[DM-MUG] Anybody out there?

[Thomas Lundvall]

April Fools....

I am always suspicious of any Mac news that has anything to do with April 1.
The Mac world has a very interesting history of April Fools jokes.  Apple
may very well do something on April 1, but I would not bet on it.
Tom Lundvall


On 3/15/05 9:32 AM, "Bailey Ford" <bailey@mac.com> wrote:

> Hey, I'll jump in...
> 
> A few places are really starting to believe we'll see Tiger in April,
> so that would be huge. I think Thinksecret mentioned today that they
> believed that the Tiger release might coincide with a rev of the iMac
> and a new G5 eMac.
> 
> I, personally, am praying for something interesting on the PowerMac
> front. The rumor consensus on this seems to be that we will get little
> more than a speed bump, but a few places have been rumbling about the
> possibility of using the as-yet-unannounced 970MX chip from IBM. This
> would be huge, since that M in there stands for multi-core. This would
> basically be a chip that had 2 processors on it. Drop 2 of those in the
> PowerMac G5, and you're looking at a quad-core system! Some of Apple's
> development tools are already showing options for 4 processors. I
> figure we'll know something at WWDC this summer.
> 
> Lots of people are also talking about a tiny $30 plug from apple that
> will let your iPod Photo connect to your digital camera and download
> its contents while on the go. You can do the same thing now for $100
> with a Belkin product.
> 
> One last thing that was interesting to me from the rumor mill: The mini
> apparently has a connector on the inside that looks like it was
> designed to allow an iPod dock to be integrated into the product.
> 
> What do you guys think of these? Gunna happen? Worth buying? The
> "Right" direction for apple?
> 
> -Bailey
> 
> On Mar 15, 2005, at 7:56 AM, CW Smith wrote:
> 
>> Just curious -- I haven't heard from anyone for over a week (my last
>> message
>> was received on March 5).  Anybody got news, stories or vicious rumors
>> to
>> share?
>> 
>> Peace,
>> CW
> 
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