Crackworld Revealed
January 15th, 2008
Blurbomat predictions:
-New MacBook (yes)
-Apple TV with new content announcements (yes)
-Something with touch technology (yes, trackpad with more touch options).
Stuff announced that I’m stoked about:
-iPhone update looks very sweet (movie not loading at post time). I’m going to install it the first moment I can.
-Time Capsule. We’ll probably get one as a better way to backup the laptops. And maybe finally enjoying full 802.11n speed over WiFi.
-MacBook Air (store link) looks really nice for a road warrior. Probably won’t be picking one up.
I’m pleased most with the iPhone stuff and Time Capsule. Are you bummed about today’s announcements or stoked? o
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January 15th, 2008 at 12:48 pm
$3,098.00 for the solid state version.
It better come with a pony. A Golden Pony.
Multi-touch trackpad seems like it would be very cool
January 15th, 2008 at 12:50 pm
A lot if this stuff is cool. I’m still going to wait on an iPhone,
I don’t think I’ll need Air (but am a little disappointed the whole thing isn’t touch responsive, and I don’t know if the world is ready for no CD/DVD drive built in) the new chip is pretty cool, too.
I like the new Air Port, my husbands been craving some back up space, and I think 1 TB will probably do it.
January 15th, 2008 at 12:55 pm
I’m stoked for the new macbook. I’ve been wanting and saving for one, but they are soooo heavy. This Air looks awesome. I’m in love.
January 15th, 2008 at 12:57 pm
Stoked. I was terrified that my AppleTV, which I bought for Christmas, was going to be made obsolete. When I saw those words “free software upgrade,” it made my day.
Also psyched that the iPhone (which I hope to buy this year) is getting even cooler.
And if I was in the market for a laptop, I’d definitely go for the Air. I’m sick of carrying this huge Dell around.
January 15th, 2008 at 12:58 pm
Wow you are quick Jon. Was Newman even done singing ?
My reaction ….mixed.
AppleTV won’t interest me until it has “DVR” capabilities.
I like the engineering on the MBA but not enough that we need to go out and buy one. I do like the remote optical drive capability. In a house with an iMac and an ibook that could be handy. I wonder if the remote drive will be an upgrade to Leopard?
The Time Capsule intrigues me but I need to research. I only need one wireless router for my house and I don’t understand why the Airport Extremes do NOT have Airtunes. Need to see if TC has it.
Also I am a little peeved at Apple (and I am a fanboy) Time Machine previously wouldn’t work with NAS,
now it will only work with TC ?
January 15th, 2008 at 12:59 pm
what the crap? I have to pay $20 for 5 new apps that Apple had to do absolutely nothing to, to get them on my Touch? And, if I get a new Touch, said apps will already be on it? That’s crap. Sorry. But it is. All it will do is make more users Jailbreak their Touch. Shady crap.
January 15th, 2008 at 1:12 pm
I’m a little irritated (with myself) about Time Capsule only because I just bought an AEBS-N a couple months ago (and love it) and have been reseaching to buy the backup drive to accompany it. Luckily I haven’t purchased an external HD, but now I’m trying to figure out how I’m going to sneak this one past the wife and sell of the ol’ AEBS.
January 15th, 2008 at 1:21 pm
Stoked. Just downloaded 1.1.3 and installing now. Time Capsule looks cool. MBA cool but not for me.
January 15th, 2008 at 1:26 pm
I love the iphone updates, finally SMS to multiple contacts, seems like not a big deal but it can be annoying to not have it. The Maps features are cool, as this is migrating closer and closer to GPS level.
Nothing really to excite a general population, the Mac Air is nice but still too pricey for me.
January 15th, 2008 at 1:27 pm
I am stoked about the iPhone firmware update. The other products and services look cool, but I won’t be forking over any of my cash just yet. I am a bit surprised that there wasn’t the whole “There’s one more thing” bit were Steve announces some really HUGE product right at the end. I was following the live updates on Engadget and after Randy Newman (huh, Randy Newman? Apple? - I kept thinking of the Y2K episode of Family Guy), the keynote was over. I guess I expected an even bigger announcement, but I am not disappointed. Thanks for the post, Jon.
January 15th, 2008 at 1:49 pm
Let me save you $299: 802.11n is nothing to get excited about. Our network runs off of a Netgear 802.11n router, and you still can’t transmit audio or video, or even photos for that matter, at a reasonable rate. My wife is a professional photographer, and I was hoping we could keep her images on the RAID network device… but working directly from that has proven to be impossible on a wireless connection.
In short, stick with ethernet.
January 15th, 2008 at 2:11 pm
I’m a little bummed. Only because all of the announcements were leaked days ahead and even mainstream media was covering. I miss the crazy pre-Macworld hype days where you could photoshop render after photoshop render of some whacky Mac dream product and they were all fake, but then Steve would take the stage and show you something no one had predicted, but still made you giggle with joy. I knew it wasn’t going to be anything like the iPhone, but I still would have loved a nice surprise.
January 15th, 2008 at 2:53 pm
I still think the Air is a great idea, but I think after reading more about it, I’m wavering back towards getting a Macbook Pro when next I upgrade.
Drawbacks to the Air: no Firewire, which means no Target Disk Mode, something I’ve used in a few emergencies.
Battery is sealed inside the machine: not user replaceable.
Hard Disk is the same size as my current machine, and I’m filling that up quickly.
Intel graphic card.
Still, for my wife, who travels a lot, this might be a great idea.
January 15th, 2008 at 2:59 pm
I’d also like to point out that the iPod Touch SDK comes out in February, so if you don’t want to spend $20 on the Apple apps (esp. if you only want Mail), you might want to wait a bit and see if anyone develops a free/Open Source one.
Also, Time Machine works with any external drive; Time Capsule is just the hardware compliment to that.
January 15th, 2008 at 3:00 pm
I’ve already added the new apps to my iPod Touch. Well worth the $20 fee to upgrade.
January 15th, 2008 at 3:30 pm
I thought it kind of a long shot, but was hoping for some powerbook upgrades and an isight in the monitors since I’m in the market for both
January 15th, 2008 at 3:33 pm
No iPhone for Canada, as the rumour mills were reporting yesterday.
:(
Also, no replaceable battery in Macbook Air? Booo!
January 15th, 2008 at 3:46 pm
Time Machine can write to an external drive , just not to NAS ( any drive with an IP ) that isn’t Time Capsule.
January 15th, 2008 at 3:51 pm
Truthfully, I was pretty pleased, even tho I own so little mac stuff now. Got a bunch of stuff from work to do .net on and haven’t been able to get new toys from Apple.
I think that the general public is a bit overexpectant these days, thnking Apple can come up with ‘THE NEW THING’ that will turn the industry on it’s ear every year. They’re good, but that good? I dunno.
That being said, as someone who is fairly tough on things, I wouldn’t get an MBA, I’d kill it in a week. Cool stuff available, I’m surprised Steve didn’t hit on the solid drive capability, that’s pretty big as far as I am concerned. I also liked the ghost CD drive capability from other machines, tre’ neato.
January 15th, 2008 at 4:16 pm
S. Jobs: Minions! Make for me the world’s thinnest laptop!
Flying Monkey Horde: Easy. All we have to do is get rid of all the useful stuff.
Jobs: Okay, but will it be pretty?
Monkeys: As pretty as Michael Jackson’s face.
Jobs: … (furiously masturbating)
January 15th, 2008 at 4:43 pm
Meh, more typical cool looking stuff from Apple. Macbook air - how do I go about switching out batteries? Or upgrading RAM? Ah, thats not the apple way sir.
So I want to watch a DVD on the macbook air. No problem, just load it into another PC or laptop on your network, share the drive, then connec to the drive through your network…. works great on a plane!
But Brewcaster all you have to do is buy the movie through iTunes…. GOTCHA~!
January 15th, 2008 at 5:29 pm
As much as I covet the Macbook Air, over $3,000 for the solid state version is way beyond my price range.
Although, I am hoping to be able to afford a new Macbook and an iPhone later this year so the iPhone update sounds great.
All in all, I call Steve Jobs pure evil for putting out products that I won’t so badly yet can’t afford.
January 15th, 2008 at 5:57 pm
MBA: Hubba-hubba, as in “Give me a portable USB hub so that I can actually attach a Superdrive, a thumb drive, my ancient iPod, and a card reader all at once. Oh, and a pony. A golden pony.”
No USB 2.0 out on your camcorder? Have a nice day, and try not to step in the golden pony doo on your way out.
Still, the MBA would be a nice machine for text-based activities. Come February, look for a hipster two-finger-typing the Great American Novel on one of these at a coffeehouse near you.
Was also hoping for a memory boost in the iPod Touch, no luck there.
January 15th, 2008 at 6:56 pm
No optical drive!?!?! gasped the crowd.
Remember how people freaked about no “floppy drive” on the imac’s. I bought a Dell laptop many years ago that had a modular floppy disk drive…I never took it out of the package.
Gutsy. Truth be told, I haven’t used the dvd drive on my MBP more that 3 times in the last year.
Since we don’t have this iPhone thingy up here in Canada, I’m not sure what all the fuss is about.
January 15th, 2008 at 8:58 pm
The Air is so teeny tiny that my brain can’t quite wrap itself around it. I also think the Air makes some of the decisions they’ve made re. the iPhone and iPod Touch make more sense - I mean, people (myself included) have been all excited about them as palmtop machines. But why facilitate that when you know you’ve got the Air in the hole? And while people are going to bitch about the small storage capacity, in all honesty it meshes perfectly with the Time Capsule. Get an Air, a Time Capsule, and the external Superdrive and you have an ultralight that is, for all intents and purposes, still a desktop replacement.