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From: Mike Rosenberg on 7 Jun 2010 15:46 Michelle Steiner <michelle(a)michelle.org> wrote: > Not one word about the Macintosh, Apple TV, or anything not iPhone-family > related. No mention of Mac OS X 10.6.4 or 10.7, nor Apple TV, Magic > Touchpad, or any other rumor/speculation leading up to the event. I'm pre-ordering my iPhone 4 in June 15th, though. -- Favorite yoga position: Rosh hashavasana, the high holy pose Mac and geek T-shirts & gifts <http://designsbymike.net/shop/mac.cgi> Prius shirts/bumper stickers <http://designsbymike.net/shop/prius.cgi>
From: Mike Rosenberg on 7 Jun 2010 16:06 Michelle Steiner <michelle(a)michelle.org> wrote: > In article <1jjq3sy.1katp9d11b2kw0N%mikePOST(a)TOGROUPmacconsult.com>, > mikePOST(a)TOGROUPmacconsult.com (Mike Rosenberg) wrote: > > > I'm pre-ordering my iPhone 4 in June 15th, though. > > Ditto. If Jobs had even hinted of Verizon, I would be waiting until at > least July 12th, though; my 2-year contract expires on July 11th. > > All I need to do is decide whether to keep my unlimited plan or downsize to > a less expensive one. If I were in your positon, I'd try to force myself to wait until the 11th. I'd likely fail in that attempt, though. As for my current cell phone situation, I've managed to survive with no-contract plans for all these years, currently with MetroPCS. My service month with them just happens to coincide with the calendar month, so starting up with AT&T on the 24th works out well for me. -- Favorite yoga position: Rosh hashavasana, the high holy pose Mac and geek T-shirts & gifts <http://designsbymike.net/shop/mac.cgi> Prius shirts/bumper stickers <http://designsbymike.net/shop/prius.cgi>
From: Mike Rosenberg on 7 Jun 2010 16:52 Michelle Steiner <michelle(a)michelle.org> wrote: > > > Ditto. If Jobs had even hinted of Verizon, I would be waiting until > > > at least July 12th, though; my 2-year contract expires on July 11th. > > > > > > All I need to do is decide whether to keep my unlimited plan or > > > downsize to a less expensive one. > > > > If I were in your positon, I'd try to force myself to wait until the > > 11th. I'd likely fail in that attempt, though. > > Why? Why would I try to wait or why would I likely fail? Never mind, I'll answer both. I'd try because I'm, well, frugal, and I'd prefer not to lose that several weeks of the Verizon contract. I'd fail for lack of will power. -- Favorite yoga position: Rosh hashavasana, the high holy pose Mac and geek T-shirts & gifts <http://designsbymike.net/shop/mac.cgi> Prius shirts/bumper stickers <http://designsbymike.net/shop/prius.cgi>
From: Jolly Roger on 7 Jun 2010 18:13 In article <michelle-38DE8F.12322207062010(a)news.eternal-september.org>, Michelle Steiner <michelle(a)michelle.org> wrote: > Not one word about the Macintosh, Apple TV, or anything not iPhone-family > related. No mention of Mac OS X 10.6.4 or 10.7, nor Apple TV, Magic > Touchpad, or any other rumor/speculation leading up to the event. That isn't news, and it hardly means anything significant. Steve Jobs recently responded to someone asking about the fact that Macs weren't headlining at this year's WWDC. Here's what he said: "We are focusing primarily (though not exclusively) on iPhone OS this year. Maybe next year we will focus primarily on the Mac. Just the normal cycle of things. No hidden meaning here." 'nuff said. -- Send responses to the relevant news group rather than email to me. E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my very hungry SPAM filter. Due to Google's refusal to prevent spammers from posting messages through their servers, I often ignore posts from Google Groups. Use a real news client if you want me to see your posts. JR
From: David Empson on 7 Jun 2010 20:49
Michelle Steiner <michelle(a)michelle.org> wrote: > Not one word about the Macintosh, Apple TV, or anything not iPhone-family > related. No mention of Mac OS X 10.6.4 or 10.7, nor Apple TV, Magic > Touchpad, or any other rumor/speculation leading up to the event. I see Safari 5.0 got released later in the day (not the rumoured developer release), without being mentioned in the keynote. Not sure how (perhaps just lucky timing of my weekly check), but I saw it pop up in Software Update _before_ I got the e-mail from Apple's security updates list about the almost 50 security issues fixed. I note also that Tiger support isn't quite finished yet - Apple have released Safari 4.1 for Tiger, including all the security fixes from 5.0, and some things like performance improvements but presumably missing some new features. (Haven't had a detailed look at either version yet.) I note that iPhone 4's technical specs say it requires Mac OS X 10.5.8 and iTunes 9.2 (the latter is probably due for release about June 24, or a little sooner). This probably means that iTunes 9.2 will not run on Tiger, so Safari 4.1 may be the final update for Tiger (barring any subsequent bug fixes). -- David Empson dempson(a)actrix.gen.nz |