The Good: Phil Schiller, awesome at delivering keynotes. New features in iPhoto and iMovie as part of the new iLife 09 suite. New iWork 09 suite, although I don't own iWork or had the pleasure to use it. New online service called, iWork.com, another example of how software plus services is the future, share and collaberate with people on iWork doacuments. The new 17 inch MacBook Pro with a built in battery lasting up to 8 hours and 1000 charge cycles. I am one of the few people in the world who like the idea of built in non removable batteries in mobile devices, I get it why Apple insits on implementing it on their iPods, iPhones, MB Air, and now their MB Pro 17 inch though I can't tell you why I get it. Also, MB Pro 17 inch gets a anti glare display option. New iTunes features such as DRM free music, later in Spring three new price points for songs on iTunes, $0.69, $0.99, $1.29. My favorite anouncment at MacWorld 09, you can now download songs onto your iPhone 3G through the 3g signal, no longer do you have to be on a Wi-Fi network to do that. I always wondered why you couldn't do that in the first place, kinda of a no brainer.
The Bad. No new iMac or Mac mini, thats a bummer and I think its kinda offensive that Apple charges you over $1000 dollars for an iMac with a basic Core 2 duo processer and a Gig a ram! Rip Off!!!! $800 dollars for the same old Mac Mini and the fucker does not come with a KeyBoard or Mouse. Rip Off!!!! The only Mac they decided to upgrade (for now) is their most expensive laptop, expensive for us common folk. Please Apple give us a four core iMac for $1799 that seems more reasonable. No iPhone nano, but come on, that is never gonna happen and I personally think an iPhone nano is a dumb idea, so keep dreaming nano lovers. No Midrange Mac that isn't an iMac or doesn't cost $2799. The anti glare option on the new MacBook Pro 17 inch cost $50 (are you fucking kidding me?) and the anti glare option is only for the 17 inch MBP model, once again their most expensive portable (fucking elitists). No Steve at MacWorld, kinda sucks, although Phil is great at it. This is Apple's last Macworld Keynote but I can see why, It cost a lot of money for Apple (millions of dollars) to put on a Keynote at MacWorld trade shows. Trade shows arent the best option for a company as big as Apple to spread the word on new products. I hope the money they save by not showing up at MacWorld they use to make a new iMac and Mac Mini for the rest of us.
Closing. Good riddance, no more Apple at MacWorld now, but I don't think the majority of Apple fans will loose sleep over it. I guess the rest of us Apple users who dont have $3000 dollars to blow on a Mac have to wait for a beefier iMac and Mac Mini, although I perfer to use MacBooks. Who do you think will take Steve Jobs place as CEO when he retires because you know this years MacWorld is a sign of things to come in regards of Apple being "Job-less" (get it? no Steve Jobs) . Go to Apple.com to find out more shit about this years MacWorld. Oh yeah iWork.com, fucking great idea, I hope on future they make an iLife.com, where you can collaberate with others on your iPhoto projects and your music with Garageband. That would be the shit. The Pop Exposé.
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