I think it'll be the end of Jan for iMacs, with immediate availability. Watch the delivery times stretch on the Apple store over the next couple of weeks.
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Macworld San Francisco Keynote Coverage, iWork '09 Coming
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I think it'll be the end of Jan for iMacs, with immediate availability. Watch the delivery times stretch on the Apple store over the next couple of weeks.
Note to all the new MBP buys....enjoy sending your entire computer in when the inevitable recall happens. First time use for this technology too. This should be fun.
overall, i'm quite excited for the new products today. however, i need to get my butt to work... everyone have a great day!
not quite, MBA and time capsule were 2 brand new product lines. Nothing at this years keynote is new.
No, I wouldn't. The air was a brand new product, the 17 is an update to a third of a product line.
No - I do not nor does anyone else I know. The MBA was a completely new product and not a lame redesign. This was just plain terrible.
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Yes, I never understood the logic for buying a lossy, lower-quality non-physical song for the same price as a real CD that contains lossless songs. Hey, a sucker is born everyday...
I am impressed by the face recognition in iPhoto. Automagic metadata for family photograph organization is a killer app. I am however quite disappointed that 10.5 is a prerequisite as I have no plans to update the eMac (I am still not ready to give up Classic).
I am left with one question:
What music is priced at $.69 ? Is it everything with DRM that is over 6 years old?
I am left with one question:
What music is priced at $.69 ? Is it everything with DRM that is over 6 years old?
I thought that was an ok keynote address. I'm still disappointed with built in battery in the macbook pro. Ugh....
Wav is NOT a "Microsoft" format. Just as AIFF is not an Apple-format (or rather, AIFF is more Apple, than Wav is MS). The only difference between the two (negating BWF - Broadcast Wave Format) is a matter of "little endian" vs. "big endian". Or put another way: One has the information about the file at the end, where the other has it at the beginning.
The thing is, that WAV is used everywere. And EVERYTHING can read it.
Just like AiFF-files. Some systems even registers an Aif as a wav. Because in the end, it doesn't matter. They're everywhere. It's easier to read a aif or wav than it is to decode an MP3.
There are other cross-platform lossless formats. FLAC springs to mind.
Yes, they will. They will register as MP4-files.
Really? I remember everyone around here saying "Lame, who's going to buy that?"
Funny how last year's "disaster" is suddenly an amazing example of how Apple used to be great.
You could very well be right. Remember: Apple wants to control their product-release schedule on their own terms. They came to Macworld one last time and did their bit.
Look for an event in Cupertino later this month. With Steve. And new hardware.
Generally disappointed
Apple went out with a whimper, unfortunately. Here are my reasons:
1. The 17" MPB is 6 months behind the other MB...so no big deal.
2. iWorks, really? with most of the world on MS software for the office and EVERYONE is planning the migration to web-based solutions in the future, a la, Google Docs, etc...again, iWorks, really?
3. I Life 09. Interesting but just barely.
4. The biggest ovations goes for video stabilization, and Tony Bennett, well, this is a major let down....except for Tony, of course.
5. No 32gb iphone. No iphone mini. No Mac mini.
6. And, oh, one last thing.... no NET BOOK? So they are going to give this market to Dell, HP and Sony?
7. And, oh, one more one last thing....no mention of 10.6? Really?
8. And one more, one last thing....The big buzz is Slingbox software for the Mac and iphone, ATT iphone tethering software and Skype's new beta for the Mac.....like I said,
Generally disappointed.
Apple went out with a whimper, unfortunately. Here are my reasons:
1. The 17" MPB is 6 months behind the other MB...so no big deal.
2. iWorks, really? with most of the world on MS software for the office and EVERYONE is planning the migration to web-based solutions in the future, a la, Google Docs, etc...again, iWorks, really?
3. I Life 09. Interesting but just barely.
4. The biggest ovations goes for video stabilization, and Tony Bennett, well, this is a major let down....except for Tony, of course.
5. No 32gb iphone. No iphone mini. No Mac mini.
6. And, oh, one last thing.... no NET BOOK? So they are going to give this market to Dell, HP and Sony?
7. And, oh, one more one last thing....no mention of 10.6? Really?
8. And one more, one last thing....The big buzz is Slingbox software for the Mac and iphone, ATT iphone tethering software and Skype's new beta for the Mac.....like I said,
Generally disappointed.
First, it's not always the same price, in many cases the file is cheaper.
Second (and the biggest reason for me), with CD you can't buy individual songs.
