Apple LogoWe’re two days away from the Stevenote and all the highly-anticipated announcements, releases, and surprises Mac fans wait a year for. Rumors continue to fly about, the latest of which seems to be about a Google deal with Apple. But I don’t want to talk about that. Two things came to mind this week:

First, I chuckled at the latest CompUSA circular in the Sunday papers today. It had a blip for iWork 06. Given that iWork ‘07 is almost a lock for release on Tuesday, the timing seemed kind of funny to me.

And, secondly, there’s been one Apple story that people have forgotten recently. And it’s my Out Of Left Field prediction for Steve Jobs’ “One Last Thing.” What if he brought out Ringo Starr? Rumors of Apple and the Beatle’s reconciliation have been flying for months now. Wouldn’t it be cool to announce the Beatles catalog now being available on iTunes at the end, perhaps with an appearance by one of the members? Maybe Ringo brings his band with him. Maybe there’s even an iTunes update to go with this. Maybe there’s a special Beatles iPod announced with it.

It’s crazy, but it’s the only prediction I haven’t seen yet.

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