Paris keynote

Anyone excited about this? What time is Steve scheduled to do the keynote, anyway?<br><br> Alas, poor Yorick. -- Hamlet

excited? i had no clue there was a paris keynote coming up...i guess i should read the news page more often. <br><br>[color:blue] -sean</font color=blue>

Excited? Steve didn't mention he was going to Paris. Must be going to pick up his G5. Oh! You must mean that other Steve.<br><br><br>drjohn

The keynote starts at 4:00 a.m. eastern time. There is no word yet on a QuickTime stream of the event. And, yes Sean, you do need to read the front page more .<br>

I am pretty excited to see it...but I don't know of anyone streaming it.<br><br>

At 4 AM I might be the only one on the east coast that's up! <br>

But you'll be out taking pictures, right?<br><br>drjohn

4 am is just after the 2 am picture run and just before the 5:30 am sunrise run so i should be able to fit it in. <br><br>

I'll be up at 5am <br><br>My stuff for sale.

The new 15 PowerBooks are rumored to be announced here.<br><br>

Yeah, so is a 15ghz G7 and the iWalk! <br><br>

Special Edition of the 40 GB iPod<br><br>

The iWalk LOL<br><br>

Oh darn...I forgot, my PB is gone! I guess I'll have to wait till tomorrow afternoon to find out.<br><br>My stuff for sale.

I think he will introduce a Powermac G5 with dual 2GHz processors and 1 GHz front side bus. Boy, I bet the pre orders for that will go through the roof! <br><br>/2.5 months of bitter sarcasm<br><br>

Serves you right for having the money to buy one now..<br><br><br><br>

As Jobs has finally made it over to Europe (wonder if he had to check on a map to see where it was, it's been so long?), maybe he has a Europe-specific announcement; a Euro-based iTunes Music Store, or more likely an iPhoto printing/book tie-in with Kodak. The latter is not particularly important, but it would reassure us European types that Apple is not as US-centric as it often appears. After all the lowest priced G5 offered by the UK Apple Store is £1,318 ($2,107), before tax, compared to $1,999. We pay our way in more than just OS and brand loyalty.<br><br>Whingeing Brits, never met one!<br><br>

Although unfortunately this doesn't seem to be unique to Apple, from what i hear most electronics are more expensive in Europe then in the US. But i haven't exactly been shopping in Europe recently either so i could be mistaken. <br><br>

It's 4 am now, trying to find a website with live text coverage. I haven't checked anywhere yet though. <br><br>

Just checked out MacRumors and they have live coverage.<br><br>So, is anyone else on the East coast awake, or is it just me? <br><br>

Apple Store is down. (Can't you feel the anticipation growing? )<br><br>

Only 1:22 here... wide awake! <br><br>

Good, now i will have you and Waleed to share the exitement with! <br><br>

25 minutes in and pretty dull. Same old videos and stories he told last time.<br><br>

Yep, the only hope is that the Apple Sotre is still down. <br><br>

Well, he better put out some new Powerbooks or he might as well not come home! I think there would be some people out to get him.<br><br>The online store order status has been down for about 4-5 hours now. During that time some people have received shipping notifications for their dual G5s! Yipeee!<br><br>I wonder if Steve G already cancelled his order?<br><br>Crap, already on to Panther. I was hoping he might have some positive news about all the G5 preorders...<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by Trog on 09/16/03 04:32 AM (server time).</EM></FONT></P>

I think the powerbook line is long past due for an update (the 15" in particular) and an explanation for the G5's would be nice.<br><br>

wow, I wasn't expecting much, but this is like watching a rerun. I don't know how much longer I'll stay up for this.<br><br>

Well, i have nothing better to do so I'll stay up. Anyways he likes to leave the best for "Oh and one more thing". <br><br>

That's very true. I guess I'm less interested because I know there is no way in hell I'm going to be able to buy anything for a long while! <br><br>

Same here, but it's something new to drool over at the apple store (as if the G5 wasn't enough). <br><br>

I'm giving him nine more minutes. That still gives me a few hours of sleep before work. <br><br>

blah. G'night Greenme.<br><br>

They're just getting to the powerbooks. <br><br>

- New 17" PowerBook: 1.33GHz, 2GB RAM Max, $2999 Euro.<br><br><br> <br><br>Edit: Mobility Radeon 9600. 2x Superdrive too.<br><br><P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by greenme1 on 09/16/03 05:07 AM (server time).</EM></FONT></P>

- New 12" PowerBook: 1GHz with 512k Cache, $1599 Euro. GeForce fx go, usb 2.0. Both available today<br><br>Wow, $1600 for that... <br><br>Edit: ahh..... i see. <br><br>$1799 Euro 12"/Superdrive.<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by greenme1 on 09/16/03 05:08 AM (server time).</EM></FONT></P>

Yes, they all have the 7457 Chip. <br><br><br>

And finally:<br><br>- New 15" PowerBook: Aluminum. Slot Loading Drive. Backlit Keyboard. 15.2" TFT. 1.25GHz, G4. Up to 2GB DDR RAM 333MHz<br><br>Edit: Radeon Mobility, DVI, FW800, 2 USB, Airport Extreme. $1999 Combodrive model. Superdrive for $2499. One config has 1GHz, 60GB, 256MB.<br><br>Still giving you 256MB of RAM with a $2000 computer. <br><br><P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by greenme1 on 09/16/03 05:13 AM (server time).</EM></FONT></P>

The second after you go to bed they release a new line of powerbooks. <br><br> <br><br>

Dang, I don't have the fastest possible mac laptop anymore...<br><br>And double dang, Apple has released a bluetooth mouse just after I bought the MS one...<br><br>"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by MacGuru on 09/16/03 05:15 AM (server time).</EM></FONT></P>

- A New mouse and keyboard. No wire, but bluetooth. adaptive frequencie hopping - a new technology to keep a better connection.<br><br>Edit: - keyboard looks like the newer emac kb uses 4 batteries and last 9 month<br> - the mouse looks like the old one - it's white and has a switch on the bottom that turns it on and off and covers the lense batteries last 3 month<br><br><P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by greenme1 on 09/16/03 05:17 AM (server time).</EM></FONT></P>

Yep, such is life. <br><br>

I Might fancy getting the KB though...<br><br>"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman

It's only $79 too, with the expected 15% Apple tax in place. <br><br>

I think the prices are euros ie. € not $, as the show is in paris, though they are close in terms of exchange rate. <br><br>"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman

Yeah, i think they are very close to a 1:1 exchange, the real difference is in the market value in the US vs. Europe. <br><br>Edit: $69 in the US<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by greenme1 on 09/16/03 05:37 AM (server time).</EM></FONT></P>

That's it, Steve left the stage. Not a bad show at all. <br><br>

Well, it's been a pleasure spamming you with keynote updates as copy and pasted form MacRumors. And as other kids wake up, i shall retire for the night.... and it's off to bed for me. <br><br>Edit: Apple Store back up.<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by greenme1 on 09/16/03 05:35 AM (server time).</EM></FONT></P>

That was quite possibly the most boring show in recent history. A KB & Mouse that everyone who has been on the "Mac Internet" knew about over a month ago, and the PowerBook that everyone knew was coming, a rehash of the press-release on Panther, and no excuses/explanations for the G5... Glad I didn't stay up for that.<br><br>

<br>< Insert a giant WHAT here ><br><br><br>WTF do you expect? a miracle every 2 months? cmon we all have to eat and sleep. we cant rev every product line and software line every 60 days!!<br><br><br>

I think the new PB lineup is impressive Nutty. Apple is doing a great job and we love ya!<br><br>

I agree about the PBs, Mike--those new 15" ones look mighty tempting.<br><br>A word of warning to greenme, though: you keep doing this, young man, and Stan is gonna ban you from the forums for upstaging his own reporting <br><br> Alas, poor Yorick. -- Hamlet

Do you know, that as a joke I started doing that (keynote updates) on Apple's discussion board last night and I got banned!<br><br>No lie, they sent me an email explaining it and now I can't access the discussions page for the G5. LOL! <br><br>

And that's what greenme2-4 are there for. <br><br>

Sock puppets!!!!!!<br><br> Alas, poor Yorick. -- Hamlet

I hate that Apple forum! They're so anal retentive that you really can't have any fun there.<br><br> Alas, poor Yorick. -- Hamlet

The Apple forums aren't there for fun, they're there for troubleshooting and discussing things directly related to the use of the Mac and it's software. I don't agree with the way the freely delete posts (and entire threads), but I can see their point - many "newbie" users go there for help, and they shouldn't have to sift through the daily "Bush sucks" type of posts. <br><br>

Well, I just can't live without my dose of Bush sucks posts, I guess <br><br> Alas, poor Yorick. -- Hamlet