Live Coverage of the Apple Media Event (August 7, 2007)

[Wild-Bill]

HD 2600 Pro and not XT???? LAME. Probably an underclocked Pro at that.....

 

[aLoC]

Gaming performance will be very poor on these new machines. The Macbook Pro will be better for games and it is only a laptop.

 

[aswitcher]

It was worth being up at 3am for this

 

[Cromulent]

Is this a 4 core processor then because it is an Extreme?

Nope. Dual core, hence the name Core 2 Extreme .

 

[nimbuscloud]

Well this is going to be a Godsend for the Bella Keyboard Company.

That new keyboard blows.

You gotta be kidding. Those Bella keyboards aren't great. Look like PC gamer keyboards; overblown and tacky.

 

[cleanup]

Don't really like the white/black design. I think it would've looked nicer all-aluminum (silver, that is) with no black border. What would be cool if it was a borderless screen, on the two sides, or something of the sort, or if the entire bezel around the screen was the glossy black. Kind of hard to explain but I don't like the combination of white and black.

Hopefully there's a "One more thing..." announcement. 12" MacBook Pro!

 

[oliverlubin]

.mac ties into iPhone - cool!

.mac website was just up a few mins ago with all the new info but now it's down.

10 GB online storage
publishing to non .mac domains
online web galleries

meh, nothing earth shattering...

 

[mongoos150]

I can't believe the bluetooth keyboard doesn't have a number pad. What a stupid move. Urgh - I only use the pad with inputting numbers. I can't stand using the top row numbers.

 

[kujo770]

10GB on .Mac

Caught it before they brought down the home page. Also

You can now publish web sites directly to your own personal web address (or domain) with just one click. To do it, you’ll need a registered domain name that you control, along with iWeb ’08 and your .Mac membership.

 

[sweet160]

First Impression

NOt what I expected.. I thought it would be a design that would make us forget about the old design real quick.

Hope that the top of the line Graphics Card is better than that 2600 I still might buy one then...

 

[~Shard~]

Ah yes, integration with the iPhone, didn't see that one coming... Seriously, a smart feature to include though... might as well capitalize on the integration capabilities.

 

[DakotaGuy]

Nope. Dual core, hence the name Core 2 Extreme .

Oh I thought they made 4 core Core 2's now. My mistake.

 

[diamond.g]

Is this a 4 core processor then because it is an Extreme?

No it just means that the processor has been cherry picked and can be ran at much higher clock speeds than listed. They are also unlocked chips that can be overclocked (and Intel supports it).


It is a ploy as most of the new Core 2 Duo chips can run at nearly 4GHz on Air.

 

[DOUGHNUT]

one more thing...

.mac is now free! (i wish)

by the way, quote from engadget
"We're turning to aluminum and glass. Mac Pros, Mac Book Pros, aluminum and glass."" ~ does this mean glass elements will be introduced in future MBP's and Mac Pros?

 

[giganten]

I like keyboard whit no number pad better smaller and more space on the desk. But a separate number pad would be good to have.

 

[Project]

Dont kill off the Aqua flares

 

[MacSA]

They really are pushing this .Mac thing

It seems most of iLifes new features are dependent on you buying a .Mac membership.

 

[tom5304]

Good God, there had better be a big "one last thing" announcement at the end, or that crowd of computer nerds is going to start a riot and tear up that theater. What a horrible waste of everyone's time so far.

Keep talking about iPhoto, Steve. Lull them to sleep so you can slip quietly out the side entrance and run for your life, laughing and giggling at how you managed to pull off your B.S. show one more time.

 

[MacsRgr8]

Radeon 2400 "XT"?

I can't find that one on ATi's site (desktop GPU)

 

[~Shard~]

.mac website was just up a few mins ago with all the new info but now it's down.

10 GB online storage
publishing to non .mac domains
online web galleries

meh, nothing earth shattering...

Yeah, as I said before, nothing really compells me to sign up for this service...

 

[leekohler]

You gotta be kidding. Those Bella keyboards aren't great. Look like PC gamer keyboards; overblown and tacky.

Agreed- as I said before- I love the new keyboard. I'm going to run out and get one right away as soon as they're available.

 

[Derwood]

Dammit...

...35mins before SJ first mentioned the iPhone. I lost the sweepstake. I thought it would be sooner than that. I had 14 mins.

He's gonna spend forever talking about all the new iPhone integration there is in iLife '08 and .Mac

Great for the States (US), I guess.

Harumph...

 

[Krevnik]

.mac website was just up a few mins ago with all the new info but now it's down.

10 GB online storage
publishing to non .mac domains
online web galleries

meh, nothing earth shattering...

It does mean .Mac becomes viable as off-site storage for some people though. It is now possible to host a web site /and/ get off-site backups using a single account.

 

[mongoos150]

I like keyboard whit no number pad better smaller and more space on the desk. But a separate number pad would be good to have.

Seperate would be stupid - having two devices on your desk. They should've left the numerical keypad on the wireless version.

 

[newkeyboard]

Don't really like the white/black design. I think it would've looked nicer all-aluminum (silver, that is) with no black border. What would be cool if it was a borderless screen, on the two sides, or something of the sort, or if the entire bezel around the screen was the glossy black. Kind of hard to explain but I don't like the combination of white and black.

Hopefully there's a "One more thing..." announcement. 12" MacBook Pro!

looks silver to me??