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Jan 15, 2008, 12:46 PM
 
Originally Posted by Sayf-Allah View Post
Thanks.
Actually, it looks like I'm wrong, it's 90 minutes. I must have confused the time they open the doors with the Keynote start time.
     
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Jan 15, 2008, 01:03 PM
 
all Im hoping for are new cinema displays with built in iSight and HDMI/componant

Ive set myself up for dissapointment
     
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Jan 15, 2008, 01:17 PM
 
here we go...
     
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Jan 15, 2008, 01:21 PM
 
So the Keynote is not streamed live?
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Jan 15, 2008, 01:32 PM
 
Macworld:
Time Capsule; AP Extreme base station and hard drive together with a server grade HDD. Back up all your macs wirelessly. There are two versions of Time Capsule. 500GB at $300 and 1TB at $500 shipping in Feb.
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Jan 15, 2008, 02:11 PM
 
audio and crappy video. but at least you can hear steve
MacworldExpo Live :: Daily Tech Talk
     
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Jan 15, 2008, 02:21 PM
 
Originally Posted by slugslugslug View Post
I'm still hoping that if this MacBook Air comes to be, it uses a 1.8" hard drive (i.e. the kind in the iPod Classic) instead of SSD. At least as an option. I don't mind the idea of paying some premium for ultraportability, but flash is still way more per GB than a HDD.
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Sounds like a possibility.
Make that a reality.
     
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Jan 15, 2008, 02:32 PM
 
Yep it's Real! no optical drive Solid State HDD sounds interesting
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Jan 15, 2008, 02:32 PM
 
"Everything's so clear to me now: I'm the keeper of the cheese and you're the lemon merchant. Get it? And he knows it.
That's why he's gonna kill us. So we got to beat it. Yeah. Before he let's loose the marmosets on us."
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Jan 15, 2008, 02:37 PM
 
Originally Posted by Dakar the Fourth View Post
Make that a reality.
Woot!

Dang. I want every piece of hardware introduced at this keynote.
     
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Jan 15, 2008, 02:37 PM
 
I guess I can still only afford a MacBook
     
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Jan 15, 2008, 02:38 PM
 
ice
     
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Jan 15, 2008, 02:44 PM
 
Originally Posted by IceEnclosure View Post
Great!
     
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Jan 15, 2008, 02:45 PM
 
Wow $3,000 for the Solid State Drive Option...ouch!!
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Jan 15, 2008, 02:45 PM
 
Zzzzzz...

Nothing I'm even remotely interested in.

Guess I'm waiting a few more months to buy something.

The Air is cool, but a complete luxury/niche product. You're really paying the price for that enclosure. Both in price and functionality. Not interested.

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Jan 15, 2008, 02:56 PM
 
That multitouch pad is kewl, but for almost 2 Gs I would rather have a stacked MacBook...not to mention I still live in a wired world
     
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Jan 15, 2008, 02:56 PM
 
Mine will be here in 2-3 weeks.
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Jan 15, 2008, 02:58 PM
 
Adding to the collection or replacing a previous notebook?
     
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Jan 15, 2008, 03:10 PM
 
Originally Posted by sek929 View Post
Adding to the collection or replacing a previous notebook?
I'll be retiring my old and extremely faithful iBook G4. I use it daily at home (in the evenings in my chair), and I use it when i travel. The MBA will fit all my wants and needs in a portable/travel laptop, so I'm thrilled.
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Jan 15, 2008, 03:12 PM
 
Congrats, jerk!
     
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Jan 15, 2008, 03:13 PM
 
I like the dark gray keyboard, it reminds me of the old TiBook.
     
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Jan 15, 2008, 03:15 PM
 
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1. subnotebook with external optical drive.
Oh yes.
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2. a merged TV/Mac mini/home server, no optical drive, but you can use the external one.
Well, TV was much improved.
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3. iPhone/iTouch updates including new apps and games
No games? Oh well.
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4. Mac Pro update with Blu-Ray
With HD downloads from iTunes, we'll probably never see Blu-Ray now.
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5. Game demos: Unreal Tournament 3 and Gears of War.
Huh? Jeez, I was sure of that one!
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6. New Aperture and Aperture Express.
Long shot anyways.
     
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Jan 15, 2008, 03:16 PM
 
Too bad you can't swap out the battery on a long flight, since it's integrated.
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Jan 15, 2008, 03:27 PM
 
Keynote....eh?!? Nothing really floating my boat or making me go "Gotta Have it!" The Time Capsula is kind a cool. The Macbook Air is niffty but I'm not in that market.

I was hoping for
AppleTV with DVR ability
DRM free iTunes Music store
Apple HomeServer (Control TV. Lights, AppleTV, Music)
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Jan 15, 2008, 03:27 PM
 
Originally Posted by olePigeon View Post
Too bad you can't swap out the battery on a long flight, since it's integrated.
Or easily replace it when your original battery goes to s*** after 2 years.

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Jan 15, 2008, 03:29 PM
 
Anyone get rentals working? I updated itunes, but can't find them.
     
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Jan 15, 2008, 03:47 PM
 
Originally Posted by IonCable View Post
Keynote....eh?!? Nothing really floating my boat or making me go "Gotta Have it!" The Time Capsula is kind a cool. The Macbook Air is niffty but I'm not in that market.
Not to mention time capsule is what ever Airport extreme owner with a hard drive plugged into it is anyway as that is what leopard should have given us.
     
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Jan 15, 2008, 04:07 PM
 
I'm hoping the delay in Time Capsule's shipping is so that they can get 10.5.2 out with Airport Disk Time Machine syncing.

It'll suck if the money spent on a 500gb drive and an Airport Extreme so that I could get wireless Time Machine syncing is wasted and I'll have to buy a Time Capsule and sell off my Airport Extreme.
     
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Jan 15, 2008, 04:21 PM
 
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I'm hoping the delay in Time Capsule's shipping is so that they can get 10.5.2 out with Airport Disk Time Machine syncing.

It'll suck if the money spent on a 500gb drive and an Airport Extreme so that I could get wireless Time Machine syncing is wasted and I'll have to buy a Time Capsule and sell off my Airport Extreme.
I feel the same exact way. I bought the hard drive and Airport and was so excited about wireless time machine with my macbook. Then I was so underwhelmed when I got leopard and the feature was "missing." I'll be real ticked if I spent all that money only to have to keep plugging and unplugging my hard drive (which is a pain in the ass, and I really only back up about every other day or so...)
     
 
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