Well Apple’s annual MacWorld Conference is upon us, aka "Super Bowl for Geeks". For months the web has been a rabid frenzy of rumors, all of which are merely speculative.
One prediction from Gizmodo.com separated itself from the pack with a bit of humor:
- Lord Jobs will appear in jeans and black turtleneck, looking thinner than he looked at the last Apple special event.
- He will drink bottled water.
- There will be no live webcast, but sites like Gizmodo and
MacCentral will be mercilessly slammed by Mac fanboys with auto-refresh
macros. - Much of the Mac-based IT community will grind to a halt for the
hour or two that the show goes on. It will be like the OJ Simpson trial
verdict, only with a respectable outcome. - The Mac rumor sites (Think Secret, etc.) will post “how close did
we get” articles, which will also contain needlessly detailed
explanations as to why they were so far off the mark on some
‘predictions,’ and how great they are that they managed to ‘guess’
correctly at others. The law of averages has never seen a better poster
child than that of Mac rumor sites… - Another preview of ‘iTV,’ possibly using a speed-bumped Mac mini as its companion.
- Attendees at the show will use such words as “exciting” and
“unique” and “innovative” alongside such words as “finally” and
“patiently” and “eventually” — all with a straight face. - Microsoft will be taking notes on what to include in the next
version of Windows, scheduled for release in 2009 (actual release date:
2013).
