2002: Rumor Rejects and Unconfirmed

yeah.. all those things plus brand new 3Ghz 970 PowerMacs, a new Apple sub-notebook, new xserves, a new line-up of Apple-branded clothes, and a completely new Apple-branded transportation device intended to compete with the Segway will be introduced next week.. hehe ;)

I'd be more interested int the radio feature than mpg4 technology added. I don't feel compeled to stare at it while I'm working out or in the car driving.

My bet is only 1 of those comes true.
Some of those are TOTALL outragous. 30 " Screen, DAMN.
That would be insane, really INSANE. :eek:
Well I hope a tablet or a new iPod is in the works.

If a 30" display comes out, there would have to be a hefty price drop on the rest of the displays. $3500 is a lot of money for the 23", I couldn't see much more for a 30".
I guess we'll have to wait and see.
Have a happy New Year!

The claims made over at Slashdot seem fairly realistic to me. The same can't be said for some of the other items (iBooks at MWSF)

- Apple branded Presentation Software (iView?)

not iView, this is 'Keynote'

- Apple vs. RIAA... Apple/iPod/Music purchasing.

now this is exciting


- Apple to upgrade Firewire in 2003, and with the assistance of Panasonic, the Mac will be able to hook up to HDTV and burn HDTV to disk

We don't need panasonics help for this

- Apple 30" Display

plasma


- iPod II with Radio at MWSF

better than radio is recording!

- Apple Tablet at MWSF

get over it, tablets suck

- Apple to upgrade Firewire in 2003, and with the assistance of Panasonic, the Mac will be able to hook up to HDTV and burn HDTV to disk


all i have to say to that is.....


anyone who works with HD on the MAC (we have a cinewave card and HD bob)
knows that the DATA RATE needed for HD is out of range of any "off the shelf" computer..

HiDef=120MB/sec

for reference: DV is less than 4MB/sec

while i can see firewire 2 handling this data rate where would it all end up? also HD is a space hog....a two hour movie needs a Terabite of ultra wide scsi...

would love to be wrong though..

M.Y.

Originally posted by michaelyoung
120MB/S

That's uncompressed.

The HDTV cards avalible for the PC transfer data at about 19.2MB/S (compressed) so it would fit nicely in the bandwith of Firewire.

Originally posted by edvniow


That's uncompressed.

The HDTV cards avalible for the PC transfer data at about 19.2MB/S (compressed) so it would fit nicely in the bandwith of Firewire.

is there a "compression" standard for HD?

I have the ability to work in lo-rez HD but it kind of defeats the purpose..it just becomes "big-video"

I wonder how HD sits on the new D-VHS..there must be some codec..