January 10, 2005
On The Eve Of
MacWorld…geez. I can’t believe it has come to this. I am awaiting tomorrow’s MacWorld keynote to see what I need to buy from Apple. I am 3 for 3 on these Steve Job’s announcements. There was the Aiport Express, then the iMac G5, then my iPod Photo. Seems like I should just send them a check tonight. Who knows what I will get? :)
These rumor sites are hilarious. Such work to figure out the story just hours before the event. I saw pictures from these one guys that are camping out front of the conference center. They caught a glimpse of some of the signage inside but it left everyone more confused I think.
So what is on my wishlist? Well:
1. Flash-based iPod — yes, I need one. My arm gets sore from lugging this huge iPod around when I run in the summer. Some weightless device with 100+ songs will do me just fine. I need it to be Apple’s because of all the iTunes music I have.
2. A great media center. I am getting angry about my TiVo getting slower. Plus, I have a Series 1 TiVo so I haven’t gotten a new feature in 5 years (that I care about)! I want to use a good media center that gives me DVR, HDTV, Photos, Videos, and plays DVDs. All in one box. I will spend up to $2000. I will not buy a Microsoft Media Center. Will Apple save me?
Every other rumor isn’t that interesting to me personally. That is where I am at. We will see tomorrow.
Ordered an iPod shuffle today!
I saw that on the news and knew you probably order. What an Addiction you have!!
Hey, hey, that only brings it to 3 iPod that I own. That isn't a lot is it?
Do you think the new Mac Mini would meet your needs?
Hell no. The hardware is all wrong. But the big missing component is the software. Nobody has done the software we need to have cheap media computers at each TV that access content stored on your home file server. Guess I have to build my own. Ahead of my time. :)