I've read tons of speculation on the Net

Post #22,933 by tjsinclair 1/3/02 12:37:41 AM Reply	I've read tons of speculation on the Net From G5s (1GHz+) to Apple buying Palm to new uses for the iPod (digital wallet, PDA, video player...) However, let's all recall that nobody anticipated the iMac, so Apple can clearly keep some secrets. I went to my local Apple store today and asked the resident Genius (yes, that's his title, 'Apple Genius') if it was true that they'd be simulcasting the keynote in the stores. He confirmed it and told me to 'prepare to be blown away.' So this Monday morning I'll camping out in front of the store and pretending I'm at the Moscone Center. Tom Sinclair Speaker-to-Suits All dwarfs are by nature dutiful, serious, literate, obedient and thoughtful people whose only minor failing is a tendency, after one drink, to rush at enemies screaming "Arrrrrrgh!" and axing their legs off at the knee. -- (Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards!)
Post #22,943 by Meerkat 1/3/02 7:17:45 AM Reply	Camping out? I would say that's a bit sad... ... except what's much sadder is that I'm considering waking up at 4am to try and watch the webcast. Meerkat, occasional sad mac geek.
Post #22,964 by tjsinclair 1/3/02 11:54:17 AM Reply	Not as sad as it sounds.... First of all, if you've never attended a Macworld keynote you might not understand. Second, when I say 'camping out', I actually mean showing up an hour or two before the store opens and hanging out with my iPod and a book. My major motivation is the fact that there are very few seats available in the store's 'theater' and if I don't snag one, I'll be standing for two hours. I can't afford to attend Macworld (even if I could get the week off from work). However, the new term doesn't start until 1/8, so it's not like I have to take the day off to watch the keynote. Tom Sinclair Speaker-to-Suits Along with the standard computer warranty agreement which said that if the machine 1) didn't work, 2) didn't do what the expensive advertisement said, 3) electrocuted the immediate neighbourhood, 4) and in fact failed entirely to be inside the expensive box when you opened it, this was expressly, absolutely, implicitly and in no event the fault or responsibility of the manufacturer, that the purchaser should consider himself lucky to be allowed to give his money to the manufacturer, and that any attempt to treat what had just been paid for as the purchaser's own property would result in the attentions of serious men with menacing briefcases and very thin watches. -- (Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman, Good Omens)
Post #23,051 by Meerkat 1/3/02 6:57:08 PM Reply	Though I've only experienced a small amount of RDF... ...I think I can understand. Even over a dodgy realvideo link, watching a Stevenote has that indefinable air of Something Exciting about it. Didn't mean to imply you're a sad git, perhaps I should've chosen my words more wisely. Like, "I could say that's bad, but I'll probably be getting up at 4am to watch the webcast, which makes me worse" Regardless, I'm still quite looking forward to it. Even if the downside is that my iBook will suddenly be even further behind the times. On and on and on and on, and on and on and on goes John.
Post #23,054 by tjsinclair 1/3/02 7:30:18 PM Reply	I've watched the webcast even on a fast link, it's choppy and hard to sit through. However, I liken going to the Apple store to see it to be like going to a movie in the theater with others versus watching it by yourself on your laptop. You get that contact high, you know. Tom Sinclair Speaker-to-Suits They both savoured the strange warm glow of being much more ignorant than ordinary people, who were only ignorant of ordinary things. -- Discworld scientists at work (Terry Pratchett, Equal Rites)
Post #23,061 by Meerkat 1/3/02 8:20:44 PM Reply	During past Stevenotes, I've relied on places like macnn or macaddict or whatever - one or more of them usually have a page that auto-updates every few minutes with whatever's being said. Sure, it isn't being there, it isn't a webcast, but at least it's a pretty reliable feed. On and on and on and on, and on and on and on goes John.

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