[Ripcord]

I like the eMac, I'd just really love to see it at about $600. It'd be easier to convince a whole series of people I know to upgrade then...