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Justin has a chat with Pat Mahon about his recent trip to Macworld 2010 in San Francisco.   Now who was that having his photo taken with Pat?   You’ll just have to listen to find out.

 

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Just wanted to get in on the Mac blogosphere fun with my own predictions as to what the Philnote may reveal :

Here we go..

New MBP 17″ : Have noticed that 9to5 Mac are predicting that a 17″ MBP unibody will be shown. Figured that, as both Justin & myself after the introduction of the MB & 15″ MBP models thought that they would be introduced at MW probably due to prioritising the other models first as they are higher volume sellers. It’s expected that the new unibody model may contain a non-removable silver zinc battery like an iPod, but cannot figure why this would be done as most people would prefer to access the battery themselves with easy removal. Maybe they are getting this battery mixed up with the one that is supposed to appear in the so-called Macbook Nano (would be surprised if Phil pulls that one out of hat).

Revised iMac & Mac Pro : Definitely expecting a speed upgrade for iMac which is likely to get a revised magnesium-alloy chassis & cooling mechanism to allow it to take the new Intel Core 2 Quad chip for the 24″ model will also get upgraded graphics chip. The 20″ model will have a Core 2 Duo chip & also contain the Nvidia 9400M for the graphics. Also expect that the Mac Pro will receive the Core i7 CPU & graphical chip upgrade with some case design revisions,which will make it a performance powerhouse.

New Mac mini : As per all other blog predictions, also believe that Mac Mini will be revised to bring it’s design into line with the rest of the Mac family (read aluminium) & will receive newer Core 2 Duo CPU’s & the Nvidia 9400M chipset which will bring it to a par with the unibody Macbook. There might be a cheaper model with the Intel chipset but if Apple are trying to prepare the new Mac family for transition to Snow Leopard it would be a retrograde step.

Preview of Snow Leopard : Since Snow Leopard is due in next 6 months then some preview of it will take place during Philnote. Am most curious to see how the new OS turns out since it is meant to be mainly substantial under the hood performance improvements as opposed to new features. Could Phil pull out a few new feature surprises at preview ? Let’s wait & see.

iWork & iLife 09 : These are also due to be unveiled at MacWorld, would believe that there will be further integration with MobileMe but these apps will not go fully into “the cloud”. Not sure though as to what any new features will be like.

One more thing : Would love this to be Steve Jobs taking the stage with Phil, but would settle for a video link if possible. Better make sure that Bart Simpson is not around when he speaks though.

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