[Gary Huff]

[Chris Harlan] ” And all of the “well, Apple has something truly glow-in-the-dark coming, and they don’t want to mar its introduction by early half measures” is just sickening.”

Yes, the oft-repeated idea that Apple will take the time to make sure it’s “just right” and that they ensure their products “just work” is marketing b.s.

[Gary Huff]

[Michael Gissing] “After a six week edit on a small screen, I bet that there will be young editors with glasses long before you needed them Andy.”

That’s an old wives’ tale.

[Gary Huff]

Hope springs eternal.

[Gary Huff]

[Jeremy Garchow] “I am glad the speculation can now be based in more facts before this forum dissolves in to PC switchers and their “cheap” new hardware, virus scanners, and Google Sync. Godspeed to us all.”

Yes, it’d be tough to switch to a Windows platform and have to deal with malware like this.

[Gary Huff]

Yes. Also know as the journalistic roundabout.

[Gary Huff]

I’m sure Apple would love to make the iPhone-replacement-equivalent in their traditional computing line, where people update every 1-2 years.

I just ordered the 16GB RAM upgrade for my 17″ (price dropped to $160 at OWC) and recently replaced the spinning mechanical drive with an SSD. I think the new MacBook Retina looks interesting, but I would have to purchase it fully stocked up front because there is no upgrade option. Therefore, if I do end up with a similar model in the future, it will probably be 1-2 revisions from now, depending on how things shake up.

[Gary Huff]

[Thomas Frank] “It is a 50/50 chance here.”

Just like it was a 50/50 chance that Apple was TOTALLY going to update the Mac Pro and iMac line at WWDC?

[Gary Huff]

[Walter Soyka] ”
Apple would not have approved this verbatim, as there is no such computer as “the Mac” (the error I noted above). We can therefore assume that this is not an official statement. Elsewhere in the story, they say that “new desktops are in play.””

Didn’t we just get off this crazy roller coaster? Didn’t anyone learn their lesson? We had word with utmost confidence that we were going to see a new Mac Pro on Monday, that Apple was going to update every model save for the Mini. There was so much utter crap swirling around the last two weeks that so many bought into and now that’s all proven to be a lie. And now here we go again, with the same level of substantiation, and people are still spreading this crap.

I should seriously put the Brooklyn Bridge up for sale on here. I bet I’d get a lot of interest.

[Gary Huff]

[Walter Soyka] “I only brought it up because one of the PC myths I hear among Mac users is that you’ve got to be an IT geek to use or maintain a PC, and that if you want a computer that you don’t need to worry about, you must get a Mac.”

I use to provide Windows desktop support. In fact, I supported myself through college doing that. But these days having an actual Windows problem is so rare, that I’m glad I didn’t have an interest in doing that as a career.

Most “tech support” issues I run into involve either a dead hard drive or someone who just doesn’t know how to do simple tasks.

[Gary Huff]

[TImothy Auld] “And, by the way – 2013? Do they really expect any thinking person to take that seriously?”

That’s the thing. So far I don’t believe it either, but I’m just curious as to what the reaction would be if Apple explicitly came out and directly stated that a new Mac Pro would come out in 2013.

Would that change anyone’s opinion or would it be “too little, too late”?