“Steve Jobs made clear a long time ago his Apple Computer wasn’t showing up at the Macworld Conference Expo when it moves from New York to Boston next month. Maybe Bill Gates wasn’t happy with the change either,” Keith Reed reports for MacNewsWorld.
“Dozens of former exhibitors, including software giant Microsoft, will be absent from what was once the granddaddy of technology trade shows on the East Coast. Macworld, which will return to Boston in July after an eight-year absence, has attracted 50 exhibitors so far, compared to 131 last year. Organizers said they expect the number of exhibitors to reach as many as 80 before the convention starts July 12, still 39 percent fewer than last year,” Reed reports.
“Among the previous exhibitors who aren’t on the list for Boston are Apple, Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard, Sony, and many others that have significant sales to the Apple community. Macworld’s organizers and some exhibitors who are attending acknowledged yesterday that moving the convention reduced its appeal for many of the companies that helped make the event a must-attend for Macintosh enthusiasts through much of the 1990s,” Reed reports.
Full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: This so-called “Macworld Expo” really isn’t a Macworld; the real Macworld is in San Francisco, once a year in January. With no Steve Jobs Keynote, no Apple presence and the lack of dozens of major vendors, this thing in Boston promises to be a snoozefest. For the record, we wish the show had remained in New York, the way it was just a few years ago, with a Steve Jobs Keynote and the whole ball of wax. It was fun. Oh, well, things change.
1st post! Eschmeeeeee!!!!!
2nd post as well! I am the champion…I am the champion……..
IDG really screwed this one up — big time.
First poster: get a hold of yourself dude.
Isn’t the point of this thread to discuss the news item it’s attached to? oh well.
WHY doesn’t anyone like Boston? what’s WRONG with boston? Is it because it’s closer to me than new york? did steve jobs think “oh, well if he’s going to show up, I don’t want to be there”? why does everyone on the planet hate ME?
boston is the best city in the country, new york is a steaming pile of poo. how about giving some attention to all the east coast apple fans and come to macworld, steve; even if it is only in boston? hey, maybe its not ideal to have the convention in boston, but that doesnt mean apple cant still support it. NOMAAHHHHHH!
NYC or Boston? NYC is Bigger. (Think Sodom and Gomorrha)
MacWorld or MacAddict?
-they r really polite at MacWorld. “Breen is such a nice boy”
–but MacAddict seems a better deal-even if a brash young upstart.
Mac n Jesus.net
Opening an Apple store in Bellevue, right next to Redmond, was pretty provocative on Apple’s part, so why not have a MacWorld in Redmond itself? Mac and Jack’s can be the official beer.
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I love you too..!
“Oh, well, things change.”
Yes. Yes, they do.
I have you both!
Hate I mean…HATE! I need to practice my english.
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Sorry I meant thank you… I’ve been practicing mine for years but I still can’t get it right… does anyone know if thre is a Speak and Spell program for the G5… mine is broke..!
When the real MacWorld was in Boston ten years ago, it took two or three days to see all there was to see – and you left with shopping bags full of stuff. Small software publishers were there, mom and pop companies, to sell their wares, not just the software giants. This is no longer true about MacWorld, not in New York, and not in Beantown. Sad.
Back in the day Macworld Boston was a huge event in the summer, I was at it when Jobs rejuvinated the Mac with his announcement that Microsoft had signed an agreement to keep making office, it was his first event as the iCEO.
was that really 7 years ago now… wow I remember when everyone was wondering if Apple was going to buy BeOS and then made the purchase of NeXT… funny how different things would have been if Be hadn’t been greedy. jean Louis Gassee
I invented MacWorld Expo in Boston. Hmm, maybe that’s why nobody is showing up for it…
Is the WWDC in New York?
WWDC is in San Fran.
I was hoping to combine this year’s east coast Macworld with a vacation in New York. Nothing against Boston, but it’s not exactly my ideal vacation destination.
>what’s WRONG with Boston?
They hardly speak English in Bostin, cabdrivers excepted.
Dave Mac,
What do you think Gassee did at Apple? He was the big advocate for the ridiculous prices they put on Macs back in those days. Gassee had realized that, and it wasn’t Be’s greediness that caused Apple to buy me back, but becuase BeOS was too immature an operating system to seriously convert into the OSX that we have today. NeXT was way ahead of them, with a much better, more powerful developent environment.
It was MY greedieness that put NeXT in the position it was. I know that now. And I’m pricing Macs as cheap as I can and keep the company healthy.
You want cheap crap, you came to the wrong guy….
What’s wrong with Boston??
Everything!! and one more question why did u think you could do better without the Bambino!! Long live the Bambino Curse!!
The WWDC is THE replacement for MacWorld East Coast. Apple found out that it likes a show that it controls. San Francisco is the major city closest to the Silcon Valley heart of the high-tech world and in case you haven’t heard- the 21st Century is the Pacific Rim Century. Wang, DEC and the other Boston area tech wonders have been gone for a long time.
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WWDC is the replacement for MW east coast? Oh no it is not.
WWDC is THE WWDC and it is not replacement of anything. It is the ONE and ONLY. You really can�t compare lame MacWorld expo for the consumers to the World Wide Devoloper Conference. WWDC is THE most important happening for the Apple.
And West Coast can�t be replacement go the East Coast because The West Coast is also the one and only.
MacWorld Expo Boston don�t have SF Pride at the same time instead they probaply have some rebuplican push bush convention.