What Will Apple Release This Time?- Chapter Three

Sunday is the start of the 2007 National Association of Broadcasters convention in Las Vegas, Nevada.

And no doubt, it will be an exciting time.

So the question is: what will Apple release this time?

Well, I know what they won't- and I have a bone to pick with them about, so let's get the damn thing done and over with, 'kay?

Leopard. It was supposed to be released in late June, along with iPhone. iPhone is on schedule to be in Cingular customers' hands by then. But as for Leopard, apparently, Apple has pulled a Microsoft and pushed the release date for Leopard back to October- although the beta for Leopard will be released to developers at the World Wide developers Conference in June. Apple wants to make sure that Leopard is good and ready before it reaches the public- in other words, it doesn't want to have the same troubles that Windows Vista is having now with compatibility issues.

But, come on, Apple. The suspense is killing us Mac-heads here.

Now that I'm done bitching, there is speculation that Apple will release a new version of Final Cut Studio- due, in part, to the anticipation of competition in the form of Adobe's Production Studio for Mac (which is part of the Creative Suite family) that will be released in June or July.

I'll be back here in a few days to talk about the releases- if any- from Apple.

Copyright 2007, by Darren W. Alexander. All Rights Reserved.

What Will Apple Release This Time?- Chapter Two

April 15, at the NAB convention in Las Vegas, Nevada, Apple will hold a special event. In the past, the all-in-one house of Steve (all-in-one meaning they build both the computer and the operating system- something Microsoft will never do in another million years, considering that they've already screwed up Vista...) has released products for us Mac lovers. I'm talking updated versions of our favorite Mac computers and software, and probably an update of iTunes as well.

So, what will Steve Jobs and company give us Mac-heads this time?

I'm guessing Leopard will be released around this time. Or at least, Steve-O will give us the date of release.

Perhaps, Apple will come to its' senses finally and lower the price of Macs across the freakin' board. Which means I won't have to spend $1500 on the 13" black MacBook I've been salivating over forever.

Perhaps Apple will release a 42" plasma HD Cinema Display monitor for the professionals among us. Just picture looking at our files from across the room would be great- particularly for those of us who use Final Cut Studio (or even Final cut express and iMovie...speaking of which, Apple could release FCS 5.2, or even 6.0, ahead of Adobe's return to the Mac platform with the Production Studio suite that will run exclusively on Intel-based Macs. Production Studio comes out in June).

As usual, the gang in Cupertino keeps everyone in the dark- probably so those fuck-ups in Redmond don't try to spy on the Apple lab, and try to sneak in something ahead of the release of the next Mac product...I don't trust those nimrods from Microsoft.

Also go to http://www.nab.org for the National Association of Broadcasters website. Click on the title above for the Macworld article.

Copyright 2007, by Darren W. Alexander. All Rights Reserved.