Comments on: 50 Leaves Macworld Predictions for 2008

By: jason

jason — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 05:16:17 +0000

Yeah I was pretty dubious about the whole domain name buying thing… sounded silly to me.

Who knows what’s ‘in the air’ but I guess we’ll all know soon enough now, eh?

Definitely waiting to see what’s in store for the ultra portables… sounds like a cool idea, but might take a few generations to get things worked out to make it a really exciting product.

By: karmaVS

karmaVS — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 05:08:13 +0000

I find the rumour that Apple bought all the macbookair domains hilarious. They don’t even own macbook.com, why would they purchase sites like macbookair.us

I think we can count on something happening with the mini, either a big update or a discontinuation - perhaps the rumoured ultra-portable will replace it.

I don’t think we’ll see iTunes 8 yet, but rather just a point update (7.6), enabling rentals and fixing a few more interface inconsistencies in leopard, I also don’t think 10.5.2 will be mentioned at the keynote, but do think it’ll be released

My thought for the main announcement at macworld - a new Macbook Pro - an entirely new design, and some major internal updates too. I’d love to see a 11″ version!

In the totally left of field - Mac Air - Minority report style control of any Mac from a distance - Built into every new mac, and available separately in an iSight-like package.

By: the12thdoctor

the12thdoctor — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 02:44:37 +0000

I’m hoping the subnotebook (light as air?) is the main attraction. My Mini is going to turn 3 next month and I’d love to make the jump into Macintel and get a laptop to do it. The Pro is too expensive and overkill. The Macbook is just about right, but the price is a little more than I’d like. A subnotebook (10 or 12 in range) with a price under $900 would just rock!