Tuesday, January 10, 2006 |
10:33 - Stuff Day
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Live Stevenote coverage at MacNN. Here's what we've been looking to hear:
First Mac with an Intel processor. "A little ahead of schedule." The iMac. Jobs recounts machine's accolades from reviewers. Intel-inside new iMac. Same sizes: 17- and 20-inch. Same design. Same features. Same prices. What's different: 2-3x faster with Intel Core Duo processor. Each processor is faster than the G5. 10.2 on iMac G5/32.6 on iMac Core Duo. 3.2x faster. FPU (13.0/27.1 for 2.1x). Every iMac now has dual processors.
Gads!
I've actually been spending my time this morning looking at Project: Lightroom, which has just been released as a free beta. I haven't had long to look at it, but so far I'm very impressed. It's Mac-only right now (reportedly they're "working on" a Windows version); interesting, that, because the interface and feature set is very Mac-centric, with Mac OS X-style "tokens" (like in the Date/Time preferences) for specifying saved filenames, and Mac-style "spinner" wait cursors. Very, very slick interface, even if some features (like EXIF data) seem unfinished, and some metaphors (like "Develop") seem forced; it's got a great layout and a very tasteful and pervasive use of fades and zooms in navigating around in it. And on top of it all, it's only 8MB. I didn't think anything fit into 8MB these days, least of all something aimed at a $500 boxed Pro app from Apple that requires a giant screen...
More on this as it, er, develops.
UPDATE:
MacBook Pro. Use the Intel Core Duo. It is 4-5 times processor than the PowerBook G4. Integer --> 6.7 --> 30.3 for 4.5x faster. "Fastest Mac notebook ever." Also the thinnest available. 15.4-widescreen LCD display that is as bright as Cinema Display. Also built-in isight computer.
Gah!
UPDATE: AAPL is up almost 7%, to $81. Remember when I stupidly bought it at $61, pre-split?
And remember when Apple announcements made the stock go down?
UPDATE: Hallelujah!
Since every single person I know who has a PowerBook has had the power connector get crunched, this is like a beam of light from the heavens.
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