Tuesday, August 7, 2007 |
11:03 - Shiny
http://www.macworld.com/news/2007/08/07/macevent/index.php
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New iMacs, new iPhoto and iMovie.
There's new keyboards with dedicated Exposé/Dashboard keys too, and—though not much has been said about it yet—a new Mighty Mouse. If it's an honest-to-goodness mouse upgrade that involves a better sensor and driver such that the pointer doesn't randomly scoot off into the corner half the time if I nudge it or grab it, that right there will be the big news of the day. My kingdom for a frickin' mouse.
UPDATE: Looks like iWork is getting a big boost too. I freaking love how people are Photoshopping rumors out of screenshots from earlier in the keynote before the keynote even gets to talking about them.
UPDATE: Holy hell. How often do you see a website layout that you just want to play with? These guys have been biz-zay learning their AJAX. (Via Gruber.)
UPDATE: Yep. I've been waiting to buy this for years.
At last, we can banish the unquiet shades of AppleWorks still drifting and sobbing around some people's computers.
UPDATE: Gyee! Look at that freaking wireless keyboard with that gigormous power button on the side.
No number pad, chiclet-style arrow keys, a Fn button—this is a laptop-style keyboard. Which means it's built for a small footprint, which would make it fit nicely on the edge of my comfy chair. Still, that's freaky-looking. Like something Apple would have designed back in the mid-80s. Seriously, didn't I see this in that AppleDesign book somewhere?
And it sounds like the Mighty Mouse is indeed laser-based now. I'll have to give it a try. Wired, please. No heavy clunking thing to huck around and run out of batteries.
UPDATE: Argh. The wired one is still old-school optical. At this point I'd rather have a ball mouse than the twitchy skittery thing that passes for an optical mouse today.
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