Comments on: Shaw Wu's Macworld: Blu-ray, movie rentals, MacBook mini or slim

By: dex

dex — Tue, 06 May 2008 00:06:52 +0000

Macbook Nano take the cake

By: Dustin Austin, Texas

Dustin Austin, Texas — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 19:51:12 +0000

Let us know as soon as Appel comes out with the Blue-ray/HD-DVD Drives for their PC's

By: iPhone Hellas

iPhone Hellas — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 18:25:09 +0000

I don't believe that we'll see Blue-Ray in the MacWorld. The Mac Pro are updated an still no Blue-Ray…

By: Dan Weissman, New York NY

Dan Weissman, New York NY — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 15:11:48 +0000

Oh, my, I see that Steve W. beat me to the punch on the "MacBook nano" name, but I'm still a necessary piece to this simultaneously conceived breakthrough idea, as he capitalized "Nano" whereas it will be as I project, "nano."

It takes two to tango!

By: Dan Weissman, New York NY

Dan Weissman, New York NY — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 15:09:03 +0000

My favorite possible name for the ultralight notebook is "MacBook nano." It is my favorite possible name because I thought of it.

By: Jim White, Laguna Hills, CA

Jim White, Laguna Hills, CA — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 21:59:45 +0000

The so-called "subnotebook" will be a tablet (think oversized iPhone sans cell) and probably called "iTablet".

Of course I was expecting a PowerTablet when the 17" PowerBook debuted, and while I did get one of those immediately (and it's been dandy obviously exactly the right product at the time) I probably won't this time around if it is not a tablet and will probably go with an Axiotron Modbook conversion.

By: Steve W.

Steve W. — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 18:40:09 +0000

I vote for the name MacBook Nano.

By: Asher Pat, London, UK

Asher Pat, London, UK — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 17:57:43 +0000

Seriously,

if Apple TV gest all the new thigs Wu hopes for, what will it do that Windows Media Extenders dont?

By: Steve Davis, Boston, Massachusetts

Steve Davis, Boston, Massachusetts — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 22:41:24 +0000

right you are – he mentions the slim notebook but not the flash drive

ex ped: It was my report that left it out, not Shaw Wu. Quoting from his report to clients:

Re-enters Subnotebooks: We believe AAPL will re-enter the subnotebook space, but this time use NAND flash as primary storage to improve battery life, reliability, and reduce weight. The last time AAPL had a subnotebook was in 1997-98 with the PowerBook 2400. Mac OS X has proven that it can run in as small a footprint as 4 GB with the iPhone. Our sources indicate that possible names include "MacBook mini" or "MacBook slim".

By: Steve Davis, Boston, Massachusetts

Steve Davis, Boston, Massachusetts — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 21:53:28 +0000

also missing from Wu's predictions:

a flash drive slim laptop

the full Beatles anthology on iTunes

Paul and Ringo as featured music guests at the end of the keynote

an iPhone software announcement plus

GPS for the iPhone

ex ped: Wu has the flash-drive slim laptop.