The Odds at Macworld

Moby Cock writes "Jason O'Grady has posted the odds on what is to be announced at the Macworld Expo beginning next week. Coming in at 100:1 is OS X 10.5 and even money on a new and sexy Intel Mac Minis and iBooks. Gentlemen, start your credit cards."

The odds?

[sczimme]

If this guy [zdnet.com] is there, I would say the "odds" are well represented.

"start you credit cards"

[Pope]

OK, pal, sure.

I predict no 10.5, no Intel machines releases, nothing major. Just a bumped Mini.

Nah....

[millerjl]

Apple will announce the release of a 3 button mouse after they realized what a hit they had with their 2 button model...

Gentlemen, start you credit cards.

[mynickwastaken]

I have a colleague which likes almost everything coming from Apple.
In the last time I have the impression that he is working, here in our company, for nothing.
I told him, that would be much easier, to talk with the payroll, so that they send his salary directly to Apple.

Stupid odds

[Anonymous Coward]

Where the hell are the odds for overblown hype?

The irony

[drsmithy]

From TFA:

Apple has recruited a bunch of former Sony VAIO engineers for the project and the PowerBook successor is rumored to be 20-25 percent thinner.

Oh, man, that's gotta hurt the Mac zealots even more than the switch to intel. Apple hiring *PC laptop designers* to build the next Powerbook.

They forgot the..

[majest!k]

Odds that Steve Jobs won't wear black:

999999999-1

I predict

[Zog The Undeniable]

It will be white and the name will begin with "i".

I'm sure they'll keep flogging the iPod cash cow; maybe an iPod portable DVD player?

new and sexy Intel Mac Minis and iBooks

[digitaldc]

Does this mean if I buy one I will get laid for certain?

Re:They forgot the..

[antifoidulus]

What about the odds that Steve Jobs will announce he is in fact the second coming of Christ? Could you worship a black turtleneck wearing savior?

Re:Price increases for iTunes

[frankthechicken]

Now that would be a great business plan, charging people for things they don't buy.

Now, how to market it.

Obviously the RIAA's attempt has been less than satisfactory.

MacworldExpo.com is hosted on several Windows 2003

[Mr. Kimba]

Just wanted to throw that into the mix. Useless info, with humor

http://toolbar.netcraft.com/site_report?url=http:/ /macworldexpo.com [netcraft.com]

Re:I predict

[93 Escort Wagon]

Shouldn't that have been "iPredict"?

I'm holding out for

[metamatic]

Mac OS X 10.6 Liger.

Known for its skills in magic.

And since they're former Sony...

[doublem]

Since we're talking about former SONY engineers, the new laptops will also be riddled with even MORE DRM and a few rootkits thrown in for good measure.

Well my friend that works at Apple says...

[BMonger]

We all know about the U2 branded iPod... you've drooled over the Harry Potter laser engraved iPod... 2006 brings you a new revolution in branding.

The Flying Spaghetti Monster iPod. This iPod includes a non-removable case for your iPod made out of durable foam latex. A respectable amount of "noodly appendages" keep the iPod off your desk and floating mysteriously in the air. This can be had for you and your loved ones for the price of... $599, $100 of which is donated directly to the beer volcano.

Re:The irony

[dracken]

Actually the Mac zealots were won over when Steve announced "we are moving to intel chips, iNTEL wink wink you know what I mean ?"

Re:The irony

[Anonymous Coward]

Not another Nano... one more dose of very heavy sales and critical acclaim would bankrupt the company!

An old catchprase

[Mercano]

It can be said about a woman looking for a date at an engineering school or next Apple keynote: "The odds are good but the goods are odd."

Re:The irony

[gnasher719]

''Nothing can come good from offering an ultra thin laptop.

The thinner it is, the more suspectible it is to braking. ''

Absolutely. I always slow down very gently when I have one in my car. It is so susceptible to braking, I suspect it would break if I brake too hard.

Awh shucks, well if it makes you feel better

[SmallFurryCreature]

Don't worry, all those Mac clowns are wrong. The real OS is linux. Feel better now? Now I am off to an extended lunch as gentoo does an essential emerge that is ensure to take the whole working day if I can find the right nice settings.

• Mac users don't produce because they are to busy worrying about scratches.
• Linux package users don't produce because they are to busy sorting out the latest dependency nightmare.
• Linux portage users will start producing right after this compile.
• Windows users don't produce because the last porn page they visited rooted their machine. Or put another way. Everyone is productive on your windows machine.

Wich can only lead to the conclusion that all the real work is being done on OS/2.

Re:X86 Powerbooks

[Anonymous Coward]

hey, don't forget garbage like me supports them too. bastard.

Re:They forgot the..

[pete-classic]

Wow, are you confused about mathematical symbols.

You could have said 1 in 999999999, or 999999999 to 1, or 999999999:1, or even 999999999/1. You can use words and the word ratio with a hyphen, like "big-tiny ratio", and I guess you could extend this to nine hundred and ninety nine million, nine hundred and ninety nine thousand, nine hundred and ninety nine-one ratio, but that's just crazy.

Incidentally, what you said really means 999999998 to 1. Hell, maybe that's what you meant, which would lead me to believe you have a whole other set of problems!

Of course, I have problems of my own. Notably I have way too much time on my hands!

-Peter

Re:Apple

[Stormwatch]

They're going to polish up the Apple logo a little bit and call it a re-design.

Apple's logo is cool, but maybe a bit too sober. I think they could add some color to it, maybe if they used colored stripes, it would... oh, wait.