What Apple Fans Didn't Get

Steve Jobs' absence was not the only disappointment.

Apple Chief Steve Jobs wasn't the only no-show at Macworld Tuesday.

There was no mention of the latest version of Apple's (nasdaq: AAPL - news - people ) operating system, OS X Snow Leopard, due this year. A rumored upgrade for Apple's low-end Mac mini was not announced.

None of the wilder rumors materialized either. The long-rumored iPhone nano was not unveiled. Nor was there anything about a tablet computer. "What was even more interesting than what they did talk about, is what they didn't," says Mark Rudd, a writer with MyMac.com

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None of this was lost on the thousands of Apple fans who gathered for the conference. "I would have loved to have seen an announcement of some kind that was, well, groundbreaking," says self-identified Mac fan Brett Kime, a graphic designer. "This seems to be one of those nonpeak years."

Investors weren't thrilled, either. Apple shares fell $1.56, or 1.65%, to $93.02 in trading Tuesday.

Apple faithful, however, are still in tact. "I wish I had a checkbook with Steve Forbes' money so I could buy every [Apple product] to my heart's content," says Joe Tufo.

But fans looking for something new to buy might be disappointed. Expectations for the event were slashed after Apple announced in December this would be its last appearance at the event. And Monday, Apple disclosed that Jobs was unwell and will be treated for a "hormonal" imbalance that has caused him to lose weight over the past year.