** The Macworld '09 Thread **

[mdjmcnally]

Can't believe no mini update.

Although at least the glossy screen haters will be happy that the MBPro has a matte screen.

 

[ringo747]

I wanted an imac! Looks like will have to wait a while.

 

[Kainz]

A BATTERY METER! My XPS had that! Oh look audio in/out sockets! Revolutionary! Someone get me a facepalm

 

[Maccy]

No Firewire 400 = fail.

 

[crazyswede]

I wanted a mini for work

 

[Kainz]

No Firewire 400 = fail.

Yes

 

[Kemik]

Non-removable battery in the Macbook Pro 17". 8 hour charge and 1000 charges. That gives me about 1 and a half years. Great, $2800 for a device that lasts 18 months. What I've always wanted.

 

[Kainz]

"We've sold 6 billion songs... and iTunes is the world's largest media library... and we now have 75 million accounts with credit cards."
"and we have trusted those details with MacRumours"...

 

[[timko]]

Great, $2800 for a device that lasts 18 months. What I've always wanted.

Sell it about a year after you get it and move on to the new one that will be out by then

 

[[timko]]

Maybe there will be a... "and finally". Isn't there normally?

Edit :: "One last thing…"

An updated Mini isn't worth the "one last thing" although I personally would want one. Maybe the OLT is being reserved for the potential iPod/iPhone Nano.

 

[MacMiniBoy]

no chance of the apple store going down under the strain tonight ahaha

 

[titchard]

End of the quarter - 10M DRM free on iTunes - nice

Rich

 

[theheyes]

Although they "broke" one of the good things about the iTunes store (consistent pricing) its a small price to pay (no pun) for DRM free music. I expected a lot more iTunes Plus tracks but 8 million now and the rest later is great news.

 

[Kemik]

Now that the music is DRM free I might start buying from iTunes. Depends if the quality is better than some of the other big stores.

 

[Jolteh]

That was rubbish rubbish rubbish. What a disappointment.

 

[MacMiniBoy]

probably the worst mac world I have ever seen, and expect the internal battery technology to make it into all mac notebooks

 

[[timko]]

Well that's it folks -- no Steve, no iPhone nano, no new Mini, no new iMac, no shockers, no surprises. We're off to the floor... but hey, Tony Bennett is incredibly smooth. And that's something, right?

 

[Kainz]

That was rubbish rubbish rubbish. What a disappointment.

I was expecting nothing but that. I knew it would be overhyped from the moment Steve's illness hit the news in a timely manner.

 

[Spyhop]

Although at least the glossy screen haters will be happy that the MBPro has a matte screen.

I'm not a glossy screen hater, but I think it's a bad choice to put them on laptops because they get used out and about in various environments where readability is more important than maximum contrast and pop.

Isn't it strange that they seem to always proudly show the crappy aspect of glossy screens in their promo shots?

 

[OzyOly]

Overhyped?

DRM free iTunes is amazing! Maybe you don't buy music from iTunes as much as I do, but this is great news for me. My new tracks are still downloading.