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Dec 12, 08 - 10:30 am Comment from: DLMeyer

Maybe he can't spare the travel time?

Oh come on. Relax. Steve will be there. This is stupid speculation and it makes you look like a nerdy apple fan-boy.

Dec 12, 08 - 10:35 am Comment from: deepdish

If he is not, there goes any hope for my Call Options on Apple.

Flush.

I would like to see Steve Jobs do an intro and summary at these keynotes. Let him intro the "Just one more thing" and get the talking heads to see that Apple is a rapidly growing multi-marketed company with talented competent employees running each of the branches of the Apple Empire!

Dec 12, 08 - 10:56 am Comment from: s

Just watch the master manipulates the mass media to give Apple free publicity.

Dec 12, 08 - 10:57 am Comment from: qka

Folks, the reason I sent this MDN is that generally speaking, O'Reilly is an intelligent source of information.

Yes "s", and it works out pretty well! All that much monney Apple can spend in R&D;. It woudn't be a Balmer who could do that!

Dec 12, 08 - 11:08 am Comment from: Dave

I'm personally pissed at IDG... At last years MacWorld I was in line hours before the show (had a $1200+ Conference Admission and went the day before to complete the registration), I was barred from attending the Keynote, along with hundreds of others. I wrote IDG a complaint and never got a response. They will never see another dime from me...

The truth...they are cramming to finish an incredible project they hope to announce. The truth is they're not yet sure if it'll be ready in time. The Jobs man will speak but would be more comfortable with this BF Arrow in his quiver.

Dec 12, 08 - 11:16 am Comment from: Andy

Perhaps that fire a month or two ago at the Mothership destroyed whatever prototype they were working on?

Nonetheless, I'm sure Steve will be at Macworld; it would be like not turning up to his own birthday party. Whether Apple have something in the pipeline remains to be seen -- we could be pleasantly surprised?

Dec 12, 08 - 11:30 am Comment from: ron

IDG is ?????

Dec 12, 08 - 11:30 am Comment from: cptnkirk

I think s is right on. It's a simple press manipulation trick. And since when is this expo dying. It had the highest number of participants in years last year! Jeesh!

Dec 12, 08 - 11:38 am Comment from: critic

@cptnkirk

Adobe, Belkin ,Creative Labs, Seagate are all no-shows this year, and many other vendors have taken smaller spaces.

I hate to tell you, but visitor numbers don't mean much if vendors aren't paying to be there. Fewer vendors = fewer visitors next show = the expo is dying

Dec 12, 08 - 12:00 pm Comment from: Macintosher

No MacWorld is going to exist. Sorry, but no. I agree with "critic" on this.

That means one thing: if Apple wants to release new products, well, they'll just have to release them at their own event.

The spotlight turns to Mac minis? At the Apple "Town Hall"? Fair enough... I don't mind. Let's just see Steve release something cool!

As, of course, he always does.

What on earth did you think the ". Think Different" slogan was for if not for the choice that they could make? And the choice is now venues.

If he's not there than he's on his death bed.

Dec 12, 08 - 01:01 pm Comment from: Cubert

The sky is falling and the world is ending.

He's going to announce the new 3D interface that was shown to the world on the Simpsons. He's also resurrecting the cube at Apple's world headquarters... at the bottom of the ocean.

I stopped going to MacWorld because lately it's become a stale, uneventful affair. Wouldn't be surprised if Apple scales back its presence in it as well.

By now, Apple has probably figured out it does better holding its own "Special Events."

Dec 12, 08 - 01:22 pm Comment from: Willie G

Trade shows in general are a dying breed.

Dec 12, 08 - 01:29 pm Comment from: 84 Mac Guy

Here is an idea. Give Jobs a rest this January and instead invite Ballmer to give the keynote address. Ballmer could talk about Windows 7, buying Yahoo, and ("one more thing") the ZunePhone. This parade of future MS failures would be as much fun to watch as Jobs presenting future Apple successes.

Dec 12, 08 - 03:17 pm Comment from: thethirdshoe

The recession is having an effect on many companies. Some are having a harder time then others.

oh, and one more thing...... it's lunch time

Dec 12, 08 - 05:31 pm Comment from: Zeke

How close are we to options expiration, again?

Probably the last one.
Trade shows are expensive luxuries for companies. In recession times, forget it.

Dec 12, 08 - 07:54 pm Comment from: Roger Knights

Options expire at noon 12/19 and 1/16. MacWorld keynote is 1/15, I think.

Here is an idea. Give Jobs a rest this January and instead invite Ballmer to give the keynote address.

Remember the end of the "Young Frankenstein" stage scene, where the monster gets booed and shit thrown at him, then completely flips out?

THAT's Ballmer at a MW keynote, sir.

Macworld should just skip the speech, and have Ballmer and Gates do the "Puttin' on the Ritz" thing...

Wow, $1200 and they didn't let you see Steve's Keynote?!? Is Steve the most expensive performer in the world? Heck, my WHO tickets only cost $450!

Dec 13, 08 - 03:40 am Comment from: MacRaven

If companies are no shows this year it has to be the poor national economy not Macworld itself causing them to not want to attend.

If the economy picks up you'll see them all return. The crowds are incredible there. You see companies you didn't know existed.

In the 4 I've been to I've bought stuff from about 4 companies I'd never heard of before stopping Macworld. And another 4 that I knew about but weren't convinced to buy until I saw their stuff in person and spoke with a rep. at their booth.

he's going to do from a different place via the new iPhone that supports iChat.

He's off having some more Surgery. Sorry, had the RDF generator turned off, let me just switch it on and read that again, He's going to be catching a little touch of 24 hr flu on that day. Yes, that's right, 24hr flu.

The macworldexpo.com

Feature Presentations notes

Wednesday, January 7, 2009
FP2: Macworld Live! with David Pogue
FP3: Macworld Magazine's Best of Show Awards

Thursday, January 8, 2009
FP4: Feature Presentation with Leo Laporte

That's FP2 thru FP4.

So,................FP1?

"Continue to check back to this page for updates and new sessions to be added to this program."

FP is the acronym for "Freaking Panic"?

Maybe.

has anyone noticed Apple, Inc. is not on the 2009 exhibitor list. is this the norm? they are not on the sponsor or show highlights pages either. is apple a no-show like adobe and the others mentioned?

Dec 15, 08 - 01:37 am Comment from: justme2

"Feature Presentations" are talks that are open to all attendees, including lowly "Exhibits Only" folks (like me and my spouse this year); the Keynote is separate and only open to Conference attendees (and the lucky Super Pass and Platinum Pass holders) so it would not be listed in "Feature Presentations".

Oh, and even though Apple's not on the Exhibitor List, they're prominently featured on the South Hall map -- check out http://www.macworldexpo.com/storage/9/documents/09_MACWORLD_SOUTH_HALL_12_10_08.pdf

This guy obviously doesn't understand how Macworld works.

Newsflash- A severe recession has hit most of the developed world.

It has been widely reported that MacWorld has more than a few cancellations and others have scaled back their presence at the confab. I'm really not so sure that His Steveness wants to draw so much attention to the scaled back event. A tastefully subdued event centered on the products rather than the CEO is probably a wise move.

Second, One day Apple will have to continue without a SteveNote and Apple appears to be doing very well these days. I really don;t think that the stunt casting of Jobs for everything Apple is the best way to prepare the company, the market and the industry for that day.

Leave them while they still want you is an old axiom. I think it applies here.

"Baby, It's Cold"

That's it, a cold, Steve plans to catch a cold that day. Surgery, did I say surgery? there is no surgery.