“Several pieces of evidence suggest that Apple is preparing new product introductions for next month, primarily new hard disk drive (HDD) iPods and professional Macs,” Apple Insider reports. “Like the [iPod] nano, Apple’s fifth-generation HDD iPods are expected to gain an Apple-designed click-wheel and see a significant reduction in overall size and volume.”
Appel Insider reports, “Sources believe the new players feature Toshiba’s perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR) 1.8-inch HDDs, which are setting new benchmarks for data density. Toshiba has announced the drives in 40GB and 80GB capacities, with the 40GB model packing up to 10,000 songs or 25,000 photos on a single platter [meaning a massive 80GB iPod capable of storing 20,000 songs or 50,000 photos is possible].
In addition, “Apple remains in a position where they could suddenly introduce new professional Macs such as dual-core Power Mac G5s and jazzed-up PowerBooks G4s. Inventory levels of all Macs are are significantly lower than usual with the company’s September fiscal quarter ending earlier in the week,” Apple Insider reports. “While it has been reported that Apple continues to struggle with a final update to its PowerPC-based PowerBook G4 line, volume Macintosh buyers were told this week that they could expect Power Mac G5-related announcements sometime in the ‘next two weeks.'”
Full article with more details here.
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potty/chuck…
I’m with Zup…. I think pottymouth and chuck are one and the same, and can’t seriously understand why he is so tight assed about someone else’s comment.
Unless… zup…. did you flame someone recently? Could this be that person waiting in the tall grass for you? lol…. you have your very first online stalker….
MDN word is plans, as potty/chuck plans to type a response to this missive.
Can we have MacDailyNews back please.
MDN is back: “Windows Sucks!!!”
Please pile on and tell us all again for the 1millionth time why Windows sucks.
Thank you,
your local MDN guy.
to much new stuff to close together…. apple needs to slow down. most people just picked up the nano, the average user (which is the majority) doesnt need an ipod that big.. if apple isnt careful they will burn out of ideas, and then have a big lapse of putting out new products. probably around when vista comes out. then microsoft sales will boom and billy gates will think he is on top of the universe.
Seems to me Apple have these out to compensate for the ‘Intel-lull’. The next really big thing will be Intel Macs.
If innovation is in the genes of Apple as we all believe, I doubt you need to fear that they’ll run out of ideas…
referee,
Who knows if I flamed someone. If my first post was a flame, then the answer would be a resounding “yes”. I guess I better get out the lawn mower!
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Magin word = “low” – as in cut the grass low.
Just found this funny, the title says “Apple to deliver new iPod, Power Mac, PowerBook models this month”
But the first sentance says “Apple is preparing new product introductions for next month”
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That’s because the original article appeared on the Apple Insider website last week, which was in September.
The only thing original from MDN on most stories is the headline. You could build a page with an RSS reader of all the other Apple news sites, or set up Google news alerts, and you would have the same content.
Of course, you’d miss out on MDN’s take…
I sure hope they’re right on with the powerbooks. Don’t understand why it takes so long. Just get them up to 2/2.5 ghz, throw out the backlit keyboard, make sure one can still get combo-drive only (who needs DVD burner in a laptop anyway?) get the battery life up to 6hrs, add a second line of Fkeys and pretty please up the screen resolution. Oh, and fix Tiger ASAP.
yeah…bring on the revamped Powerbooks! 🙁