12/09/06 Cruise Continued ~ Pirating Bananas DIS Geekorama Part 2 Part 3

[MrsMork]

Is no one with me today?? Talking to self.

 

[Bella2000]

Jobs, yeah. And the leopard preview!

Pj

1 hour until keynote, Check out thelink and note the tshirts
Engaget Live Coverage
Here's another link I typically use to follow along. I run the two sites at the same time to get the scoop.I know Macrumors Live Coverage

 

[lbgraves]

I'm at work so I don't have the Web site to refer to. I think we will try for Wed (if Pirate night is Tues) or Tues if Pirate night is Wed. I think if there is a CB on Monday we can take Aaron to that, just nibble and still make it to brunch. Another Double Dip!

We always do the same thing. Our family enjoys doing formal & semiformal night together. The main thing that I consider is the shows though. We don't miss the three main stage shows or Pirate night (movie night in the theater). We prefer not to miss the light show and the final night is just too busy with little ones for us. Angie, late will have their CB on Thursday with the APL time. Early will have CB on Monday at 8:15. We will be out of there by 9:15 with plenty of time to take the kids to the clubs after doing something else after the CB. We don't eat much there anyway. We did the same thing last cruise...a muffin & juice at the CB then brunch.

 

[lillygator]

Everyone must be sleeping in from all their late night DIS'ing!!


Just finished up lunch and now back to work!

 

[MrsMork]

1 hour until keynote, Check out thelink and note the tshirts

Oh my goodness! They stole the shirts right off our backs!

 

[lillygator]

We missed the CB last time! Is it as rushed as people say? I love the characters and all but we've been to plenty of C meals and if we had to miss I don't think I would be highly disappointed....

 

[lbgraves]

V, it's no big deal IMO but the kids love it so we go & let them have fun. There is lots of music & Chip & Dale dance and the kids get to wave those napkins in the air. LOL! We have always been able to get pictures & autographs so didn't feel rushed. If you want to actually have breakfast...yes, I guess it would be. The first cruise we had never been to one before. There is so much going on that none of us were interested in eating until it was over. If we had it on Friday...we wouldn't think twice about getting off the ship for CC and missing it.

 

[BuzzBoyMom]

Becka,

I know how hard it can be to have a horrible day that just seems to get worse and worse and then that one thing just pushes you over the edge. I just wanted to say that I love you, I love your posts, we don't want you to leave or take a break. Maybe all the teasing from being redheaded knocked the sensitivity out of all of us... I also feel horrible for Lisa because I am sure she was "talked to" and if I were her, it would have made me just sick thinking about having to write an e-mail. I don't understand why anyone would be upset with anything we have posted, except we have been kind of mean to John.

That being said, I never want Lisa to get involved in issues that involve us so I'll just pm you if I need a special virgo moment.... Love you!


Kim

Well - I'm sure my email went to my work email and since we are on a secure system, I can't access from home. So now I can only wonder what the email said.

 

[goofyforlife]

Good morning! I just had to start my day with my Web Cult friends. Hope everyone has a great Monday.

V - wow school already. FL does start EARLY! Our kids go back the Tues after Labor Day.

Yes, i just looked at the calendar and can't believe DD goes back in 3 weeks (the 28th of August). Last year we went back two weeks before LD but then got out a week earlier at the end because we didn't use all snow days.

Just checking in for lunch...Hi everyone

As for Palo, DH definately wants to go this trip..... I'm thinking Sunday night (CC) or Tuesday (costa Maya). I'm not passing up formal night and a second chance to see DH in a tux. (although i think just a suit would be fine too.)

 

[MrsMork]

I'm not passing up formal night and a second chance to see DH in a tux. (although i think just a suit would be fine too.)

They do clean up nicely and look so handsome in their tuxes, don't they? Kind of a James Bond thing.

 

[lbgraves]

Well, I am doing cleaning therapy. LOL! The kitchen has been attacked & conquered. The laundry & ironing is next. I just put Shaggy Dog in the DVD player. Hopefully it will keep the kids entertained so that I can get even more done. A porkroast is thawing for dinner...will probably have to nuke it for it to be ready in time though. Tomorrow is the aquarium so nothing will get accomplished. I have to get busy again!

 

[MrsMork]

Well, I am doing cleaning therapy. LOL! The kitchen has been attacked & conquered. The laundry & ironing is next. I just put Shaggy Dog in the DVD player. Hopefully it will keep the kids entertained so that I can get even more done. A porkroast is thawing for dinner...will probably have to nuke it for it to be ready in time though. Tomorrow is the aquarium so nothing will get accomplished. I have to get busy again!

And don't forget that cobbler you promised to bake this afternoon! Yummy! What time is dinner??

 

[lbgraves]

DH & John have discussed getting tuxes one time...I thought that is would be in 2007? We will be celebrating our 10th anniversary on the ship so that would be appropriate. Asking DH to wear a penguin suit once every 10 years isn't asking too much....is it?

 

[Bella2000]

Rumors at the store are Intel G5, and upgrades on the MacBook Pro, 64 bit chip. And a couple of other small things.

Pj

You got it - first one announced bye bye PowerMac hello Mac Pro. Shipping TODAY.
LIVE UPDATE FROM MACRUMORS:
transition finishes today - just 210 days
10:17 am joins rest of great products to intel
10:17 am crowd erupts in applause
10:17 am starts shipping TODAY
10:16 am proc speed - all quad, up to 3ghz
16 GB memory
2 TB storage
graphics up to radeon x1900 or FX4500
wireless BT & Airport
up to 5 million configurations
10:15 am BTO options
10:15 am crowd VERY happy
10:15 am $1000 more to get close from Dell
10:15 am "usually more expensive" - great product to bust that myth
10:15 am previous fastest was $800 more than that
10:14 am 2.6 Ghz dual
256 MB ram
Superdrive
$2499
10:14 am 1 standard incredible configuration
10:14 am processors fit in compact space - leaves lots of room in case for full size ram, drives, everything
10:13 am drive carriers - insert drives without tools - just snap into place
10:13 am inside, entirely new
10:13 am design of case stays the same
10:13 am graphics slot at bottom - double wide for larger graphics cards
10:12 am back - 4 PCI express slots
10:12 am increased front I/O as well as back I/O
10:12 am second optical drive
10:12 am up to 2 TB of internal storage
10:12 am less cooling in box
room for 4 hard drives
10:12 am each on it's own - 25GB/sec bandwidth
4channel
256 bit wide memory access
twice the bus of the G5
10:11 am "it's a great chip"
10:11 am around 2x faster in xcode
10:11 am everyday apps performance
taken a bunch of apps and tested the speeds
around 2x speed increase in real-world use
10:11 am 1.6 to 2.1x faster than the G5 quad
10:10 am big jump in performance
10:10 am compare to G5
10:10 am every Mac Pro gets 2 of them
10:10 am amazing processor
10:09 am up to 3x a Xeon
10:09 am deliver tremendous performance per watt
10:09 am 64 bit
10:09 am 128 bit vector engine
10:09 am large 4 MB shared L2 cache
10:09 am up to 3 Ghz
10:08 am all dual core
10:08 am based on core 2 duo
10:08 am woodcrest processors
10:08 am old case - two optical drives
10:08 am Mac Pro
10:08 am good morning - so excited
10:08 am Schiller takes the stage
10:08 am PowerMac -
says it's goodbyes
10:07 am first 2 quarters - almost all shipped with Intel
10:07 am first intel in January - great new tech from Intel
10:07 am marketshare skyrocketed in June
10:06 am macbook - incredible success
macbook pro leads the lineup
10:06 am other great thing - 3/4 of macs shipped were intel-based
10:06 am growth rate dramatically faster - gaining marketshare
10:06 am shipped 1.3 million macs
10:05 am on to today - the Mac
last 1/4 - best Mac quarter ever
10:05 am last 12 months - 1/2 a billion $ of 3rd party products - your products
10:05 am of new purchases, 50% are new to the mac
10:05 am last quater - 17 million visitors to the stores
10:04 am 1 of 157 stores
10:04 am talking about 5th avenue store in NYC
10:04 am asked collegues to help
Schiller & others
10:03 am 1000 apple engineers on site
1 engineer for every 4 attendees
10:03 am 100 hands on labs
10:03 am 140 specials on everything mac during the conference
10:03 am all are part of 3/4 of a mlllioin registered developers for mac
10:02 am folks from 48 countries
10:02 am we've got 4200 registered attendees - largest wwdc ever
10:02 am welcome to wwdc 06
thanks so much for coming
10:02 am crowd erupts in applause
10:02 am all part of "I'm a PC" intro
10:01 am crowd laughs
10:01 am work on your tans
work on poetry, art
10:01 am stop making seemless software that just works
10:00 am "personal message from steve jobs" - take the rest of the year off.
10:00 am crowd goes wild - Jobs takes the stage
10:00 am Apple online store still down
9:59 a

 

[lbgraves]

And don't forget that cobbler you promised to bake this afternoon! Yummy! What time is dinner??

Well, things didn't exactly go as planned. Too hot outside to drag the kids out to the store for some apples. Let's see....there are lemon bars and lots of different kinds of cookies in the pantry. Hmmm....

Oh I have no idea what time dinner will be. DH was wearing dress pants this morning when he left so that means a meeting somewhere...and he hasn't answered his office phone so he is probably at the hanger again with the new bigwigs.

 

[pjpoohbear]

I am also reading Macrumors, lol. I will have to order some of the new product when we hit the store tomorrow.

Pj

 

[lillygator]

Haven't even thought about dinner! I am contemplating renting a tux for DH...one less thing for me to pack! I want to concentrate on dropping a size (or twenty) and buying myself a new party dress!!

 

[lillygator]

Pj - what is all this techiee talk? Are you guys discussing new products? (way over my head!)

 

[klineyqueen]

What night is everyone planning to go to Palo? I kind of wanted to go on Formal or Semi night but hate to miss the reg rotation too! I see that most are doing the brunch on Monday - if there is a CB that morning are you guys going to skip it?

I know that I will not be skipping the CB. We are doing Palo brunch as well! My DH and I both love the regular dining. We are not going to do Palo dinner at all. That is just our preference!

 

[pjpoohbear]

The new MAC desktop was just annouced at the Developer Conference in San Fran. Also the new MAC server.

Pj