A few changes from the Apple event. The new iMac looks kinda interesting. (Black borders and back. Gloss screen.) A more "professional" look. And thinner. (Nothing on the Apple Australia site as yet,....3am)
>From MacRumors:- Specs are as follows:- Apple has announced new iMacs at its press event today. The iMacs start at USD$1199 and come in 20 and 24" form factors, as rumored, and will feature a more professional look. Features: -Up to 2.4 GHz Core 2 Duo Extreme Processor -Up to 4 GB Memory -ATI Radeon HD Graphics -Up to 1 TB Hard Disk -Wireless 802.11n and Bluetooth 2.0 Also, Apple indicated that the keyboard that was previously leaked is indeed the new keyboard for the iMac. iLife '08 oday Apple introduced iLife '08. The suite will ship on all new Macs starting today. Alternatively, the suite will be available to prior Mac users for USD$79. iPhoto -Events is a new way to automatically organize ever-expanding iPhoto libraries into events. -Automatically hide/show photos based on star rating -New Books and Calendars -.Mac Web Gallery: Enhanced, web 2.0 photo galleries compatible with any browser. "Contribute from anywhere"... Allows you (or anyone) to add to web gallery from the internet or from the iPhone. iMovie -Completely new, designed to create a movie in 30 minutes or less. -Video Library manages video source material -Takes video from "any source" (HDV, still cameras that do video, AVCHD, etc...) -Share menu includes support for exporting for iPod, iPhone, Apple TV. "Large resolution is better than DVD" -.Mac Web Gallery and YouTube integration iDVD -"Professional Encoding" -New themes Magic Garageband -Multi-take recording -A way to experiment via auditioning multiple genres Apple has updated its .Mac services suite. In addition to Web Gallery, which was introduced as an integrated part of iLife '08, Apple is bumping up the standard storage size from 1 GB to 10 GB. The price remains USD$99 for a one year personal subscription. Family packs are available. iWork '08 Apple released iWork '08. In addition to updated Keynote and Pages, Apple introduced a new application to the suite for spreadsheets called Numbers. iWork '08 is available today for USD$79. Keynote -New text effects, transitions, themes -Instant Alpha: take out the background of a photo -Smart Builds: create your own animations Pages -Modes for word processing and page layout -Contextual format bar -Change tracking (compatible with MS Word) -140 Apple designed templates Numbers -"Spreadsheets for the rest of us" -Intelligent tables, readable formulas -Can make gorgeous looking spreadsheets quickly -Templates -Import/Export Excel documents Enjoy! Kind Regards Daniel --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry Phone: 0414 795 960 Email: <daniel @ macwizardry . com . au> Web: <http://www.macwizardry.com.au> **For everything Macintosh** -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
