Monday, January 5, 2009
Macworld 2009: Our Predictions
Posted by Vincent Ferrari in "Apple Talk" @ 10:00 PM
With the opening bells of Macworld 2009 only a few mere hours away, the staff and I wanted to share our predictions for MacWorld 2009, so without further ado, here you have them!
"Given that Steve Jobs won't be at MacWorld, I don't see any major announcements. I think we'll see a refresh of the Mac Mini and the iMac. If I had to make a wild prediction, I'd say that Jason Calacanis's prediction from last year is correct and Apple is releasing an HDTV with integrated AppleTV like functionality, but I don't see that being announced without Jobs there." -Joe Johaneman, Contributing Editor
"I'm hoping something for the Apple TV, Netflix interface would be nice. Also home server type of setup would be great for media. Thats more hope and dream category though I guess :-). Most likely an update for the 17 inch laptop to the new construction, also think will be an update to the mac mini and they will discuss Snow Leopard. My crystal ball gets pretty cloudy after that :-) Oh yea one more thing, more capacity on the iPhone. I would like to say iPhone Nano, like the concept, but again that is the hope dream category." -Jeff Campbell, Contributing Editor
"Being new to the Apple scene, I'm not sure how reliable my predictions will be, but here's what I think: #1 - There will be some sort of new MacBook to make me drool. There always is. #2 - They will announce new Shuffles. All of the other iPods have new shiny models, except those, so it's time. #3 - An Apple netbook of some sort would be nice to see, and would be quite the surprise (for me anyway). #4 - In an unexpected move, they will announce the 'iBuds Nano'. Earbuds the size of pinheads that stick directly into your earlobes. (Intended for use with the long rumored iPhone Nano). #5 - Steve Jobs WILL appear at MacWorld, somewhere, somehow. (if he doesn't, many fanboy heads will explode later this week) #6 - The Beatles catalog will finally be added to the iTunes store. (okay, okay, I'll stop now)." -Michael Barrett, Contributing Editor
"I think we're going to see a new 17" MacBook Pro and updates for the Mac Mini, but aside from that nothing really earth shattering. The possibility of a storage bump on the iPhone seems realistic (which, of course means we'll probably also see a storage bump for the Touch). I'm expecting an update on the AppleTV, but nothing huge; probably just a storage bump. I'm hoping for an update to iLife and iWork, also. iMovie '08 is my favorite video editor for small projects and with a few small tweaks it could easily take care of most of my editing needs that Final Cut Express handles now. Honestly, I'm really with Jeff. Without Steve, I wouldn't expect the earth to move under our feets during the keynote." -Vincent Ferrari, Executive Editor
Your Turn!
Okay folks... We've had our say... Now it's your turn. Make your predictions known in the comments section. If it isn't in writing, it was never said! Hit us up so we can discuss afterward! Also, we're not going to try to cover the keynote. The idea of metablogging it doesn't really thrill me, but what you will get from us is a nice helping of post-keynote coverage including our thoughts, the product announcements, etc. We're not there, and most likely neither are you, so why pretend?
Once the announcements are out there, you aren't going to be able to shut us up!
