MWNY 03

yeah i just came back here to post that exact thing... <img src="embarrassed.gif" border="0">

apple is still coming right?

well... that sucks... I hope I can still get a free attendee pass like last year...

I might be going to summer classes and stay up here 6/24-7/31 so I was debating if i should make the trip for more then one day...

since my classes will probably be late on T TH i'll see if i can make the wed and thurs exhibit days <img src="graemlins/hmmm.gif" border="0" alt="[Hmmm]" /> this sucks...

well it will only be the Amtrak ticket as I will probably be going home so it will only cost me about a weeks pay...

as for going out to SF... while I would LOVE to do something like that... to drop around $1000 on something as fleeting an an expo... I mean this is just a hobby... I'm not making a living doing it... <img src="graemlins/hmmm.gif" border="0" alt="[Hmmm]" /> (any ideas on how to do the latter?)

Fran,

Let's check back in this thread next week or so.

-Nick

Again, we can check back next week and take score. :)

Have a good weekend,

-Nick

Think Secret always has some interesting stuff to read, but so does Mac OS Rumors :) Think Secret is in my books and so is Macrumors with that last minute prediction of the 12 and 17 inch PBs on the eve of MWSF03.

[quote]Originally Post By Lemon Bon Bon:
If Jobs aint there. So what? He'll still be Apple Ceo. Still focused on San Fran'. We'll still have one major Mac show a year. Apple may focus more on Seybold in August. Do we really need New York, Paris, London and Seybold all in 6 months? At a million or so $ a pop? Apple need to reduce wastage here. They need to be profitable and to stop profits flat lining before shows.

Maybe...just maybe they'll launch the 970 post WWDC? Or at Seybold with a Quark 6. That would make more sense.

I like the Jobs keynote. But if Apple make the show into more of an Apple seminar show with more guest speakers and workshops? I'd see that as okay.

It won't mean we don't get products anymore. Look at what Apple has done so far this year. Much not at a show.<hr></blockquote>

I totally agree with you Lemon. I'm sure that the MacWorld Trade shows are very expensive for Apple. Especially the flat line of sales that happen just prior to the show. I like the Keynote as well and I have watched a good majority of them on Quicktime Stream. Good things always come to an end, but maybe they will work something out. I wouldn't be disappointed if Jobs just had one Keynote per year and announced products quitely as they have currently been doing. Have one Keynote per year at the Macworld Trade Shows or have it a Seybold in August or something, but of course the WWDC will still be around :)

Yes Nick, where is the info that you were all telling use to watch out for. I am too awaiting you reply.

Nick,

Is this new deal just a one time thing or is it committing Apple to a number of Expos, ie: MWNY03 and beyond? I would like to see the Keynotes continue, but if they have to cut some out then so be it.

Originally posted by Nick dePlume
Mac OS X Addict,

Interestingly, it appears that this only concerns the summer show in 2003. No agreement has been reached for -- nor has there been any real discussion about -- future summer shows in Boston or New York.

I would speculate that it is somewhat dependant on how successful this summer's show is. Additionally, with the departure of IDG World Expo chief Charlie Greco, one of IDG's most adamant supporters of the Macworld Boston show is gone ... all bets are off, and no one really knows what 2004 will bring.

-Nick

Nick,

Do you know anything about the MWSF shows or will they be cancelled to if there is no agreement?

Additionally, with the departure of IDG World Expo chief Charlie Greco, one of IDG's most adamant supporters of the Macworld Boston show is gone ... all bets are off, and no one really knows what 2004 will bring.



Yes, Greco is gone. But IDG is based near Boston and most of their east coast shows are transitioning to the new convention center (or are already based in the Hynes and WTC Boston).

Plus, IDG's contract with the City of Boston is not going to be easily broken. I still doubt Apple will risk any bad PR over this. We'll just have to see when they sign the deal. ;)

well, it seems WWDC is being moved to a few weeks before MWNY03... how does that effect the situation?

No effect. I don't believe it's related in any way.

My first thought was:

"Well, Apple plans to replace MacWorld with WWDC in the future"

But then I remembered the target audience of each event.
And the expen$e of WWDC.

So Fran's got the Boston angle covered and Nick's got the hotsy insider contacts. Battle of the spies!

I just wanted to bump this and give kudos to Nick and ThinkSecret re: MWNY.