OK, so Apple's final keynote at Macworld SF is over and the big news (for me at least) is what was NOT announced. Given the rumours over the last few weeks, we were expecting some great things including:

* Mac Mini update
* New iMac
* Introduction of Quad Core in non-Pro form factors
* iPhone Nano

The new Mini and iMacs looked like a dead cert given the recent discoveries of impending MCP79 chipset usage by Diabolik: NVIDIA MCP79 based Mac Minis and iMacs coming soon.

Both the Mini and iMac were well overdue for refreshes as well - the last revision of the Mini was introduced way back in August 2007 and the iMac's last revision was the glass/alu update in April 2008.

Quad core also looked like a certainty given the rumours around use of a new cooling system and the recent launch by Intel of a quad-core mobile CPU. As we know, Apple makes use of mobile processors in non-Pro desktops as well as in the MacBook range.

Well, maybe the iPhone Nano was a long shot but there were some indications plus that recent third party case manufacturer leak. But no - nothing.

So where are our updated iMacs and Minis? Given the time since the last updates to these lines, and the recent technical developments from Intel, I'd expect a "special event" in the style of last Autumn's iPod event. Apple need to reset people's expectations. Consumers and investors have developed greater and greater expectations around Macworld etc announcements. Rather than these big one-off announcements, there could be more smaller releases of updates and new products throughout the year.

So.. What we got instead were:

* New iLife and iWork
* New 17-inch MacBook Pro
* DRM-free songs in iTunes

iLife '09 looks pretty good - especially the facial recognition capabilities. Definitely worth investing in.



The new MacBook Pro looks pretty good but I'm sure there will be some controversy over the non-replacable battery. Also, this also looked like a contender for a quad-code upgrade but hey...

And I'm pretty pleased about the removal of DRM from purchased music, although the kind offer to upgrade fix my current purchases is still going to cost me!



So what do you guys think? Disappointed? Still patiently waiting for the updated Minis and iMacs? Any technical revelations that will impact the world of OSX86 (i.e. support for 9600M GT)?


Upam da je pravi podforum, če ni naj admin prestavi v pravega. LP.

Nikakor nisem razočaran. Imam leto star iMac in je špica, čeprav je "najšvohejši". Če bi rabil več, bi posegel po močnejšem ali po PRO programu, ki je še vedno far away from PC! No, iMac je tudi star kakšno leto in pol.
Mac Mini... če naredijo novega, oz. osvežijo serijo si bodo "požrli" morebitne kupce iMac-ov. Veliko je takih, ki bi zamenjali le "kišto"... tako bi jim verjetno stajali iMac-i... no, Mac Mini že ima svoj krog kupcev.

Dejstvo pa je tudi, da se ob vsaki krizi omejijo visoki izdatki, če niso nujni... mislim, da je cenejše razvijat SW in "postponat" HW. Tudi kupna moč morebitnih potrošnikov je zelo nizka in če ti zadeva dela, zakaj bi se vrgel v stroške? Poznam ljudi, ki jim G4 in celo G3 še vedno dobro služijo.

Tukaj so pozabili omeniti SNOW!!!! ki ga ni bilo
Ampak bomo že počakali.

iMace in Minije sem tudi kar močno pričakoval, ampak jih še nekaj časa ne bo, ali pač??

Kar smo dobili v zameno:
iLife je res super - sploh iPhoto, iMovie s svojimi novimi featurji. Tudi GarageBandovi lessonsi so kar vredu.
iWork se še nisem kaj močno poglabljal v to, samo kot pravijo nekateri je tudi bum!
Tisto iTunes DRM pa sploh nevem kaj pomeni

blaster je napisal/a:

iMace in Minije sem tudi kar močno pričakoval, ampak jih še nekaj časa ne bo, ali pač??

Govori se, da konec meseca oz. februarja.

LP
-J

p.s. govori se

Samo da se govori!