There's going to be a riot.

Here's my prediction for Macworld: There's going to be a riot.


Expectations for Steve Jobs' keynote speech Tuesday are so unreasonably high that anything less than an iPod-cum-videophone-miniPC that downloads movies wirelessly from the net and projects them on your living room wall with 7.1 surround sound is going to disappoint.


I've seen it before. I remember one year -- I think it was 2002, when rumors ran rampant that Jobs would unveil a mini-tablet device called the iWalk -- when there was a really strange, ugly mood as he reached the end of his speech and the magical device hadn't been announced.


The crowd looked at each other, saying, "Is that it?" Some people started to advance on the area in front of the stage where Jobs was shaking hands with VIPs and industry execs. I guess most of them wanted to buttonhole Jobs and ask what was going on, but one nut case started shouting and pushing chairs as he moved toward the stage. I remember the startled look on the faces of Jobs' handlers as they ushered the Apple chief backstage and out of the loony's path.


Expectations are higher this year, I think, as Apple moves mainstream and grows. There's more money involved. 

Still, if Jobs doesn't reveal any miraculous new hardware, you might be able to pick up some plunging Apple stock later in the week.

SOURCE | cult of mac