Posted on 01/10/2006 9:04:53 AM PST by SunkenCiv
I was going to take a walk, but finally tracked down the scheduled time for Jobs' keynote (9 AM) and figured I'd better hang out. Any minute now. I wish I had a webcast address, I'd like to see it. Of course, the bandwidth will be swamped...
10:25 am Showing Safari now on the iMac.
[c'mon, show us Camino. ;')]
10:26 am 17" iMac, 20" iMac; 2-3x faster. Shipping Today.
Prices?
1:14 PM - "We are building in ... the new Intel Core Duo. Each of these processors is faster than the G5, and there's two of 'em."
1:16 PM - Chart of specs: SPECint_rate2000 of 32.6, that's 3.2x faster than old iMac. SPECfp_rate2000: 27.1 for a 2.1x boost. Every iMac has now got dual processors.
Same price according to the 10:14 update. Now talking about PBs...come on...
1:17 PM - "Mac OS X Tiger 10.4.2 is running entirely natively - not just the operating system but all the applications." He's been using it for the entire demo all morning, natch.
1:17 PM - Pro appliccations (Final Cut, Aperture, Logic Pro) will be available in March. If you've got a current version you can upgrade for $49.
Aw, here it comes...
Here it comes...
10:29 am "One More Thing..."
10:29 am "One More Thing..."
10:29 am Showing a Powerbook G4. Trying to shoehorn a G5 into the Powerbook. We've done everyhing possible...
10:30 am But power consuption. Now discussing Peformance per Watt.
10:30 am New laptop computer.
10:30 am Today - MacBook Pro.
...but no matter what we did, the things only got eight minutes of battery life, and then burst into flames :)
Ad voiceover: "The Intel chip. For years it's been trapped inside ordinary PCs. Doomed to performing dull little tasks."
15" screen, dual core. It will be mine. Oh yes. It will be mine.
FYI, AAPL is up $5.04 right now....
It used to be that big news = drop in Apple's stock price. Hmmm...
Looks like the laptops, the iMacs, and every other CPU Apple will make for the foreseeable will be dual processor.
I was wrong again -- *this* is the biggest ***-kickin' a geek has given in years. The entire Apple line will migrate to Intel within the year.
So, the server is going to smoke, IOW.
http://www.engadget.com/2006/01/10/steve-jobs-keynote-live-from-macworld-2006/
1:28 PM - Video of Intel white-suiters inserting chip into Mac as if it were a big space launch
1:28 PM - "One more thing..."
1:28 PM - "You know, there's been this pesky little problem with PowerBooks..."
1:29 PM - "We've been trying to shoehorn a G5 into a powerbook. We've tried everyting. We've consulted every [slide of the pope, huge laughs] ..." Steve's going to explain the enigmatic Performance per Watt metric.
1:30 PM - PowerPC: 0.23 rating. Core Duo: 1.05. "Today we are introducing ... the MacBook Pro"
1:31 PM - "It's a new name because we're kinda done with power, and we want the name the Mac name in our products." The same dual-processor as the iMac in every model. This is hard to believe: 4-5x faster than the PowerBook G5. These things are screamers."
As soon as the galoot is done, I'm going to the local Apple Store, and maybe CompUSA.
Argh. I sold at $40, otherwise the profits would pay for more than a few PBsMBPs.
Heh... y'like it, eh? ;')
Tell ya what... in two or three months, when the 17" comes out, you'll probably be ready to sell that 15", and... ;')
Yeah... I sold quite a while ago... wish I had held on.
"Buy on mystery, sell on history".
I'm sure there'll be a letdown by the close of trade today, but only a small one.
However, the stock is pumped up a bit IMHO.
OTOH, this dual-core approach as standard equipment is going to juice sales.
Having Apple's as an Intel-based OS fences in Bill Gates' little outfit up in Redmond.
For a change (a *big* change) I'm impressed with Steve Jobs. Pass the koolaid.
Yeah, but I sold in the teens... :-(
the big finale, thanks to everyone:
http://www.macrumorslive.com/
10:31 am 2 processors in every Macbook pro.
10:31 am 4-5x faster.
10:31 am No more Powerbook. Intel duo Core.
10:32 am 15.4inch LCD. bright as cinemas.
10:32 am Fastest notebook ever.
10:32 am Hair thinner than the 17".
10:33 am Demoing the new MacBook Pro.
10:33 am iSight Camera.
10:35 am IR sensor. Apple Remote.
10:35 am New feature: New Power Adapter is magnetically held in. If yanked, comes right out.
10:37 am 5.6lbs. iSight, Front Row; $1999 1.67 Core Duo; 667 DDR bus, x1600; $2499 1.83GHz.
10:37 am Shipping in February.
10:38 am Showing in the Intel ad one more time.
10:38 am Taking orders today.
10:40 am Thanking people who walk out on stage. Lots of applause.
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