Apple Ditching Macworld in Favor of CES?
11:07 am, January 8th, 2009, Ed Sutherland
Apple is ditching MacWorld to instead exhibit at CES next year instead, according to one source.
The source, citing “friends who work at Apple,” insisted the company is ditching MacWorld because it will “go large” at CES, which typically runs concurrently with MacWorld in early January.
The International Consumer Electronics Show, or CES, is the big annual gathering ot the consumer electronics industry. Held in Las Vegas over several days, it attracts more than 2,700 companies from all over the world, including technology giants like Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo.
Apple has never had a presence at the show, exhibiting at MacWorld instead. In 2007, Steve Jobs managed to eclipse CES by unveiling the iPhone at MacWorld, but typically the technology press prefers CES, which has more companies and therefore more news.
If Apple were to be a presence at CES — with Steve Jobs possibly giving a keynote speech — it would no longer have to compete with CES for press attention.
In addition, Apple is now more of a consumer electronics company now than a computer company, making CES a much better fit than MacWorld, the source said.
The source insisted his information was solid, not just speculation.
“It’s a done deal,” he said.
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Is it acceptable journalism now to base a story on what a friend of a friend has to say?
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This is ridiculous.
Have you forgotten why Apple quit MacWorld in the first place?
Simmerl, on January 8th, 2009 at 2:04 pm
Makes sense.
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makes NO sense whatsoever. why leave one show so they can control the release of their products more tightly, only to replace it with another show at the same time of year?
not to mention, at CES they wouldn’t be the belle of the ball.
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CES would certainly be a motivation for Apple to drop MacWorld. It is one that I had not considered… thanks for your article.
Dave Hanks, on January 8th, 2009 at 7:07 pm
Seems unlikely, but who knows. CES is trending downhill. How much longer will it last?
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Please Ed, it’s Macworld, not MacWorld.
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Here’s some Apple trivia for you……. Apple did exhibit at CES, in January 1979, and maybe 1980.
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bovine feces. period. no way, no how, no chance. nostradamus’ predictions for the end of the world in 2012 are more likely than this. pure 100% bovine feces. and shenanigans on CoM for citing a “friend of a friend” as a source. proper journalism FTW. wait, oops, guess not.
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