Topic

Macworld San Francisco Recap

When

Friday, January 9th, 7:30pm – 10pm

Who

Dave Warker & Dennis Piermattei

Where

Room M129, Building M, ACCC Mays Landing Campus

A recap of the announcements made at Macworld San Francisco 2009, the last where Apple will exhibit, including:

iLife ‘09

• iPhoto: Faces, Places, Facebook & Flickr integration
• iMovie: video stabilization, expanded editing (beyond iMovie HD), animated maps
• GarageBand: new user interface, “Learn to Play” instrument lessons

iWork ‘09

• Keynote: “Magic Move” transitions, text transitions, “Keynote remote” iPhone app
• Pages: full screen view, dynamic outlines, mail merge, MathType & Endnote support, more templates
• iWork.com: integrated online document sharing

There will be a boxed set of Leopard + iLife ‘09 + iWork ‘09 for $169 (end of January)

17 inch MacBook Pro

• “Unibody” construction
• “thinnest, lightest 17 inch notebook”
• LED backlight, better color
• Mini Display Port
• 8 hour (non-removable) battery good for 1000 charges (3X typical)

The iTunes Music Store

• “Flexible” pricing, 69, 99 or 129 cents instead of uniform 99 cent
• Non DRM iTunes Plus for 8 million songs, all 10 million by end of this quarter
• iPhone can now access the iTunes Store via 3G, not just Wi-Fi

Rumor sites score card:

• HIT on 17 inch MacBook Pro
• HIT on expanded non-DRM iTunes Store support
• HIT on “iWork in the clouds”
• MISS on everything else (Mac mini, iPhone nano, Steve Jobs surprise visit, etc, etc)

Outside Reading:

• ars technica: Apple reveals 17″ MacBook Pro, iTunes going DRM-free

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