“Steve Jobs’ decision to skip the convention could mean the company doesn’t have a hot new product to show off,” Brian Caulfield speculates for Forbes.
“[Some] were quick to infer that Chief Executive Steve Jobs must be sick after the computer maker said Tuesday that he won’t be speaking at Macworld in January and this will be the company’s last appearance at the conference,” Caulfield writes.
“The real reason he’s not delivering his usual keynote speech could be simpler than that, however: It could be that Apple (nasdaq: AAPL – news – people ) has nothing “insanely great” to demo this year,” Caulfield writes.
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[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Fred Mertz” for the heads up.]
Insanely great?
More like insanely expensive, insanely overrated and insanely useless.
@The Great Apple Fanboy Massacre
Are you on vacation for the Holidays and have nothing else better to do? Why don’t you go to a porn site and eat corn curls until your penis turns orange.
Don’t let your mommy catch you.
corn curls, orange thing, mom catching you.
Classic!
January 24, 2009
Mac 25th Anniversary
There may be a special announcement / show / intro / product / appearance for this! On Apple’s timetable, Apple’s way, showcasing Apple, concentrating on Apple.
I haven’t even used Snow Leopard yet, but I think it will turn out to be an “insanely great” thing. Some people…are stupid. Some are ignorant. Some are both…I wonder about the writer. Eh, I bet it just wanted hits…get in line.
Awwww, doesn’t mummy pay enuff attention to wittle baby? You have to come here and cry so dat peoples talk to you?
Awwww, isn’t he cute!
I think that is precisely why Apple does not want to attend future trade shows, especially MacWorld, which is scheduled at precisely the wrong time of year (right after the holiday shopping season) for new product announcements.
Whether they have “insanely great” products to show off this time around, who knows. If the public expectation was to see the existing insanely great products from Apple and third-party products from the Apple “ecosystem,” perhaps Apple would have participated longer. But then, consumers can now go to their local Apple Store for that experience, and Apple has already made that point in their press release.
Maybe Steve Jobs is handing off the keynote to Phil Schiller because he is accepting an as-yet unannounced new cabinet-level position with the Obama administration.
Hey TGAFM,
Nice to have you aboard, but let’s have some serious comment!
I doubt that Snow Leopard will be insanely great, but it’ll most likely be well priced, rated highly, and be very useful.
After twenty years in existence, Windows still can’t recognize 4GBs of ram, much less multiple processors. snicker, snicker…
Snow Leopard will prove to be a total embarrassment for Microsoft and PC fan boys like TGAFM and xx.
Now that Mac users have reached computational parity with PCs, software now becomes the real distinction between the platforms.
As PCs get faster, Windows is getting slower and becoming a resource hog, so any gains in hardware speed are quickly compromised by the operating system.
“”The real reason he’s not delivering his usual keynote speech could be simpler than that, however: It could be that Apple (nasdaq: AAPL – news – people ) has nothing “insanely great” to demo this year,” Caulfield writes.
WHAT A STUPID THEORY! If they have nothing awesome to announce, that would be even MORE reason for Steve use his reality distortion field.
Snow Leopard is insanely great.
I predict disappointment. If there was something earth-shattering, Steve’d be there to make the announcement.
@TGFBM
You want to directly address 32GB of RAM, buy a Mac Pro. In a world without walls, who needs Windows?
Well, another reason to avoid Trade Shows is the artificial time table. Perhaps Apple does have something coming, but it isn’t ready yet and they don’t want to tip their hand. Or want people to wait 6 some months like they did for the iPhone. Apple generally announces something and delivers something pretty much right away (a couple of weeks later at the latest).
The iPhone was the exception in recent memory. Perhaps there is a tablet computer, but it won’t be ready til April. Do you announce it now, and tip your hand, or do you wait till Feb and then do it?
I think that Jobs & Company will use this to announce something really good, contrary to expectations.
Why setup Schiller for a fall? Apple is too smart for that. That could spell too much of a negative marketing hit for Apple in more ways than one.
Look for a really good surprise.
Like almost all companies, Apple is dealing with shrinking their footprint, belt-tightening, and preparing to struggle through the economic downturn. I think Apple can’t keep up with the historic release schedule that they’ve maintained, while also keeping their quality standards. I fully expect no major releases by Apple OR any other major electronics firm at Macworld or CES. Why release a great product right now when no one will buy it? A risky move. Instead, I expect updates to existing products to keep them competitive. Of course just a bunch of hooey to add to the other hooey out there.
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Honestly, updated iWork, iLife and more info on Snow Leopard would make me happy. don’t really need anything else. Maybe a new mini, but if it only has display port, I won’t be able to hook it up to the HDMI port on my tv. 🙁
Don’t know why everyone is so interested in netbooks. Reports I’ve read said they have up to a 20% return rate.
With superior products, ever expanding retailing reach and a great buzz marketing machine, Apple removes itself from the confines of scheduled events. Apple can introduce new products and innovations on its own terms. Great thing, control.
Jobs may not be there in person, but I’m sure he’ll pop up in iChat and say “By the way, one more thing…”
@The Great Apple Fanboy Massacre: STFU!
The headline clearly states why Apple is bowing out of MacWorld Expo. This is the way people think: “Oh, MacWorld is coming. What ‘insanely great’ surprise do they have for us this time? What? No surprise? Apple must be doomed.”
@The Great Apple Fanboy Massacre
LOL. Another Windows troll who managed to stumble in here. Go ahead and keep your 1,000,000 + viruses, crashes and badly created Mac rip off OS.
You guys are a pathetic, ignorant and hateful bunch who resent any other OS. The truth is that you hate Mac because you’re jealous.
With the economic recession coming as fast and hard as a winter storm why would any company want to bring out a new product if there is little buying going on?
Apple is going to delay any new products for 3-6 months to see how bad this recession, followed by hyper inflation, followed by what “Obama-testing” calamity will occur to see how retail sales pan out.
Wonder how much of that $50 billion in cash Apple has is still left after the first wave of financial crisis. Where does Apple invest its money?
“I think that Jobs & Company will use this to announce something really good, contrary to expectations.”
“…And Then I Jizzed In My Pants”
@liability
I predict disappointment.
wow, you’re going out on a limb. As if every Macworld to date hasn’t been a disappointment to some, in one way or another, especially as of late.
I believe if an announcement were made last January to move the event to the Nov/Dec timeframe, Apple would still distance itself from that routine.
Macworld and the confluence of events leading up to it, all external to Apple, was becoming too great a liability and it probably drove Jobs crazy each time he was asked ten months out, what his plans were for Macworld. As if he and all of Apple existed to serve Macworld!
Macworld does not define Apple.