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August 7th Updates: iMacs, iLife '08, iWork '08, Mac Mini and More...

I love how apple recognize its fan base and puts all of these conferences and keynotes up for us to watch.
 
The video isn't appearing for me either, they must have taken it down (due to demand?)

Not exactly the best day for the Apple webmeisters, eh? :p

Thanks unigolyn for the link!
 
Padriac said:
Every iMac release/update since inception has caused some whining about the power of the graphics card. This isn't an improvement or disappointment: it's par for the course.


The length of time until the update becomes irrelevant once it happens. Does the mini somehow perform worse because of the time it took Apple to update it?

I agree.


Again, the length of time the update took is irrelevant now that it happened.




Obviously, although I don't think there is much to review when it comes to the iMac and Mini... the specs and design speak for themselves. The software obviously needs to be played with before judments can be made. The keyboard can be tested now by deciding whether you like the macbook style keyboards or not.

Stop being a drama queen.
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Good spin, but benches will tell the story. Hope your sitting down.:D
 
Educational Discounts

I noticed that iWork and iLife now only have an $8 educational discount, rather than the previous $20 discount. Thanks Apple!!! :mad:
 
I originally wasn't crazy about the new iMac, but after seeing it in action in the iLife 08 tour it looks really sweet.

Love it or hate it these iMacs are going to fly off store shelves.
 
nagromme said:
Correction: the iMacs are NOT brushed aluminum. (Apple has never used brushed aluminum for any hardware. They have used a brushed look for textured metal windows, but never on physical products.)

Many apple products are aluminum, but none are BRUSHED aluminum. Brushing creates a distinctive linear texture... like a brush :) See Safari 2 for instance. Like this. There is no such linear texture on these iMacs. Someone posted that that fine texture Apple uses is called bead-blasted. I wouldn't know. But "brushed" is a very distinctive look and very different from what Apple uses.

Just setting the myth straight :) They're aluminum, and they do have some kind of texture. But not brushed.

PS, I like that ALL Mac keyboards, from laptop to desktop can soon have the same top-row key functions. I guess that justifies moving Exposé around and leaving the far-right F-keys unused. I kind of want one of those new compact Bluetooth keyboards.
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How about "matte finish" aluminum?
 
Anyone else notice the Software Update for Front Row today?

Apparently it had something to do with iPhone integration.
 
Apple introduced quite a few updates today....
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It's like MacWorld in August! Wait a minute.....:confused::eek::p

Still only 8x DVD burner on the iMac. :mad: NewEgg sells an 18x for $29. WTF?? :confused: Pretty darn cool otherwise.:D
 
Anyone else see an example of the .Mac Web Gallery yet?
http://gallery.mac.com/emily_parker

The "mosaic" and "carousel" modes are awesome.
I'm more than a bit stunned that this is all happening in the browser.
I mean, "skim" alone is an amazing effect. I'm sure 56k modem users are cursing Apple like drunken sailors. --And here I am unable to watch the videos until I clear hard drive space and upgrade Quicktime. Grrrr... but its all cool...

Here's some irony though, I click "subscribe" and Apple tells me my browser doesn't recognize RSS feeds... AND I'M USING SAFARI RSS, on Tiger... and I'm ON A MAC. Whoops. I guess my PowerPC G4 sporting arse is still too outdated. :p

~ CB
 
Cleverboy said:
Anyone else see an example of the .Mac Web Gallery yet?
http://gallery.mac.com/emily_parker
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Heh, I went there and it said, "This browser is incompatible with .Mac Web Gallery." I thought Steve said you could use any browser to see it :p. Oh well, I'm using Safari 1 on my older eMac, so I'm not complaining. :)

Edit: Well, later in the keynote he said any "modern" browser, and Safari 1 isn't very modern.
 
Darkroom said:
steve seemed either really depressed, or really tired during his keynote...
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I've noticed this for a while already. I would not say that he is depressed though.

I believe Steve Jobs is in the computer industry not because he loves computers, but because computers in the early 80s were the best way to make an impact. I think he made pretty clear by what he said to John Sculley in the early 80s. "Do you want to sell sugar water for the rest of your life, or do you want to change the world?". That is what it's all about for Jobs, changing the world.

You are confusing his lack of enthusiasm with desktops for depression. Don't get me wrong, he still loves those products. But it's 2007 and it's not about desktop computers anymore. Even when you create the best desktop computer (which Apple has done with the iMac in my opinion) it won't change the world.

Nowadays it's about personal/mobile devices and media. Those devices have are changing the world again, like personal computers did in the 80s. Devices that allow you to access and create information, anywhere. That's why Jobs loves to talk about the iPhone and before that the iPod. It are Apple's first steps into new world-changing technology. The new reasons why Jobs is in the business.
 
I have to say that I was pretty disappointed - glossy screen, lame ATI board for the iMac and a poor mini update. Don't really care for iLife and iWork since I never use them. But the worst thing was that the Apple store did not have anything to show today. You have to wait till tomorrow to see the new iMac and keyboard in the store in Ann Arbor.

Steffen
 
Muzzway said:
Heh, I went there and it said, "This browser is incompatible with .Mac Web Gallery." I thought Steve said you could use any browser to see it :p. Oh well, I'm using Safari 1 on my older eMac, so I'm not complaining. :)

Edit: Well, later in the keynote he said any "modern" browser, and Safari 1 isn't very modern.
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The majority of the world is still using IE6
 
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