Prick me, I think I'm dreaming.

I have personally seen two hardcore PC-types "switch" (or at least "add") WITH NO PROMPTING FROM ME.
Tom B | 03.02.07 - 10:52 am | #

10.5 has no features I know of that excite me. I expect it's done, but they want it "solid" for release, to avoid bad press.

iWork-- that has real possibilities.
Tom B | 03.02.07 - 10:54 am | #

Re Leopard, I don't think all the good features have been made public. Just like the 10.4 Intel branch, my belief is that the killer, got-to-have-it features are being kept very compartmentalized within Apple because of their ties to unannounced hardware and not being released to developers. I do know, however, that Leopard is more than Time Machine and HTML Mail templates.

I continue to wonder if the story on one of the rumor sites about multi-touch-enabled displays might be true. Alternatively, Leopard might might similarly feature a multi-touch enabled tablet machine. But like I said, we'll have to wait to know.

Thanks for the thoughts!
Carl
Carl | Homepage | 03.02.07 - 1:08 pm | #

Carl,

I agree Apple's benefiting from some good iPod-driven synergies right now, but I do have one nit to pick the iPod numbers you're using.

Apple's *actually* quoting 90MM iPods through the end of 2006 (check out Steve's "Thoughts on music" for that stat), not as of Tim Cook's appearance at the Goldman Symposium. That means a 10-12MM unit Q2 F2007 would put Apple over the 100MM unit mark a month earlier than your estimates.

I muse for a few seconds on the 100MM milestone on a blog I co-author, Global Nerdy, here:

http://globalnerdy.com/?p=405

Keep up the good work; I always enjoy reading Blackfriars.
George Scriban | Homepage | 03.02.07 - 2:07 pm | #

Many thanks George. I had wondered what the time frame was, but since Tim Cook just cited it last week, I had assumed it was to date. I appreciate the correction.

Thanks for your help!
Carl
Carl Howe | Homepage | 03.05.07 - 8:28 pm | #