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Gizmodo has a great article about how today’s presentation was a way to respresent how Apple is prepared to continue after the eventual retirement of Steve. I think Apple will continue to thrive especially with so many steve-minded people working at Apple.
I still shed a tear at the close of an era of Steve-notes, and “one more thing”s.
http://gizmodo.com/5063281/is-steve-jobs-preparing-his-farewell
While my dad is busy watching the moving crew break all his precious knick-knacks I will be filling in to give you a wrap up of today’s announcements.
To start we have the announcement of the new Macbooks and Macbook Pros. Apple takes this opportunity to bring their visual style in line with the iMac, sporting a glossy black border around the screen. More importantly, they much rumored new aluminum case was unveiled making the laptop even more sturdy than before. The guts have also been given a large upgrade with a single NVIDIA chip in the Macbook and duet of chips in the Pro model allowing for tiered use of the chips to meet workload and power demands. Fans of the iPhone and Macbook Air will be glad to know the laptops also have gained a buttonless glass trackpad with multi-finger gesturing.
Among the other changes, Firewire has been dropped from the Macbooks, as well as the full size DVI port on the Macbook Pro. MiniDVI will be used through out and is also seen on the new Cinema Displays.
Now for the specs:
Macbook Pro
• Standard Model: $1999
- 15.4-inch screen
- 2.4GHz processor
- 2GB DDR3-RAM
- Geforce 9400M and 9600M GT
- 250 Gig HDD
- Super-Drive
• Better Model: $2499
- 15.4-inch screen
- 2.53GHz
- 4 GB RAM
- 512 MB on 9600GT
- 320 GIG HDD
Macbook
•$999 (Last generation), $1,299, and $1,599
- 13-inch Screen
- 2.0, 2.1, 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
- 2GB SDRAM
- 160,180, and 250GB Hard Drives
- NVIDIA GeForce 9400M
In a nutshell that about wraps it up. For all the dirt Gizmodo has given some great hands on reviews of the machines.
http://gizmodo.com/5063271/hands-on-with-macbook-pro-2008
http://gizmodo.com/5062885/hands-on-the-new-silver-macbook
http://gizmodo.com/5063291/hands-on-with-the-24+inch-apple-cinema-display
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