where's the rumours?
We're less than a week away from the big Stevenote. I trawled through the rumour sites today, and noticed that they're really light on content. I think that we can take it as a given that we'll see a preview of Leopard and a MacTel replacement for the PowerMacs. But there's not much other than that: maybe a new iPod Nano, maybe the long-hoped-for iPhone [1], maybe some updates to existing hardware. But most of this other stuff feels more like hopeful optimism than anything else.
So I feel like the rumour sites are letting me down. Around a big Mac event, I love seeing what the rumour sites come up with, and then comparing them to reality. But now ... nothin'. Where's the way-out-there rumours? Where's anything that my mom, who couldn't tell a MacBook from a ThinkPad, couldn't come up with? Yes, that's right, my mom has figured out that the next version of OS X will be shown at WWDC. Well, she actually said, 'isn't that computer thing you use going to have a big convention where they'll show a new thingie soon?', which I figure is close enough. It's certainly not much different than what the rumour sites are saying.
Le sigh. I feel like I should be coming up with my own rumours, if only to keep myself amused. Feel free to comment with your favourite rumour-that-should-be if you like.
[1] The hope for an iPhone is keeping me from getting a CrackBerry to replace my long-suffering Palm T3 and Motorola V551. I'm not convinced that it's coming, but I'd feel really dumb buying the CrackBerry tomorrow only to find out that the iPhone is available on Monday. My rule of thumb is not to buy anything technology-related a month before MWSF/WWDC to avoid this.
