First day at MacWorld 2008
January 15th, 2008 | Written by Andrew | 452 views | Published in Apple
Steve Jobs’ Keynote presentation led to a few new products being released from Apple. The major “There’s something in the air” came out to be the MacBook Air that Wired was speculating on correctly. It looks really cool as it is less than an inch thin at the “thickest” parts of the notebook. Sporting a 13.3in screen and a huge multi-touch mouse pad, this super thin laptop is still going for $1,799. They also included the SSD (solid state drives, Flash) as a BTO option. 64GB Flash Drive for $999? No thanks, but great for people who want quick data access. The price is high, but hey, for the size you get, you pay that price for.

Also other minor announcements about new products and software updates they had.
The Time Capsule Backup. This is just a wireless NAS drive that allows you to backup data to the Time Capsule wirelessly. Sporting a 500gb HD or a BTO 1TB, this thing will set you back $299 to $499 respectively. But if your a hardcore backeruper, this might be the thing for you.

The new MacBook Air doesn’t include an optical drive in it so what are you going to do when you have to use a CD to put some files on your laptop? Apple has created two ways, the first way, I believe is very painstaking. You first need a wireless network and another computer. Install the Remote Disc software on the computer that HAS a CD drive. Pop the CD in and then transfer the data over. Another way Apple has created is to buy a $99 MacBook Air Superdrive. It’s really a pain I think to carry a device just to put CD’s or DVD’s in but I guess that is the only solution to a thin laptop.

iTunes Movie Rentals. Yes, those speculations were correct. It even comes in a software update that goes with the Apple TV that allows you to rent movies through the Apple TV and stream the content over. The new Apple TV they have introduced includes being able to output to High Definition, the main feature that was lacked in the first generation Apple TV.

The iPod Touch is now able to run Google Maps, Mail, and all the features that the iPhone had that lacked on the iPod Touch. But there is a drawback. At $20 bucks, which is a pretty reasonable price, you can load the software onto the iPod Touch and have it used like an iPhone, except without the phone capabilities.

Apple released iPhone Firmware v1.1.3 that includes Google Maps Triangulation on your location using nearby cell towers. Also they included the customization of the homepage, shortcuts on the homepage, and also the ability to SMS multiple people.

Great Keynote Steve Jobs, I hope to be buying a MacBook Pro soon in a few weeks.


