Macworld San Francisco 2009 Keynote Live Coverage

[Stephen]

if the MBP is the last thing i will be abit disappointed i was hoping for new imacs

 

[cwa107]

There was a live audio feed listed briefly. I clicked it and it's working, but now I don't see it shown in the thread. Was the post removed?

Yes, my bad. I thought he was a spammer. This is the feed:

http://chris.pirillo.com/live/

I have reversed the infraction, but I'm working on getting his account status updated.

 

[Zoolook]

8 hours battery life in the new MBP 17", with 1,000 charge life... nice!

 

[Jaygray]

I shouldn't have said anything. You reposted the link and the feed went down!

 

[Derek McNelly]

Is there a point, or is it just to annoy people?

Mostly to annoy people.

I mean, it was funny at first but then it just got kinda "Oh, meh."

 

[Stephen]

£1500 ish!?

 

[JGruber]

Wonder if they got smart and decided to go with Li-Po batteries! Smaller Batteries, Larger Capacity & Lighter!

 

[Z mannn R2]

what does "DRM free" mean?

 

[DriftNismo]

Ending the keynote on iTunes? No SnowLeopard? No new Mac Mini? No iMac update? No new iPhone firmware? *Wishes Steve Jobs did the keynote (Somehow I think he would have made it better)*

 

[cwa107]

what does "DRM free" mean?

No copy-protection. Basically, you can do whatever you like with the track.

 

[Macwillis]

what??? is that it?

 

[Stephen]

if thats the end im gutted. big build up for that?!

 

[cwa107]

Ending the keynote on iTunes? No SnowLeopard? No Mac Mini? No iMac update? No new iPhone firmware?

That's what happens when the rumor mill gets humming. People end up disappointed.

I have yet to see a keynote that didn't end like this.

 

[Zoolook]

what does "DRM free" mean?

Digital Rights Management free... i.e. no copy protection. It also means 256 kbps AAC, rather than 128 kbps, so the quality is much higher.

 

[Zoolook]

That's what happens when the rumor mill gets humming. People end up disappointed.

I have yet to see a keynote that didn't end like this.

This one was pretty dissapointing considering it's the last ever. I don't mean to be rude, but iWork is not exactly a killer-app. iLife '09 looks nice and obviously the new MBP is great for those who can afford it, but there wasn't really much to go crazy over.

I was hoping for an update to Apple TV...

 

[RONE]

The store is back up, if anyone cares to look at it.

 

[Stephen]

grrrrrr i suppose its a good thing the isent new hardware as i would just want it all.

 

[cwa107]

if thats the end im gutted. big build up for that?!

Big build up? Apple made it pretty clear that this was not a huge event for them - sending Phil Schiller instead of Steve, pulling out of Macworld.

It's like reading the critique of a movie before you go to see it - if you start out with diminished expectations and it ends up better than you thought, you'll be a lot more satisfied. The problem is that the rumor mills get whipped up into a fury and set the bar so high that people feel let down when the actual products are announced.

As always, take the rumors worth a grain of salt. More often then not, they're completely wrong.

 

[cwa107]

This one was pretty dissapointing considering it's the last ever. I don't mean to be rude, but iWork is not exactly a killer-app. iLife '09 looks nice and obviously the new MBP is great for those who can afford it, but there wasn't really much to go crazy over.

I was hoping for an update to Apple TV...

I agree, but I think everyone was so hyped up for new hardware - and that expectation was set by the rumor mill. Phil Schiller doing MWSF should have clued everyone in that this was not going to be anything earth-shattering.

 

[Stephen]

Big build up? Apple made it pretty clear that this was not a huge event for them - sending Phil Schiller instead of Steve, pulling out of Macworld.

It's like reading the critique of a movie before you go to see it - if you start out with diminished expectations and it ends up better than you thought, you'll be a lot more satisfied. The problem is that the rumor mills get whipped up into a fury and set the bar so high that people feel let down when the actual products are announced.

As always, take the rumors worth a grain of salt. More often then not, they're completely wrong.

yeah i suppose, i just get excited over these things and let myself down after haha.