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Macworld 2009 about to begin. Keynote: San Jose 9am

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desiibond
desiibond Original post #1
Jan 6, 2009 at 9:22 PM
Get ready for the udpates from Apple!!


It's all about macs this time

three things

First:

ilife'09

iphoto now comes with face detection. how is this useful. iphoto can sort photos based on face. detects face in photo and does the sorting. hmm. interesting. let's see!!

iphoto now supports geotagging, facebook and flickr.

Second:

Macbook pro 17"

the world's lightest and thinnest 17 inch notebook
1920 x 1200 display
700:1 contrast ratio
1066MHz ddr3 memory
matte screen
60% greater color gamut
glass trackpad
9600GT
battery lasts 8hours on a single charge
Lithium Polymer battery
$2799. for 2.66GHz Core2Duo, 4GB RAM, 320GB hard drive
starts shipping by end of month


Third:

itunes

itunes to be totally drm free by end of the quarter
each song costs 69cents now, down from 99cents
can download songs on 3G too at no extra cost
IronManForever
IronManForever #2
Jan 6, 2009 at 9:44 PM
Heard something about the MacBook Wheel. An apple laptop without keyboard... Google is our friend. :)
desiibond
desiibond #3
Jan 6, 2009 at 9:50 PM
hahaha. that is totally hilarious.
iMav
iMav #4
Jan 6, 2009 at 10:23 PM
That was by the Onion News Network.
desiibond
desiibond #5
Jan 6, 2009 at 10:30 PM
And here it starts!!!
krazzy
krazzy #6
Jan 7, 2009 at 10:01 AM
That was by far the most disappointing Macworld that I have ever seen. I feel sorry for Aayush who went all the way to California to see this.
Faun
Faun #7
Jan 7, 2009 at 10:29 AM
^^its called passion dude...lol
desiibond
desiibond #8
Jan 7, 2009 at 10:33 AM
it was extremely boring, not at all interesting!!
Pathik
Pathik #9
Jan 7, 2009 at 11:52 AM
Phil Schiller != Steve Jobs
desiibond
desiibond #10
Jan 7, 2009 at 1:45 PM
Even Phil Schiller can't do anything about it here. ilife'09 took the life out of the show :)
IronManForever
IronManForever #11
Jan 7, 2009 at 4:14 PM
krazzy said:
I feel sorry for Aayush who went all the way to California to see this.
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Hmmm..
Followed a Macworld for the first time. And this is supposed to be the most disappointing ever? Damn! Took my whole week.

PS: Phew! Now I can peacefully buy the white macbook I was looking for. Thought it would be dropped. (Note the tone change.. I'm buying a Mac, did I tell that before? Oh this is fun.. YAHOO!!.. tutudutu tada. YEPPIE!!.. :twisted: ) :p :D

Hrrrumph..? Where am I? :confused:

:rolleyes:
Pat
Pat #12
Jan 7, 2009 at 11:49 PM
^^ I know how you must be feeling. Exactly the same way I was, couple of months back :)
IronManForever
IronManForever #13
Jan 8, 2009 at 1:36 AM
^ Was it smooth sailing throghout? How's life been with a Mac?
Faun
Faun #14
Jan 8, 2009 at 2:43 AM
^^Machines can never be like us...lol.

Does that answer your question ? :D
Pat
Pat #15
Jan 8, 2009 at 10:34 AM
IronManForever said:
^ Was it smooth sailing throghout? How's life been with a Mac?
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Yes, pretty much. You, ofcourse, have to get used to doing things the Mac-way (which includes unlearning bad-windowsy habits :p ). Although I am still quite new to Mac and Leopard, I have picked it up very well and have gotten used to it so much that sometimes I literally press the Mac shortcut keys on my office PC (XP) and then LOL about it ;)