Mac World Updates

Big big show, using mpeg4 to stream!

Switcher (Ellen gets big ups), 68% of visitors to switchers site are on windows.

51 stores opened in 21 months. 85 million people live within 15 miles of one. Grove LA is most popular, making very good money. Stores on target, 50% sold to windows switchers.

ical, isynch = getting better and important.

.mac got 250,000 subscribers.

ipod out for only 14 months, sold 600,000 units, or 1 every minute, in japan it has a 42% market share, #1 in us as well. Burton also making ipod compatable jacket with controler on arm.

macosx gets 5 million active users, picking on quark for not updating. pro tools will be updated this month!

final cut pro is #1. final cut express, a light version of pro, looks and works the same minus a few features. reads imovie and final cut pro files. software real time effects, no render time. cost $299.

NO LONGER CAN BOOT 9, classic only!

all iapps will be integrated, iphoto2 released, can get stuff from itunes, can archive to cd and dvd, one button enhance (fixes, white ballence, contrast, etc...) and touch up brush.

imovie3, now does chapters recognized by idvd, precise audio editing, added george lucas sound effects library, still photo effects (pick start point, finish point and duration). when making dvd takes chapter point and automatically builds scene selection list on dvd.

idvd3 new themes, integration to other iapps. steve likes the cure, but likes moby more. $3 a disk.

suite now called iLife available Jan 25, all three already free itunes+imovie+iphoto or whole with idvd for $49

Safari BROWSER!!! i-Bench Safari killed everything!!! 3xs faster than ie on html, 2xs on javascript, load 40% faster. google integration. one bounce! new snapback feature very cool. open source render khtml, and have added back all improvements. available in beta today.

keynote, presentation app, built for steve. keynote was used to build every apple keynote in 2002. all built against quartz. supports every file type known to man! has themes, very idvd like. compatability, imports and exports POWERPOINT, PDF, and quicktime. ITS also got an open XML file format! cost $99. free to all at keynote.

oh my god here comes the titanium! oops not titanium any more, aircraft grade alluminum. 17 inch power book, widescreen, took it right off the imac only changed back light, it is actually thinner than the current titanium!!! keyboard GLOWS but only when ambient light drops!!! firewire 800 can use adapter to go 400+ firewire 400 + gigabit ethernet + DVI + USB both sides + line in + headpphones + s-video + bluetooth + airport extreeme 54mb 802.11g card built in (two antennas built in and moved to screen, and equal to ibook reception) cost $3299. bridging built into base station, usb printing on base station, 50 users supported, cost $199.

one more thing! 12 inch powerbook! smaller than ibook! G4 + slot load combo drive + bluetooth, same battery life as ibook, cost $1,799. build to order with a superdrive for $1999. sorkin likes big screen for two scripts at once, bt big screen for more than one app at a time, but loves illuminated keyboard for gigs.

ending with one of the funniest ads in computing history!!! and what a wonderful world by the ramones!!!

quote of the day "why not a cube?"