hi, I'm here at MacWorld Expo, saw the Keynote address, Steve hit the high points. More on the iPod shuffle, which is a flash-based iPod, there's two of them, 512MB at $99 and 1GB at $149, which is supposedly more memory for less money than the rest of the competition for flash MP3 players. It's very cool, simple to operate, and instead of running on AA batteries, it has a rechargeable battery, charged by plugging it into a USB port on your computer, Mac or PC.
iLife includes new versions of iPhoto, iDVD and iMovie. iWork has two components, pages, a desktop publishing-type of word processor, and Keynote2, new version of the presentation software. MacMini does look like the cube cut in half, or maybe a bit less than half, both models offer only a Combo drive, not a Superdrive, the bigger difference in the price points is that the cheaper only has a 40 GB hard drive, while the more expensive has an 80 GB. You also can't add memory yourself, sealed box requires a dealer to do it, so Apple says; and since it only comes with 256 MB RAM, but running Panther, the first thing you're going to want is more memory. Anyone else attending the Expo? I'm in the Mac IT conference the next 3 days. Susan Brkich Web Administrator Vassar College [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Not sure if anyone has been trying to follow the news coming out of the > MacWorld Keynote address or not. There is no live feed but reports are > that it will be available later today. > > I've quickly scanned some of the announcements and here is what appears > to be the news: > > - new iPod Shuffle which appears to be a flash based iPod > - new GarageBand > - new iLife > - new iWork which appears to be the replacement to AppleWorks > - things still on target for Tiger to ship 1st half 2005 > - talk about 2005 being the year of HD video > - added support in iDVD for +/- R/RW > - and.... > > ta da! > > - Mac Mini, a $499/$599 'headless' Mac - G4 processors running at 1.25 > Ghz and 1.4 > - first picture I've seen reminds me of a Cube cut in half > > Hope this helps, > > Steve Smith > > Oakbridge Information Solutions > Office: (519) 624-4388 > Fax: (519) 624-3353 > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Web: http://www.oakbridge.ca > > ________________________________________________________________________ > TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Go to http://www.witango.com/developer/maillist.taf > ________________________________________________________________________ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Go to http://www.witango.com/developer/maillist.taf
