[Eug]

"twice as fast" to "half the price."

I hope he means the new quad iMac.

[Mac User #001]

I don't really care to know what you think you can do with each of its ports...

[SpaceMonkey]

Originally Posted by Dakar V 

I hope when they roll out the mini he takes a moment on each of its ports and what awesome stuff you can do with them.

In doing so, I hope he devotes at least 30 minutes to discussing how lame Firewire is.

[Dakar V]

Jesus, you could have tuned in a hour late and not missed anything.

[Dakar V]

Originally Posted by SpaceMonkey 

In doing so, I hope he devotes at least 30 minutes to discussing how lame Firewire is.

"...and that's the third USB port. Now let me tell you about the ports we didn't include. Let's start with mini-dvi..."

[SpaceMonkey]

Originally Posted by Dakar V 

Jesus, you could have tuned in a hour late and not missed anything.

Yeah, the New York Times seems pretty bored:

Originally Posted by Brad Stone

12:57 p.m.: Mr. Schiller is talking about the new transitions and animations in Keynote ‘09, Apple’s version of PowerPoint. Suddenly I am thinking wistfully about that novel I never finished in college.

...

12:31 p.m.: At the beginning of the keynote, Mr. Schiller said he had three things to discuss. We are still slogging through Item No. 1, a new version of iLife. Now onto a new version of iMovie.

We’re getting a demo of the upgraded iMovie. Folks, talk amongst yourselves…

[Mac User #001]

iWork updates weren't even worth mention. Keynote remote if anything. The Mac Box set is dumb so close to the release of Snow Leopard.

[Dakar V]

BTW, if you're not deathly afraid of the level of detail he could go to about Snow Leopard, you're not paying attention.

[starman]

Anti-glare OPTION for the 17"? GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

[Mac User #001]

I'm wondering if it'll even get mentioned... Special event? (Snow Leopard, I mean.)

[Dakar V]

Originally Posted by starman 

Anti-glare OPTION for the 17"? GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

They finally give people an option and you're still complaining?

[starman]

I'm complaining because I just bought a new laptop based on Apple's new "no anti-glare" bullsh*t policy.

[SpaceMonkey]

He's just unhappy that they didn't call it a "glare option."

[Dakar V]

Originally Posted by starman 

I'm complaining because I just bought a new laptop based on Apple's new "no anti-glare" bullsh*t policy.

I'm assuming it's not a 17", and this is 17" only, though. Can't be that sick a burn.

[starman]

I just don't understand why they were so adamant on sticking to their "glossy" screen, and then screw us with the option on the 17". That's horsesh*t.

[Atheist]

8 hours of battery life on the 17" MBP... yeah... I'll believe that when I see it.

[mdc]

If they can get, or claim to get, 8 hours out of a 17" MacBook Pro I'll wait to upgrade my MacBook until they put that battery technology in it.

[hyteckit]

Non-removable battery. Hmm..

The thing is that I own over a dozen of Mac laptops over the years. Only 2 of them I had a second backup battery. Still, not having a removable battery makes me a little hesitant.

[Mac User #001]

Originally Posted by starman 

Anti-glare OPTION for the 17"? GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

That's a good thing, right?

[Dakar V]

$2799 - Blao!

[SpaceMonkey]

Originally Posted by hyteckit

Still, not having a removable battery makes me a little hesitant.

I imagine it will limit its resale ability.

[ort888]

Sounds like we aren't getting a new mini... WTF???

[hyteckit]

17" MacBook Pro. Treat it as a desktop replacement. Basically an iMac with a built-in keyboard and UPS, that you can lugged around easily.

[Dakar V]

Originally Posted by ort888 

Sounds like we aren't getting a new mini... WTF???

Well, at the very least, not today.

[ort888]

iTunes going 100% DRM free... there's some good news.

[Eug]

Quad iMac!!! was not announced. Dammit!

----

"By the end of this quarter, all 10 million songs will be DRM free."

Hmmm... I guess I'm not shopping on iTunes until April. I've got $100 in iTunes gift certificates to spend too.

[hyteckit]

69 cents for a DRM free song! Damn. That's the way to deal with piracy. Good going.

[ort888]

Worst MacWorld ever?

[hyteckit]

Hah... in the running for the worst MacWorld ever.

[Uriel]

All I wanted was a full size bluetooth keyboard.

[Mac User #001]

Crap one more thing, I think.

[hyteckit]

No new Mac Mini. That sucks!

Was hoping for a new Mac Mini, AppleTV, or new Time Capsule.

[osiris]

No iPhone updates - firmware or otherwise.

[SpaceMonkey]

Tony Bennett?

[Dakar V]

Well, it's over. Let the true bitching begin!

[osiris]

Bitch, bitch, bitch.

[SpaceMonkey]

Now we know why Steve Jobs bowed out of this keynote. He didn't want to be there in case the audience starting throwing stuff* at him.

*Old hockey-puck iMac mice, I am imagining.

[ort888]

Not much to bitch about... it was just 100% boring.

No DRM is nice, but we've seen the writing on the wall on that for a while now. 17" MacBook is a snoozer... iWork and iLife = iWhoCares.

What else was there? Tiered pricing? Big whoop.

The mac mini is so out of date and overpriced that it's almost farcical at this point.

I could use a new second computer and something like a Mini would fit the bill perfectly, but I sure as f*** am not gonna buy what they are offering now. $799 to get the one with a DVD burner? Are you kidding me? With those specs?

[Dakar V]

I'll laugh if they announce new imacs and minis later in the month and Steve shows up to that event.

[Atheist]

I think Engadget summed it up nicely:

"Well that's it folks -- no Steve, no iPhone nano, no new Mini, no new iMac, no shockers, no surprises. We're off to the floor... but hey, Tony Bennett is incredibly smooth. And that's something, right?"

[osiris]

Originally Posted by Dakar V 

I'll laugh if they announce new imacs and minis later in the month and Steve shows up to that event.

That's exactly what I was thinking. +Apple wants to walk away from MacWorld - it looks like they're running.

[subego]

Originally Posted by Dakar V 

I'll laugh if they announce new imacs and minis later in the month and Steve shows up to that event.

...10 pounds heavier.

[-Q-]

Pretty bad when the highlight of the keynote is the singer at the end.

[ort888]

What's funny is that the MacBook Wheel is better then anything they announced...

[ajprice]

So the sign off songs were "The best is yet to come" and "I left my heart in San Francisco"... hmmm so there's better stuff to come after this, and their heart isn't in the Macworld Expo.

The homepage is updated now, and is it just me or is the iTunes "High Quality music..." feature (its on rotation with iWork, 17" MBP and iLife/iWork) the most text heavy Apple homepage in a good long while?!?!

[GSixZero]

It doesn't make much sense for Apple to force itself into a position where new products can only be announced twice a year (MW & WWDC) and I think it's a great move to do away with the trade show event product cycle. Apple's own special events get as much press/publicity as these trade shows anyway.

If Apple isn't going to do trade shows anymore it would make a lot of sense to have a special event within a couple months to introduce a number of products, basically a MacWorld level of event without all the extra costs and time constraints.

[hyteckit]

I'm so going to get the MacBook Wheel.

[Cletus989]

Where pics of the new 17 matte mbp?

[Eug]

AAPL is taking a beating after that. Down to below $93 now.

[Gankdawg]

Originally Posted by Uriel 

All I wanted was a full size bluetooth keyboard.

That would've been nice. I bought the BT keyboard but found it too small so I returned it and got a Microsoft one (not BT though).