So, I arrived in San Francisco last night to get ready for Macworld and managed to bring the bad weather with me from London. Still, the hardened Apple fanatics, expo visitors and business schmoozers who are trawling the city's streets aren't letting a little bit of rain get them down.
The talk is, of course, about what Apple are launching here - and about the "leaked" information from ThinkSecret which has done the rounds about the possibility of a cheap headless iMac media centre.
One site even has what it claims are pictures and video of the "iHome", although many sceptics have splashed cold water on them as fake.
I tend to have an in-built mistrust of all rumours - ever since the dawn of time there's been speculation about an entry-level priced Mac - but this one has certainly got a lot of attention. I still don't get the idea of not having a monitor, though (unless it hooks into your TV).
One thing I do know, though, is that St Eve of Jobs' keynote speech on Tuesday is not going to be simulcast on the web - much to the chagrin of many Appleheads. At least that should limit the fainting and instant conversion to the people crowded into the Moscone Center, then.
Among the other big rumours are a flash-based iPod with a capacity of 1-2GB and iWork, a home office software suite along the lines of Microsoft Office.
There are also plenty of exciting non-Apple products set to debut at the show. And one other thing that's definit is that Apple and Motorola have hooked up to produce an iTunes compatible phone. Apparently it's doing the rounds at CES, but I should be able to get a glimpse of it early in the week.
Well, the rain seems to have stopped this morning, so I'm off out to find out more.
