Tag Archive for 'macworld'

Apple Tax Day: Macworld: ONE MORE THING

Published
by
jk
on January 15, 2008
in Apple
. Comments
  • MacBook Air. Gorgeous. I’m going to sit here and figure out how to justify this purchase.
  • “The World’s Thinnest Notebook”? The Sony Vaio had it pretty close the last time I checked. But then again, the last time I checked was when I had a Vaio. The Vaio TZ: “3 lbs, .8-1.2 inches, 11 or 12″ display, miniature keyboard, and slower processor.”
  • “MacBook Air is 0.16″ to 0.76″. The thickest part of the MacBook Air is thinner than the thinnest part of the Sony. It fits inside a envelope.” How is this even possible?
  • 13.3″ display. LED backlit. iSight.
  • The kicker is the multi-touch display. The programmability of this feature alone warrants a purchase, right? Darn you, desktop applications and your ability to actually do more useful things that web applications.
  • Now, please give me the stats…
  • 1.8″ Hard Drive, as expected. 80 GB… kinda sounds like my old PowerBook. SSD as an option.
  • 1.6 Ghz, 1.8 option. Core 2 Duo. Pretty darn fast.
  • Come on $2K price point. Come on…
  • Not liking the fat border around the screen. But then again, some of the volume of the computer has to go somewhere…
  • 60% size shrinkage of processor. INSANE.
  • Black keys? Whoa.
  • PRICE. GIVE ME THE PRICE.
  • 45 Watts. Hooray for low power consumption.
  • Looks like there’s going to be 4 output holes. Power. USB. Micro-DVI. Audio Out.
  • 802.11n. Hmm.
  • PRICE PRICE PRICE.
  • “Also, software comes with the MacBook Air that allows you to “borrow” a Mac or PCs optical drive.” WOW. That’s. Pretty sweet programming.
  • 5 Hours Battery lfe. That is definitely amazing. No other thin laptops give you more than like 3 hours the last time I checked.
  • 2 GB. Standard. Delicious.
  • $1799.

Uh. Oh…

Apple Tax Day: MacWorld

Published
by
jk
on January 15, 2008
in Apple
. Comments

So it came and went. No big surprises, except for #4. Which is going to be another post. Because I’m dying in anticipation.

  1. Time Capsule/Full Airport Extreme
    • Nice. I’m probably going to be buying a second mac, and so, Time Capsule will be nice to have. One less cord to attach my laptop to.
    • Full Airport Extreme… not so much. Why can’t I just hook an external HD to a regular Airport Extreme…
  2. iPhone/iPod Touch
    • SDK: Time to learn Cocoa in a month and a half. Hooray.
    • Expected: Maps (Extra Sweet), SMS multiple people (Meh), Webclips (Kinda Sweet), Customized Home Screen (Sweet)
    • iPod Touch: $20 to get 5 applications? Meh.
  3. iTunes Rentals/Apple TV
    • Every major studio: Touchstone, Miramax, MGM, Lionsgate, Newline, Fox, WB, Disney, Paramount, Universal, Sony. Hooray.
    • I might use it. Freaking, on the iPhone, too? My goodness. I can rent movies on the JesusPhone?
    • Ooh. 30 days to start watching, 24 hours to finish. An interesting take on the broken online movie rental market.
    • YES. $2.99 for older, $3.99 for new. Cheaper than expected. I don’t see anything about HD content, though.
    • Later this year… what a letdown.
    • APPLE TV WOO HOO. Is this my second mac? (With silly hacking intended, of course.)
      • Do people even use .mac? I’m probably going to be getting my Photos from Flickr anyway.
    • AH HA! HD! HD! $4.99 isn’t too bad. For one night’s fun with a bunch of friends: perfect.
    • Oh? Just a software update?
      • Price drop: $229. Woot.
    • Software: 2 weeks.