Macworld

So Mr. Jobs was finially back again today at the anual Mac World Expo in Sanfran, black turtleneck and all. Regardless of his fashion sense, it was a very exciting day in technology. Lots of new releases, everything from software to hardware to somethings in between. So I will get started by saying Alex, dear friend, im sorry to say; YOU WERE WRONG! NO media player from Apple. But there was a lot of big news out of apple today. To start, new iLife, brand new iWorks (the evolution of the old Appleworks), a sweet looking preview of Tiger (which was confirmed to be out in Q2, way before longhorn I might add). By the way, the highlighted links will take you straight there. But now onto the important parts -> THE HARDWARE!


Although this wasent the first announcement, I want to save the best for last. So above is the brand spanking new Ipod Shuffle. Yep, no screen. But its a totally new concept for Apple. Flash based, no screen tiny (although the mini is going that direction) and CHEAP! Thats right, its only $130 (canadian of course) for a 512mb player. Im not such a fan of the whole no screen concept, but it is very inivative, and I think it will sell very well (aka already sold out) By the way, it release today, so go buy one, I think I will.



So yes, this is my absolute favorite, and it is truly amazing. Introducing the mac mini. So ya, the name could use some work, but hey, its 6" square, and 2" tall, so who cares. Plus, its $600, so just wow. Its got everything by the way, G4 @ 1.25 (or 1.5 for a little cost upgrade), 256mb ram, and a decent ATI video card. I will mention that there is no keyboard, mouse, monitor or speakers, but thats not what im looking for anyway. So check it out. Im thinking that when it comes out on the 22nd of January it will be sold out in 3 or 4 hours. But GO BUY ONE ANYWAY!

If you want to watch the entire 2 hour webcast of the Keynote Speech, you can get it here - PS. John Mayer is in it. All I can say is, thank you Apple.