WWDC - One Day More... Final Thoughts
The majority of rumors described last week hold true... with some additional details being provided over the past 6 days.
PowerMacs
Teasers regarding unopenable boxes and an Apple Germany invitation provided hints of things to come... with Apple themselves finally leaking information on PowerMac updates.
Unanswered in that leak, however, is the question of availability... which was a contended point in the previous Roundup. A couple of unconfirmed rumors, this week, hinted that only low-end PowerMacs would be shipping immediately.
Recent information suggests that the machines will not see full availability until at least August. In fact, machines are said to be in prototype form at this time. The new machines are also said to be at higher price points than the towers they are replacing.
A possible photo of the new PowerMacs appeared on the internet this week... but was ultimately confirmed to be fake. The photo received considerable attention due to it's consistency with the description in the 1 Infinite Cantina article -- which is still felt to represent an accurate description of the new Tower.
PowerBooks
Again -- limited PowerBook information is available... however one hint claimed no PowerBook updates at WWDC. If this is the case, PowerBook updates are still expected shortly. Rumors of 970 based PowerBooks are still considered less reliable.
Panther
The first real Panther screenshots were revealed to the internet on Saturday -- and depicted new features, including a previous undescribed Window Management feature called Expos. The long rumored Piles feature is not included.
One other "thing", simply called Xcode will accompany Panther... but no details are known what this represents.
Other...
A new web camera from Apple is still expected to accompany the video-enabled iChat.
Per a FunMac Thread, Safari v85 is already making the rounds... which may represent the release version.
The Event
- The forums will be closed during WWDC due to server demands.
- No Live stream is publically available.
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I only wish the keynote was live
i'm still hoping that Apple will release them thought. at least we'll get to see the PPC 970, that's almost certain.
and if the updates are held off until the Create Conference, i guess that won't be too bad. we've waited this long anyway. :rolleyes:
when is the Create Conference anyway?
I only think Safari will be released tomorrow as far as software goes anyways
I don't know if there is any stock in said rumors though. That's the machine I'm waiting for, however. Man, waiting sucks.
Alia
Originally posted by MacBandit
Who here thinks that we won't get anything tomorrow but a preview of 10.3 and all the updates will be held until the create conference. You know the keynote that was canceled and is now back on.
That Create "feature presentation" isn't going to be given by Jobs though. Do you think he'd actually let anyone else announce new products? I don't have a lot of previous keynote-viewings under my belt, but both of them this year have been given by him. Thoughts?
Alia
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