Archive for the 'PCs' Category

As we're gearing up to bring Apple MacWorld Keynote 2K7 to you live, we thought now's a good time to ponder what the odds are of new hardware being released. Our Frankenrumor brought you ideas from every corner of the internets, but here it is, in odds form.

First off, there's likely going to be very little hardware announced Tuesday. Reason? Apple flies European journos to London for a simulcast and cocktails whenever Steve Jobs farts, but this time there's nothing. Nada.

Here's what we think, with some wildly ridiculous items at the end.

iLife, iApps '07: 99.99%
Apple dumps its updated suite of apps on us every year at this time—so why should 07 be any different? We've already seen leaks on Amazon and various other sites. The only reason is if they're holding it back for a simultaneous Leopard release, which is unlikely, and leads us to...

OS X Leopard: 45%
From the developers releases Apple's been distributing, Leopard's not quite ready for release. They're still adding in features, fixing bugs, and tightening up various loose ends. It's very unlikely that they'll have Leopard ready for release on Tuesday, but Steve will definitely talk about it.

iTV: 50%
From what we're hearing, iTV's not quite ready for public consumption. The delay supposedly comes from OS problems, which is strange seeing as it's not too hard to put together a set top box. Maybe they're putting HD into it?

Touchscreen iPod: 85%
After the mediocre improvement at Showtime in September, Apple better have something impressive to show the world that the iPod is still the king in media players. Some kind of connectivity to catch up to the Zune would be nice, but unlikely. But there should definitely be some iPod news.

Truckload of more video content for iTunes: 90%
There hasn't been all that many additions to the iTunes movie store since launch. Our guess is Apple's been bundling them all up for a massive dump come MacWorld. Kind of boring, but boring enough to be true.

Apple Phone: 55%
All signs point to the existence of a phone, but whether it's coming now is still iffy. We're leaning towards a yes, but not for countries other than the US at first.

Various Sized Cinema Displays With iSight: 75%
The fact that the iSight has been night unpurchaseable from Apple for a couple months now points us to the fact that they're dumping old stock in time for new iSights. Whether this means it'll be just standalone iSights—possibly with HD—or Cinema Displays with built-in iSights is still iffy.

Updated Mac Pro with Quad-Core or Blu-ray Support: 65%
The quad-core may be coming, but Blu-ray may not. Then again, it may. That's why this is a tossup.

iTablet: 10%
Unlikely. There hasn't been any sign of this other than the patents. It usually takes Apple a little while to go from filing patents to pushing out a product.

Ultraportable MacBook Pro: 5%
With ridiculous specs like these, it's unlikely a thinbook will come near MacWorld.

– Jason Chen

Just when we thought our living rooms would be the only places to benefit from that Blu-ray/HD DVD love that LG surprised us with yesterday, news comes of a new LG drive that will let us play both flavors of high definition discs on our PCs (along with traditional DVDs). As if that weren't enough, the new GGW-H10N will also be able to record 50GB of data on dual-layer BD-R/BD-RE media. The drive will be available in March, though we suggest sitting this one out considering its "under $1,200" price tag. – Louis Ramirez

LG Electronics Unveils New Super Multi Blue Dual-Format Drive [Home Toys]

While everyone in the blogosphere has been focusing on what kind of hardware his Steveness will blind us with at next week's Macworld, the folks at T3 have quietly picked up on a potential leak via an Amazon placeholder. Apparently, Apple plans on rolling out an upgraded version of iLife 07 next week, but the question is--what could they possibly add to the already fully-functional suite? The folks at T3 seem to think it'll be an app for recording and downloading TV programs, which though unlikely, sounds incredibly lust worthy. At this point, we only have 4 days to wait before we find out. – Louis Ramirez

New Apple Software Leaked [T3]

The Shuttle XPC Mini X200 is no bigger that a stack of magazine, looks a bit like a Wii, and packs one hell of a punch. This machine comes loaded with a Core 2 Duo processor, 2GB of DDR 2 ram, 7.1-channel audio, digital and analog TV tuner, FM tuner, Wi-Fi and even includes a remote. Media center, anyone? Tack on a card reader and a buttload of USB ports for one hell of a miniature computer. The X200 is going to be available in a high-end model for $1,300 and a lower end model for $1,000 or so. – Travis Hudson

Shuttle launches second-gen mini PC [RegHardware]

We hit a major milestone in December - 1 million pageviews for the month!

Thank you all so much!

I couldn't have done it without you (actually, I could have gotten to half-million just from my Dad, he is a big fan)

I can't wait to get started on 2007.

I had a nice little break for Christmas but it made me realize how much I have grown to love the daily challenge of finding, shooting, and writing about great style.

I have some great trips lined up, new features for The Sartorialist, a new video for Style.com that I'm preparing to edit, and some more events in the United States (and ,if I can swing it, London, Hong Kong, and Rio)

I'm dying to make it to Sweden and efforting to make that happen soon. Should I go in the Winter or Spring?

Dying to go to Naples and Tokyo.

This posting is going longer than I expected so while I'm at it I want to send a thanks out to some of the people that really made a difference to The Sartorialist this year.

Mom & Dad

Dave Allen

Dirk Standen and everyone at CondeNet.com

Adam Rapoport & Jim Nelson and everyone at GQ

Michael Macko and everyone at Saks Fifth Avenue

Finally, thanks to everyone that allowed me to take their photos and played along ,in good nature, while people all around the world dissected your style choices of the day.