Wednesday, December 24, 2008

Macworld 2009 Rumor Round-up

It's that time of year again, but for the last time ever. Of course, rumors are flying everywhere about what's coming up. Here are the biggest rumors I've heard:

-Updated iMacs and Mac Minis. An update for the Mini is long overdue, like two years. They will supposedly have the NVIDIA graphics that the MacBooks now have, and the Mac Mini could get an aluminum casing just like the rest of the Mac family. Supposedly an official release of the MacBooks have made references to "MacMini 3,1" and "iMac 4,0", which have the same graphics specs as the MacBook family. I'm wondering why nobody's saying anything about an LED display for the iMacs to put them in sync with the MacBooks' displays. If there's no update for the Mac Mini this January, I'd say that it's life is coming to an end.

-New Mighty Mouse. It will supposedly have a touch-screen button instead of a regular button, so you can use multi-touch commands just like on the MacBooks. I've also heard that it will be cased in aluminum.

-iPhone and iPod Touch software update, including copy and paste, MMS messaging, and other features. Probably wishful thinking.

I'm very certain that they'll showcase Mac OS X Snow Leopard more than anything. Whatever the case, let's hope it's enjoyable, because the ride is over.

-Derek

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