Macworld 2007
January 9th, 2007 by admin
Hmm, so a Macworld Keynote without any mention of the Mac. Is this exciting or troubling?
First off, we have the iPhone. That is, in fact, its name – despite the fact that Linksys or someone just released a product with this name not just a few days ago. The best iPhone article I’ve read thus far is this one by Jason Snell. Can other companies write programs for the iPhone (i.e. is it a platform like the Mac or even Palm?) or will Apple keep others off. And can or can not people connect to AIM and the like on phone… or is it just SMS?
Overall, the iPhone looks pretty sweet, and I’m sure it’ll get better over time – along with variants. I don’t think I personally would ever spend $500 on a phone, though. I’d like an iPod with all the touch screen coolness though.
The Apple TV looks pretty cool. I have to say I want one. And I think it’ll work with my existing Macs – the only Mac requlrement is that it run 10.3.9 or later. Hey, my 400 MHz G4/AGP qualifies on that account. The AppleTV has an enigmatic “Intel processor” inside without further elaboration, and a 40 gig hard drive for caching – so presumably not much horespower is needed on the hosting computer. Pretty good for $299.
I would have liked to hear about iLife and iWork ’07, and MacOS X 10.5. Perhaps at WWDC? I imagine iLife and iWork get annouced via press release later this week. Leopard on the other hand, will still be a few months away.
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