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• . . . and that's basically all she wrote. A fine Expo, to be sure.
• Showing commnetary films on new hardware and ads, etc.
• $1799 for 12" PowerBook ($1999 for SuperDrive model)
• 12" PowerBook: 1024x768 screen, 867MHz G4, Bluetooth, 32MB nVIDIA gfx, Airport Extreme ready, combo drive, 1.2" thick
• 12" PowerBook -- the rumors were correct!
• One More Thing...
• Wireless bridging supported (using multiple basestations to extend range), support for 50 users
• $199 for Airport Extreme basestation
• Onto Airport Extreme - 802.11g 54Mbps
• Bluetooth integrated into new laptop
• FireWire 800 / FireWire 2 on new laptop
• $3299 for 17" PowerBook
• 6.8lbs for new PowerBook, aluminum, not titanium, anodized
• New PowerBook using 16:10 aspect ration and same screen as 17" iMac, backlit keyboard it seems, 64mb nVIDIA gfx
• New PowerBook 1" thick, 1440x900 res, 1GHz G4
• 17" PowerBook
• Moving on to laptops...
• Keynote retail $99
• More features: 12 themes built in, can make your own, demoing transitions
• More features: built in themes, changes background/pictures/bullets, many examples of themes (pushpin, sandstone, blackboard, etc.)
• More features: charts with built-in "mini spreadsheet", pie charts, bar graphs
• More features: full quarts graphics, antialiasing, alpha channel, supports pdf, tiff, "just about every graphics standard", built in tables and charts, ships with 100 images preloaded
• Keynote features: alignment guides, slide grouping with collapsable groups...
• PowerPoint-type application
• New application: Keynote. Presentation app
• Free Safari download -- starting today
• Browser is Open Source
• Demoing new browser
• Benches faster than IE, Netscape, Chimera
• New iApp -- Safari -- OS X Web Browser from Apple
• $49 for iDVD 3
• iTunes, iPhoto, iMovie - free downloads
• Here comes the price...
• Demoing iDVD 3
• 24 new themes
• iDVD -- 680,000 copies distributed so far. iDVD 3 today.
• "Ken Burns" effect, named after famous videographer, is very impressive way to add life to a still picture
• Jobs demos iMovie 3
• iMovie 3: Precise audio editing, "Ken Burns" picture effect, new interface...
• iMovie fully integrated w/ other iApps. Chapters added, most requested feature
• iMovie. 12 mil copies distributed. iMovie 3 introduced today.
• Demos other features of iPhoto (1-click enhance, retouch brush, etc.)
• Demos iTunes & iPhoto integrated features
• iPhoto 2: Integrated w/ iTunes, 1-click enhance on pics, retouch brush, ability to archive photo libraries to CD's and DVD's
• New integration features of iTunes 3 coming to life today
• In past 18 months, Apple has totally integrated its Digital Hub apps
• "Only Apple has invaded all 4 digital lifestyle applications"
• "We have delivered on Digital Hub strategy"
• Digital Hub
• "All our eggs in the OS X basket" now -- no longer can boot into 9 here on out
• 2000 earlier to now 5000 OS X apps
• $299 for FinalCut Express
• Dumbed down FinalCut Pro called FinalCut Express -- Schiller demoing
• Digidesign ProTools coming this month for OS X -- Dave Lebolt from Digidesign now talking
• Macromedia Director
• VPC 6
• Nascar game for Mac
• QuickBooks 5.0 for Mac
• Now, $300 off on MS Office when you buy a Mac (normally $500)
• 1.2 million this time last year...
• 5 million OS X users active presently
• On to OS X...
• Jobs introduces snowboarding/skiing jacked that has a custom iPod pocket with buttons to operate it on the sleeve! $499
• 42% market share in Japan for MP3 players
• 600,000 iPods shipped in last 14 months (1 every minute)
• "Walkman of the Digital Age"
• now, the iPod...
• 250,000 paying subscribers to .Mac
• Jobs demos new features of iSync
• Jobs demos publishing your iCal over the 'net
• iCal and iSync have been updated
• 290,000 copies of OS X sent to teachers in the last 4 months...for free
• Updates: teachers - Macs in schools...
• 1.4mil people visited Apple Stores in December alone
• 50% sales to Windows switchers (!)
• $148 mil in quarter ending last month
• Talk of NY Apple Store in historic building
• 85 mil people live within 15 miles of an Apple Store
• 7.8 mil visitors to Apple site since Switch ads. 63% Windows users!
• Updates: switcher campaign
• Largest MPEG4 stream event ever - 130 countries
• "Two Macwords worth of stuff, today", Jobs
• Jobs comes on stage, applause
• Camera pans crowd, music playing

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