WWDC predictions

So I guess I'll join the bandwagon and make a couple of WWDC predictions, albeit a little last-minute. In case you don't know, Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference starts today in San Francisco and we'll be getting our first look at the upcoming Mac OS X 10.5 "Leopard" and other Apple goodies in a few short hours. Here are my picks for the Stevenote, right or horribly wrong:

• Mac Pro based on an Intel chip, with speeds of up to 3.0GHz. Don't ask me how, I just know Steve's been itching to hit that 3.0 mark for a while now...
• Safe bets: resolution independence and Boot Camp, but no acquisition or bundling of Parallels or introduction of similar technology.
• Pretty safe bet: faster, better Spotlight, billed as a breakthrough in the same way that the Panther Finder was. However, not rewritten (nor will Finder be, though it will have Safari-like, non-AppKit tabs). One thing it still won't be able to find, however, is a spinning beach ball during the Stevenote.
• Somewhat long shot: iChat with VoIP integration. Through your .Mac account, you will be able to make free phone calls.
• No brainer: widescreen mode of Mail.app. 'Nuff said. Also HTML composition.
• Developer-specific: access to the new window style, a heavily updated HIG, and access to document collaboration over Bonjour within AppKit.
• Gratuitous effects during the Stevenote: a ripple effect user switch, a warp speed login effect, and a new dock minimization/maximization effect: the window shrinks in place and spins into the dock, bouncing off of the edge of the screen on the way down. Steve will say nothing and only smirk as the crowd erupts in rapturous applause. Cut to closeup of Woz laughing heartily.
• Nearly guaranteed: Safari del.icio.us, a rebranded Safari RSS that obsoletes Pukka in every conceivable, and at least three inconceivable, ways.

Ok, so I had a little fun with it. Hope you have as much fun watching it later today. To Leopard!