Really Random Predictions: MacWorld

A lot of things have been said about the upcoming MacWorld in a week. Most of it is sheer speculation. I think that there would be good money in an Apple rumors site that just let people vote on possible products and features. The winner could get an iPod or something.

For now, all we have is about a zillion blog postings filled with mounds of speculation. I thought I could add the zillion + 1 post.

So here are my MacWorld predictions.
1. The iPhone is not talked about (at first). Apple's stock immediately drops $10 a share.

2. The iTV will be called something strange like "iView" and there will be a iTunes 8.0 for compatibility reasons. The resolution of movies and shows will be upped and a whole new generation of iTunes program purchasers will be pissed off.

3. Front Row 2.0 will be available to all Macs as part of a software update.

4. A new 8 core MacPro will be released for the same price as the 4 core...again pissing off people who just bought the tech 2 months ago.

5. Leopard will be previewed for release in March. Some new features will come to light that will fuel a whole new round of speculation (I'm telling you, someone has to get that Apple rumor voting site made).

6. .Mac will get a refresh to 500Gigs for $200 a year. It will automatically back up iTunes purchases and make them available on to any computer you are currently logged on to (provided that it runs iTunes). Stupid people like me that have .Mac will be grandfathered in (yeah right).

7. iWork and iLife will be released with more sucky feature that I really don't need, but will buy anyway.

8. At the very end, we will get an infamous "one more thing". I'm guessing this will be the major announcement. I think that they key here is the new wide screen ipod. The kicker will be that the iPod will turn into the "swiss army knife" of the mac world. You will be able to BUY a phone attachment, make it your media center remote, play music, play video, wifi to other iPods/computers in the area, use it as a PDA etc. Apple stock will immediately go up $10 and will close the day even.


That's my predictions.

Other facts that will be released.
1. iTunes sales were so phenomenal last month that they beat out the last quarter of the year.

2. Mac sales are growing at iPod like numbers.

3. Steve Jobs will reveal himself to be Jesus Christ 2.0 and usher us into a new age of peace and prosperity because everyone will be tied to an iPod or watching their iView.

I kid because I care. I'll post a review of how accurate I am next week as well as a review of the keynote.

I invited some of my other fellow Mac fanatics to send me some of their predictions. I'll post those on the site as soon as they come in.