Think sales and executive type professionals... anyone doing dev or creative type stuff is going to want a MBP anyway.
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Think sales and executive type professionals... anyone doing dev or creative type stuff is going to want a MBP anyway.
Amen. Those things get bigger every time he speaks at a keynote - and it looks like he grew more since the last one. You'd think they'd be an impediment when he shaves in the morning. They are certainly an impediment for me paying attention to what he has to say. Those things are really an eyesore and distracting.
And another and another and another and another for each time they drop it.
And you WILL drop it. Many more times than once.
WHY? I've never dropped a laptop/powerbook/macbook/notebook whatever in my life, are you assuming that most portable computer users are clumsy?
It's a nice machine for it's market, no it's not a pro machine, I don't think for a minute they aim it at that market (it's coming up to holiday season remember?) but that's why they have the MBP range, and the Mac Pro towers etc. They are pretty powerful, and combined with the apps and OS they run, they blow many other systems out of the water, even those with on paper better specs in some occasions.
Everyone who keeps complaining about the Air's anemic specs need to backtrack in the video.
Steve says this is the end result of meeting the iPad with the Macbook, both of which are not intended as power machines. A hybrid consumer machine that makes it super convenient for users.
Stop looking at the numbers.
Steve says this is the end result of meeting the iPad with the Macbook, both of which are not intended as power machines. A hybrid consumer machine that makes it super convenient for users.
Stop looking at the numbers.
I think by summer of 2011, it will be more robust. The thing I fear is that Mac OS X will be a closed system. However, Jobs did say that the apps can be purchased places other than the Mac App Store.
Nope. Never bought one of the things. But I have watched more than one of my dumb colleagues lose everything, and more than once.
Maybe all of them have an issue with dropping things. Good enough to put me off.
And cars have insurance, genius. Mac warranty cover droppage much?
Can you even GET droppage insurance for a laptop?
http://www.apple.com/mac/facetime/
the download link gives me iWork Trial... anyone getting the facetime beta??
the download link gives me iWork Trial... anyone getting the facetime beta??
i guess we will have to wait till summer 2011 for iwork
Apple might be switching to a different distribution model. Pages will be available as a stand-alone app in 90 days. I expect the rest of the iWork suite will follow suit.
I'm really excited about the new iMovie and Garage Band. They really do look awesome. And I did see the iDVD icon among the iLife suite icons, so it looks like it still exists. But it wasn't mentioned at all, and neither was iWeb.
Nothing has changed in the standardized world of standard def DVD's. There is no reason to update iDVD except to fix bugs as new releases of the OS come out.
Awesome post. Well said. Kinda what I thought off when I first read his post.
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Hmmm, listened/watched it and it seems that everything shown was just enhancements on current items. Nothing revolutionary about any of it. I almost thought the new MBA would have been a robust iPad with a built in slot on the horizontal side for the keyboard attachment. Basically making a new hipowered iPad.
Hmmm, listened/watched it and it seems that everything shown was just enhancements on current items. Nothing revolutionary about any of it. I almost thought the new MBA would have been a robust iPad with a built in slot on the horizontal side for the keyboard attachment. Basically making a new hipowered iPad.
Ilife 2011 got to have
Macbook air 999 expect form Jobs he will never break the 999 wall on notebooks
Iwork where are you?
Lion very cool I hope its 29 for the upgrade
FaceTime Yeah!!!
Mac App store look good but I don't trust it
Macbook air 999 expect form Jobs he will never break the 999 wall on notebooks
Iwork where are you?
Lion very cool I hope its 29 for the upgrade
FaceTime Yeah!!!
Mac App store look good but I don't trust it
I actually like the new lion features, impressed, not mind blowing, but am liking what I saw so far.. I am hoping and expecting a new UI, but I can understand that Apple isn't going to show that just yet..
Also like that the Mac also has an App Store, I actually made this prediction a while back, I guess I was right, I think its good to be able to run the same apps that are available for the ipad or iphone..
As far as the Macbook Air's are concerned its great to see that its much more affordable now, but I guess it is at a cost, the processors aren't as fast, but since it is using SSD It will mean applications and everything else will launch quickly..
Also like that the Mac also has an App Store, I actually made this prediction a while back
, I guess I was right, I think its good to be able to run the same apps that are available for the ipad or iphone.. As far as the Macbook Air's are concerned its great to see that its much more affordable now, but I guess it is at a cost, the processors aren't as fast, but since it is using SSD It will mean applications and everything else will launch quickly..
Sweet holy mother of God!
That was a pretty damn good update to the Mac side of Apple. I'm impressed!
Do I wish that the 11.6" Air was a little cheaper? Sure I do, but I can only dream. I don't think we'll ever see a laptop cheaper than $1 off 4-figures out of Apple.
I can't wait to get an Intel machine now, though. I am most definitely picking up that little Air with next years Back To School promotion.
That was a pretty damn good update to the Mac side of Apple. I'm impressed!
Do I wish that the 11.6" Air was a little cheaper? Sure I do, but I can only dream. I don't think we'll ever see a laptop cheaper than $1 off 4-figures out of Apple.
I can't wait to get an Intel machine now, though. I am most definitely picking up that little Air with next years Back To School promotion.
Now I've got to look for a 12-core PC tower (or better) and Apple just lost $10,000.
Lion? Lipstick on a pig. The iPadification of Mac OS.
Macbook Air? Jobs attempt to make notebooks into a toy as useless and thin as he is.
And of course, his fetish with Blu-ray comes complete with no optical drive whatsoever to deliver content to clients. Useless.
Now we pro content creator users can finally leave. All several million of us.
The era is finally over. The mac, as far as creating pro content, is dead. I'll be divesting my entire company's mac inventory as soon as my current rendering project is finished.
Buh-bye.
P.S. What did I expect from Willie Wonka? Sanity. Way too much to ask for.
You run a company and jump to such fast conclusions based on a couple of examples in a release that's 6 months+ out? Give me the name of it so I never use it.
Jumping ship is your prerogative, I'm sure none of us could care less. I'm so sick of ignorant people talking so much crap after one of these keynotes only to turn around and say "Oh man, this is awesome. Lion is the best OS ever!"...
Don't let the door hit you on the way out and buh-bye yourself.