Macworld roundup.
Steve Jobs has given his speech and boy, what a speech! The first Intel Mac has been launched and contrary to speculation, it wasn't the Mac mini or the iBook, it's the iMac. It has the same basic specification but now comes with a 2x faster 1.83GHz or 2GHz Intel Core Duo processor. Shipping today, it costs from £929.
The award for biggest surprise though has to go to the PowerBook, well actually, the MacBook Pro. Yes, that's right, the PowerBook is no more (although Apple are actually still making the things). The MacBook Pro comes in only one screen flavour at the moment - 15.4", and has either a 1.67 or 1.83GHz Intel Core Duo processor - 4x faster than the previous 15" model! It's only 1 inch thin and comes with a built-in iSight camera like the iMac, has Front Row software and an ingenious power cord that fits in magnetically so if someone trips on the cable, it pops right out rather than dragging your MacBook Pro across the table. Shipping in February, this baby will set you back at least £1779.
Also announced was an FM radio remote control for the iPod (5G and nano only). No new iPod shuffle though as I had predicted.
Things were a little less shocking on the software side with only the expected updates to iLife '06 and iWork '06. As expected, iWeb was announced and it looks like a really slick application seamlessly integrating with new Podcasting software in Garageband and Photocasting software in iPhoto.
All in all, a very good Macworld. Roll on January 2007!
The award for biggest surprise though has to go to the PowerBook, well actually, the MacBook Pro. Yes, that's right, the PowerBook is no more (although Apple are actually still making the things). The MacBook Pro comes in only one screen flavour at the moment - 15.4", and has either a 1.67 or 1.83GHz Intel Core Duo processor - 4x faster than the previous 15" model! It's only 1 inch thin and comes with a built-in iSight camera like the iMac, has Front Row software and an ingenious power cord that fits in magnetically so if someone trips on the cable, it pops right out rather than dragging your MacBook Pro across the table. Shipping in February, this baby will set you back at least £1779.
Also announced was an FM radio remote control for the iPod (5G and nano only). No new iPod shuffle though as I had predicted.
Things were a little less shocking on the software side with only the expected updates to iLife '06 and iWork '06. As expected, iWeb was announced and it looks like a really slick application seamlessly integrating with new Podcasting software in Garageband and Photocasting software in iPhoto.
All in all, a very good Macworld. Roll on January 2007!
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