Comments on: Macworld SF 2009: The Last Apple Macworld http://acamug.org/2008/12/16/macworld-sf-2009-the-last-macworld/ Atlantic City Area Macintosh Users Group Sat, 24 Dec 2011 02:48:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Bill http://acamug.org/2008/12/16/macworld-sf-2009-the-last-macworld/comment-page-1/#comment-4177 Bill Wed, 17 Dec 2008 16:01:15 +0000 http://acamug.org/?p=301#comment-4177 <p>Well put... I think the other issue is that Apple no longer wants to be burdened with the pressure of having major new announcements on someone elses schedule. The "Apple Events" of the past few years have garnered almost as much media attention as the MW and WWDC keynotes have over the past few years. These are events Apple can schedule on their terms.</p> <p>This also moves Steve Jobs further into the "cloud" if you will. Macworld Expo was the ONLY event in you could actually see Jobs speak LIVE. I saw a couple of these in the late 90s and its quite the event that has only grown over the years.</p> <p>I don't read as much into Schiller for Jobs as an indication Jobs tends to leave anytime soon as others do. What it indicates to me is a more routine product refresh keynote rather than anything earth shattering. Apple's ENTIRE desktop line is due for an update and there could also be memory upgrades to both the iPhone and iPod Touch as well. Just don't expect the mythical XMac/tablet/netMac/iPhone nano that everyone has been talking about (Sorry Dennis!).</p> <p>Should be plenty to talk about in January even if Apple's own announcements come up short.</p> Well put… I think the other issue is that Apple no longer wants to be burdened with the pressure of having major new announcements on someone elses schedule. The “Apple Events” of the past few years have garnered almost as much media attention as the MW and WWDC keynotes have over the past few years. These are events Apple can schedule on their terms.

This also moves Steve Jobs further into the “cloud” if you will. Macworld Expo was the ONLY event in you could actually see Jobs speak LIVE. I saw a couple of these in the late 90s and its quite the event that has only grown over the years.

I don’t read as much into Schiller for Jobs as an indication Jobs tends to leave anytime soon as others do. What it indicates to me is a more routine product refresh keynote rather than anything earth shattering. Apple’s ENTIRE desktop line is due for an update and there could also be memory upgrades to both the iPhone and iPod Touch as well. Just don’t expect the mythical XMac/tablet/netMac/iPhone nano that everyone has been talking about (Sorry Dennis!).

Should be plenty to talk about in January even if Apple’s own announcements come up short.

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