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I figured I needed to put my thoughts down on digital paper just so I could see how wrong I am about what Apple has in store…

• We’ll definitely see iLife ‘07 - pricing will be the same and it will be released immediately
• Major upgrade to iWeb
• Major changes to .Mac to pump up the publishing features from iLife 07 and a little more online storage
• iWork will be updated for ‘07, but no spreadsheet app yet
• Leopard will get a release date and all the new features will be shown off. No reason to hold back now that Vista is out. Oh, and it will be awesome!
• ZFS will be bootable in Leopard
• Airport Express will get updated to 802.11n
• firmware upgrade for MacBook Pro C2D to use 802.11n
• iTV will get a name and a release date - it better have all of the 10 features I asked for.
• More feature film studios for the iTunes Music Store to go with the iTV announcement
• New iSight camera
• New displays with iSight built-in, but the old ones will still be available.
• New Mac mini with Core 2 Duo
• eSATA on the iMac and MacBook Pro
• new nVidia GPU options on the Mac Pro
• new Intel GPU on the Mac mini and iMac
• Dual quad core workstation CPU’s on the Mac Pro
• Single quad-core desktop CPU on the 24″ iMac
• iPhone - yawn

And then there’s the things I want to happen, but probably won’t…

• Apple Lossless tracks from the iTunes Music Store
• Something to compete with Microsoft’s Home Server
• Apple external hot-swap hard drive enclosures (ala Icy Dock) for use with the iTV and Macs. You know you’re going to need this when ZFS ships for Leopard.
• Apple USB TV tuner/CableCard adapter to get content for use with your iTV
• A multi-button wireless laser mouse

Apple, Technology