[ajprice]

SJ usually finishes his big speeches with a 'One More Thing...'. What will it be at MWNY, assuming that any new iMacs and G4 Towers are shown in the meat of the speech. Be as realistic or as wild as you like!

[AlbertWu]

Cube replacement?

Or the mysterious 6th slot finally filled...

[Daishi]

I think the G4's will see a substantial upgrade, but not an overahaul, so they won't make the "one more thing" cut. I'd say completely new iMacs that have basically no resemblance to the original will be the "one more thing."

Either that or it's going to be real server hardware or a Newton revival (without calling it a Newton.)

[DoctorGonzo]

Apple's gonna offload some Cube's onto the keynote audience.

Steve: "PLEASE take them!"

[Joshua]

Originally posted by AlbertWu:
<STRONG>Cube replacement?

Or the mysterious 6th slot finally filled...</STRONG>

Thankfully, there's no more 6th slot to fill. We're back to the good old four product matrix.

My guess is a totally redesigned iMac will be the 'one more thing'...

[juanvaldes]

cube is dead, get over it. And without it there will be no 6th slot.
although I would love it see a new better (competative) Cube, or more high end server systems. But I am better that 10.1 will be the one more thing...this time around.

[nealconner]

I'm hoping buying 20% of Microsoft will be the "one more thing."

[jtg]

'One More Thing...' will be a new "killer application" to run on the hardware introduced in the middle of his presentation. My 'Top Ten' are:
1. First he will tell us about the company and the vision and the challenge and the position Apple will take in the new world!
2. Then he will tell us some more exciting news about Apple and the education market. Possibly a new product like a PDA but with revolutionary connectivity with Macs. (e.g. a small PDA that docks right into a drive bay or a tablet with a form of Airport built-in)
3. Maybe next he will announce something about new servers
4. Speed bump to TiBook, one more color.
5. A joke. (or wisecrack)
6. Two additional colors for the iBook.
7. Airport II.
8. G4 upgrade with speed bumps in bus and in processors, dual processors in most and Superdrive standard on top and available as option on others, larger and faster HD, cosmetic style change to the enclosure.
9. All new iMac. Three LCD models, better, best and "Ohmigod!"
10. Finally, 'One More Thing...' the mystery killer app!

Of course, this is just for MWNY, the really big stuff will come in January on home turf in San Francisco. (I still plan to buy one of the new G4 upgrades in August!!!)

jtg

[jtg]

'One More Thing...' will be a new "killer application" to run on the hardware introduced in the middle of his presentation. My 'Top Ten' are:
1. First he will tell us about the company and the vision and the challenge and the position Apple will take in the new world!
2. Then he will tell us some more exciting news about Apple and the education market. Possibly a new product like a PDA but with revolutionary connectivity with Macs. (e.g. a small PDA that docks right into a drive bay or a tablet with a form of Airport built-in)
3. Maybe next he will announce something about new servers
4. Speed bump to TiBook, one more color.
5. A joke. (or wisecrack)
6. Two additional colors for the iBook.
7. Airport II.
8. G4 upgrade with speed bumps in bus and in processors, dual processors in most and Superdrive standard on top and available as option on others, larger and faster HD, cosmetic style change to the enclosure.
9. All new iMac. Three LCD models, better, best and "Ohmigod!"
10. Finally, 'One More Thing...' the mystery killer app!

Of course, this is just for MWNY, the really big stuff will come in January on home turf in San Francisco. (I still plan to buy one of the new G4 upgrades in August!!!)

jtg

[jeffhot]

The "one more thing" will be a stupendous finale for a electric presentation that just keeps getting better and better.

So first he'll have to recap recent events, I say by laying out some iBook and TiBook sales figures. People will be like "Damn ...!"

Then he will say, "Well you know we've been shipping OS X for awhile now..." and list the gross number of delivered copies, box and pre-install. Peeps will be like "Yo!"

And then he'll drop this one-two punch: "Well it's the default OS now, but it's version 10.1" A demonstration will of course follow. The audience will be saying "Oooooooooh, niiiiice!"

Then he'll remind everyone of the Retail stores and illustrate some stories of how they're doing, and how many more are about to burst onto the scene. The crowd will giggle with delight. He'll say a many, many digited number and everyone's eyes in the audience will turn into $ $ signs.

Then he'll get onto "the most powerful Macs ever" and show off some superMhz G4 Towers, rotating in a spotlight to highlight the glimmering new faces. The crowd will be exuberant with applause.

...
But then, "Oh yeah, ... and one more thing."
...
Complete darkness will fall, then pierced by sharply focused spotlights one at a time to the tune of 2001's theme. Baaahm ... BAaaaAHM ... BAAaaaAAHM ... Bahm-BAAAAAHM ...

Then circus music will play and the new iMac will hop out from behind the curtain like the baby lamp from Pixar's first short and do some tricks. The crowd will shreik like freaking out kids!

Then the after effects ... sustained excitement, high 5s, tears, massive shattering jones, robbing children for money to get your fix ... onto the inevitable rise of the Macintosh and Apple above all else.

[- - e r i k - -]

"One more thing: Next time, we will not use Comic Sans in our slides!"

The crowd will go berzerk!

[rambo47]

"Oh, one more thing..." and Steve holds Bill Gates' severed head in one hand, the bloody katana in the other. And the crowd goes wild...

[AlbertWu]

No wonder you're username is rambo...

[rambo47]

Occasional psychotic ramblings plague me.

[xenu]

dances to the latest fat boy slim song.