The universal sign of new Apple-y things to come.
WWDC Keynote details
-Jobs on stage: Largest WWDC to date (5,000 attendees)
-EA Games making MacDVD games for your Mac…’cause Jobs is sick of Macs having bad games…expect Madden and Tiger Woods PGA in the fall as well as Command and Conquer 3 and Harry Potter
Leopard Features
-New Stacks feature for Leopard and new desktop (more transparencies) plus downloads folder to keep desktop spic n’ span
-New Finder; Cover Flow view in Finder; “flip” through .pdf files and power points, sidebar looks like iTunes (grouped & collapsible items)
-easier to share and browse files over LAN
-Back To My Mac; use .Mac to browse through your stuff over the internet from your other Macs (.Mac knows all your IPs)
-Quick Look allows you to preview files (even at full screen) without opening their app; plug ins accepted so you can add file types
-Leopard is totally 64bit, can run 32bit and 64bit apps side by side
-core animation stuff…they talked about it last year
-Boot Camp is built in
-Spaces….again
-Dashboard…new movie times widget that also previews trailers and Web Clip again (more Dilbert comics)
-iChat…tabbed chats, better audio quality, PhotoBooth, Backdrops and Theater(drag and drop movies into iChat, they start streaming, also works with anything that works in Quick Look, .doc, .pdf whatevs)
-new PhotoBooth styles, holographic and Clutch Cargo (allows you to put your mouth on anyone’s picture and talk as “them”)
-Time Machine redux…Boom.
Jobsquote: “We’ve got a basic version that will cost $129, we’ve got a Premium Version which will cost $129…” [[laughter/applause]] “We’ve got a business version! $129. Ultimate version! We’re throwing everything into it, it’s $129.” [[huge applause]] “We think everyone’s going to buy the Ultimate Version.”
But there’s one more thing…
Safari for Windows!
-It’s a free public beta, Download Here
iPhone
-ships on June 29th, 6pm
-developer stuff now…custom corporate address book took one person one month to build..blah blah
-apps are easy to make for iPhone! yay!
It’s…over?
No new hardware….what?? Nooooooooooo!!!!!!! The Apple Store is back up…actually the whole Apple website has a new look, but no new hardware or even Leopard Pre-Orders in the Store.
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