Power_Boz:   

  Hello everyone and Happy Eid! November and December are usually slow news month for Apple. Nothing significant happened and thus we haven’t been posting regularly as usual. Yet, the rumors are flying around everywhere. Next month, January, his holiness Mr. Steve Jobs will be keynoting Macworld 2008 and so far Apple fanboy sites are going left and right with weird rumors. Among the most significant is the announcement of a new Macbook/Macbook Pro. According to AppleInsider.com new slimier metallic Macbooks have been sited on the Apple Campus. This could be the refresh of the Macbooks or could be the new slimier Macbook Pro 13″ or 12″, the successor to the Powerbook G4 12″. Some industry people are hinting at an all new design with touch screen capabilities, a tablet like Apple notebook. Realistically, the touch screen tablet notebook is more feasible because of the flurry of Apple patents recently filed that are all touch based interfaces. Leopard has a lot of touch screen features as well which also supports that conclusion. Think of it as a Macbook without a Keyboard and a touch pad, just a screen. So far, if you need to buy a notebook our advise is to buy. If you want a new interface then wait till something shows up for January. As for Desktops our advise is to buy. iPods are also a buy. iPhone is a no buy until a 3G version shows up on the market. If you need more help with you buying decision then give us a shout using the Contact Form Page. 

    G-Funk:   

  First of all Happy Eid to All & Happy Hollidays, Second. As Boz said, rumors are flying everywhere so we’ll have to wait and see, If you are in the market for a high-end Mac Desktop (Mac Pro) my advice would be to wait until after January’s keynote, New Mac Pro’s would surface soon as of Intel’s latest processor upgrade , Apple didn’t upgrade their Mac Pro line for quite some time, so my advice is to wait. Also, as for laptops, If you are badly in need of a new Mac laptop get one now, but my brotherly advice is to wait and see what Steve would deliver in Macwold 08. As for other apple devices like (iPod, iPhone, Apple TV and Cinema Displays), The iPods have just received a significant upgrade late this year so we won’t see an ipod upgrade in the foreseeable future. iPhone would receive a 3G upgrade sometime next year(early to mid 2008) so if you are in the market for an iPhone I would urge you to wait. As for apple TV’s and Cinema displays rumors are speculating that Apple TV’s might either receive a major upgrade or discontinue, One way or another we would have to wait and see what would apple decide on the fate of AppleTV, Cinema Displays are dropped in price, so if you really want one nows your chance to get one, but the fate of this design is still yet not determined as for the touch UI patent that was files by apple not long ago.  Once again. If you have any questions that we have not answered please do not hesitate to post your comments below or start a thread on our forum . 

 

Sources: AppleInsider.com