(Thanks iinet for the one night I need the internet to do "maintenance".
Greatly appreciated!!) Sigh.
Thanks Telstra / iPhone for Personal Hotspot so I can still get the internet to
my laptop via my iPhone!!! lol)
Anyway,…
Upgraded MacBook Airs
Up to 2GHz i7 / Up to 8GB RAM, 1600MHz, Up to 512GB SSD. USB2/3, upgraded
FaceTime camera.
11" and 13". Slightly cheaper. Available "today"
Upgraded MacBook Pros
Up to 2.7GHz Quad Core i7, Up to 8GB 1600MHz RAM
Discrete GPU 1GB (faster graphics).
USB3 on both ports.
Same price - "ships today"
New Third Laptop line
"Next Generation MacBookPro" - ("the new flagship")
Thin display, thin laptop. Light.
Retina Display - 15.4" - 2880 x1800 resolution. (Apple applications upgraded to
work with it).
Up to 2.7GHz Quad core, up to 16GB RAM, 1GB VRAM, Up to 768GB Flash Storage.
Up to 7 hours battery, 30 days stand by.
SD Slot, HDMI, USB2/3, Magesafe2, 2x Thunderbolt, Headphone port
(Thunderbolt Superdrive, Thunderbolt to FW800, Thunderbolt Gigabit Ethernet
cables coming)
FaceTime HD Camera, Dual Mics, Backlit Keyboard.
Starting Config - 15.4", 2.3GHZ, 8GB RAM, 256GB Flash, 1GB Video - USD$2199.
Ships "today"
8th Major release of OSX coming soon,…Mountain Lion - Available next month via
Mac App Store. USD$19.99
Updates all the way back from Snow Leopard!! Free for new Mac's from today. One
update for all your personal Mac's.
(40% of OSX users using Lion. Took 9 months to get that. Win7 took 27 months to
get the same level. lol)
Over 200 year features. (They covered 8 - same as online website previously,
well bar a couple). Dictation in OSX. (Sharing is kinda cool)
New Safari, search in the main bar, iCloud tab browsing. (across all devices).
Power Nap - "keeps your mac up to date while it sleeps, fetching email,
reminder and calendar updates, and even photo stream. Will even back up to Time
Capsule and download updates automatically". (kinda cool).
AIrPlay mirroring - share your screen to "large screen" via AirPlay and AppleTV
- automagically sends 1080p. Very easy!
Mail VIPs, Gatekeeper, Offline reading list and more. (Lots of new
China/Chinese features)
80% of the 365m iOS devices sold through to the end of March are running iOS5.
Some interesting stats for message, and notifications. (lol!)
iOS6 - 200 new features, significant enhancements to Siri. (Siri can now launch
Apps!). They showed off 10.
"Eyes free" - working with Car manufacturers to have a Siri button on steering
wheel. (lol gotta love it).
Local search is coming around the world. Siri for iPad in iOS6
A lot more Facebook integration.
Phone app enhanced. New features when a call received (Some "canned
responses"). Do Not Disturb mode. ( can customise)
FaceTime will now work over Cellular network!! (lol, watch out data
networks,..???)
Safari update - iCloud tabs, Offline reading list, and more…
Shared Photo Streams. - choose photos, choose friends and you're done. All show
up and can be commented on.
Mail - "VIP Messages", Flagged Mailbox, and more
Passbook - Store tickets and boarding passes, movie ticket apps, store cards. A
virtual wallet of sorts. Appears to be GPS enabled. (Kinda interesting)
Maps - entire new mapping system built from the ground up. All cartography done
by Apple. (Bye bye GoogleMaps?). Traffic service included. Turn by turn
navigation. (Wonder if we see this in Australia,..lol). Also works with Siri.
(LOL. Kids can even ask "are we there yet?. LOL). Flyover - Apple has been
flying over cities to build 3D photographic model. (Some kinda cool stuff
there,..And they even had the Sydney Opera House.) :o)
Per account signatures (YAY!!), "Lost Mode", Personal dictionary in
iCloud,..and more…..
iOS6 will ship US fall. iPhone 3Gs or better, iPad 2 or better, iPod Touch Gen4
or better.
…where was the one more thing??? Oh well.
New MacPros?? 17" MacBookPro?? Hmm, time will tell when the site comes live.
I'm sure all the AUD Pricing will be up soon(ish). And the Apple Store with all
the full specs and info. :)
Enjoy! Some pretty nice gear there. Rumours were mostly correct by the look of
it,…lol.
Kind regards
Daniel
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MacWizardry
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