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QuickTime/iTunes on Windows is a piece of cr*p.

If you're referring to the fact that it's very close to what one would call Adware, this is the same on my Mac. Every other time I start Quicktime it suggests to buy the full version, and several menu points are grayed out like in Crippleware. Obviously, Apple is are also planning to add ads to iTunes.

1) There is no way in hell Microsoft would document their API to the level necessary to allow Apple to duplicate it.

If Wine doesn't need MS's blessing, why would Apple? Heck, Apple could probably port Wine, possibly with speed and style, seeing as how they're not at all amateurs when it comes to working with the Win32 API. They've got over a decade of experience not only working with Windows on their cross-platform Quicktime libraries -- which could almost be something you could build an application layer in themselves -- but also with targeting Cocoa (NextStep) applications to Windows using their dev tools (YellowBox).

Obviously these are different things than duplicating the Windows API. But they're the kind of thing that would bring you into intimate familiarity with how it works, and put you in a strong position to write some kind of replacement.

I still think Cringley's wrong. Not because Apple couldn't do it, but because virtualization is quite likely an easier route, and much less brittle. Or, for bonus points, they could release some funky desktop/window/shell dlls for Windows and add a few tweaks to the same for OS X which would allow people to run Windows virtualized, but with each app/window appearing to operate within OS X's windowing spaces/styles, sortof like how Apple's X11 server works now.

At any rate, someone will release a virtualization solution. People will be able to run Windows and the Mac OS simultaneously, likely better than they ever have before with the emulation solutions.

And if Cringley is basing his crazy spoutings on some rumors he's heard, I'd guess the Yellow Box resurrection rumor is more likely the underlying truth, and the full Windows API duplication is what's come out through a game of telephone. Resurrecting Yellow Box would be a good counterpunch to developers thinking of going Win-only when it comes to deployment on the Mac.

That could, of course, just be crazy speculation too. :) But at any rate, it's an interesting time. Whether or not Apple does any of these things, the reason they're subject to these wild rumors is because.... they could pull off this stuff. And given that they're recently known for a bunch of successes and some risky but interesting gambles (like the Intel switch), it's fun to think about it.

There are many reasons for Apple to switch to processors used in cellular phones: -Already proven in the market -Easy to mass produce -ARM architecture similar to PortalPlayer's -Lowest power consumption in consumer electronics -Flexibility with supply line -Industry hookups due to the ROKR -Samsung (RTFA) makes cellphones -Apple only makes their own northbridges, contracts out all other ASICs The list goes on and on. There has also been some speculation that Apple is planning a wireless communication feature in future iPods. Maybe Apple is looking to diversify their featureset. Could we see a PDA-killer soon?

Strange, not even one person spoke about EFI or Open Firmware Interfaces to handle driver operations.
Linux can use allready EFI on ppc computers..as i know of.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extensible_Firmware_I nterface
http://guides.macrumors.com/Open_Firmware

http://www.codingheaven.net/

He means that, in surveys of repair records for computer purchases, Macs are consistently at or near the top.

The computer being used to write this message (not the old one) was assembled by myself using parts purchased for a relatively small amount of money

Did you perform heat tests, noise tests, drop tests, foot wear tests, electrical tests, spilled-Coke-in-the-keyboard tests, etc. before you assembled it? Apple did all those before they assembled mine.

Is Apple being supplied with parts from a different assembly line than everyone else?

I haven't seen "everyone else" with a case like the G5 or the iMac. There's a big difference between assembling and engineering, and testing can find a lot of problems before the first production machine and during production as well.

I don't see what's to prefer about OS X if you're already familiar or prepared to use XP for playing games.

Doubly so because a lot of older titles will be PPC and must be emulated.

The iMac is slightly better, but a ATI 128Mb X1600 is hardly compelling either.

But more importantly, anyone intent on playing games would never buy the current Intel Macs.

Apple needs to... support a true Mac virtualisation application.

Like the rumoured Chameleon virtualisation application?

But, some notes:

- Even the existing http://onmac.net/ solution wasn't "illegal" or against any Apple or Microsoft license agreement - not saying the summary said that, but it kind of implied it might be

- The HUGE difference with Boot Camp is that it includes Windows XP driver profiles for Apple-specific hardware - including video drivers! Hello games and video intensive Windows software!

- Another big difference is that it includes a live repartitioning tool so the drive doesn't have to be reformatted to install Windows as the current solution requires

- And, it wraps everything up in a nice "setup assistant"-like interface

- It does burn a custom Windows XP installation disc (no, this does not violate any Microsoft or Windows license agreement, as making custom Windows installation discs has been routine in IT shops for years)

- Currently, it looks like it supports only Windows XP SP2, not any multi-disc XP-based installations (or other non-Windows OSes), but since Media Center is already working with the other solution by making a custom installation disc, I have no doubts that it could work with this as well

It's pretty incredible that Apple has decided to do this, to say the least.

However, the true benefit for many people won't come from dual-booting, but from running Windows (or any other x86 OS) in a virtualization environment alongside OS X with no dual booting or rebooting needed.

Virtualization company Parallels announced that it will be bringing its Parallels Workstation virtualization product to Intel-based Macs. Parallels is a hypervisor-based (with a kernel module) virtual machine solution already shipping for Windows and Linux, and is the first desktop virtualization product to support Intel VT/Vanderpool CPU "partitioning". It's also only $50. Parallels also has a long list of officially supported guest OSes, and that's just the ones that are *officially* supported. So either way, we'll have a nice dual boot solution AND a nice virtualization solution!

So Boot Camp will be standard with Leopard...great. What about the thing that a lot of us actually want, virtualization from Apple, rumored to be in Leopard? And not just virtualization to run x86 OSes, but to also run multiple instances of Intel-variants of Mac OS X and Mac OS X Server (*as well* as any other x86 OS)? Now THAT would be the holy grail. Desktop virtualization for things like Windows and Linux/BSD environments, and server virtualization for multiple Mac OS X/Mac OS X Server instances on a single box.

Since Apple has shown it's been officially willing to acknowledge the alternate OS/Windows universe on Intel-based Macs, I actually have a lot more hope for native, integrated virtualization in Leopard as well!

1: More Flaming Laptops? (And This Time They're Not PowerBooks!)

The PowerBook 5300 has been unfairly saddled with a reputation as "the incendiary PowerBook" since one test unit caught fire in an Apple lab back in 1995. Actually, it was the Sony-supplied lithium ion battery and not the 5300 itself that started the conflagration, but that hasn't stopped even some Mac advocates who ought to know better from propagating the "flaming 5300s" myth.

So wearily, once again, are the facts:

- Only one 5300 caught fire
- Apple quickly recalled the few machines in distribution channels at the time and replaced the suspect li-Ion batteries with NiMH units.
- No consumer machines caught fire
- The 5300 has proved to be no more fire-prone than any other laptop -- less so in fact than the G3 Series 'Books, a handful of which actually have caught fire in consumer use.

2: a few units used at Apple actually burst into flames [2] due to problems with then-novel Lithium Ion batteries made by Sony (earning the 5300 the nicknames "FireBook", and "HindenBook", after the Hindenburg disaster). While no consumer models suffered this fate, Apple was forced to recall the entire product line and delay its availability while they downgraded to proven nickel metal hydride batteries

3: Before the system was released in a few rare instances the battery caught fire. This was fixed before the computer was released, but this problem helped create a lot of bad press for Apple.

4: Given the hysterical and mythologically persistent exaggeration of the problem with the PowerBook 5300 back in '95, it's understandable that Apple would be hypersensitive about this matter. The reality check is that, as far as I've been able to determine over the past 11 years of following this story, there was one Sony Lithium Ion PowerBook 5300 battery that spontaneously caught fire in an Apple test lab. The 1000 or so 5300s that were in distribution pipelines at the time were immediately recalled and refitted with Nickel Metal Hydride batteries (which were already in production for the lower-priced but identical form factor 68k-based PowerBook 190), which proved completely reliable. The PowerBook 5300 had other issues, but catching fire in consumer hands was not one of them, despite it's mythological "blazing PowerBook" reputation.

5: Apple announced it has stopped shipments of the new PowerBook 5300 product line due to potentially dangerous problems with the product's lithium-ion battery packs. The problems do not impact any other PowerBooks, including Apple's new PowerBook 190 and Duo 2300 models (see TidBITS-292). Apple has recalled the roughly 1,000 units shipped to dealers and resellers, and reports indicate only about 100 units actually reached customers.

Hopefully you won't need to wait too much longer. As reported on Mac Rumors , as of at least Jan. 26, Apple has been seeking a "Finder Software Engineer". Hopefully we can see a better Finder out in Leopard.

The job requirements were listed as

• Participate in all of the various stages of feature development from design brainstorms, through feature development, all the way to fixing that last critical elusive bug under a tight release deadline.
• You will be required to produce clear designs, excellent implementation and tight code.
• Deliver tight, well implemented features, fix bugs and develop Finder into the best file browser on the planet.
• Work on performance and responsiveness of the Finder, making it feel lightweight, fast, snappy and pleasant to use.

The board meeting

So it's Tuesday morning at Apple. The boardroom is having another meeting about the future of the Macintosh. They're perusing the feedback over the unofficial port of Windows to the Mac, and considering the consequences. There's a whole bunch of things on the agenda. OS development is hard, and it's expensive. Their competitors, Sony and Lenevo, doesn't need to do it, and they're doing pretty well all in all. Plus, there's the whole break up plan. When Apple separates into Apple Macintosh Inc and iTunes Corp, how attractive will Apple Macintosh be as a take-over target? The whole move to Intel will be for naught if it hasn't made Dell and friends just a little more excited and comfortable they could fit the Macintosh into their lines.

Apple has some little development projects on the boil and has for some time. To begin with, it's pretty much completely reimplemented the Carbon APIs under Windows. Indeed, that's how iTunes and Quicktime are implemented. But, interestingly, so are the Cocoa APIs. They're all there, Apple never stopped developing them, even after it nixed WebObjects for that platform. It's also in need of certain features that would help it with the future. Apple has no "managed code" environment - it supported Java to a certain extent, but Cocoa never was a perfect fit for that. Apple's progress with .NET, unofficially, under Windows and OS X, is coming along surprisingly well.

As time has gone on, the notion of switching to Windows as the base platform really has gotten more and more plausable. There are still roadblocks, Apple needs Microsoft to provide them with a little more customizability of the UI. A switch to Windows without providing the essential Macintosh experience just wouldn't do. But, well, .NET, and Aero, are Microsoft's attempts to break with the past. Perhaps an OS built upon these APIs could, with Microsoft's help, look entirely like a Mac environment - with the right code, obviously. You don't want a Dell user flipping a registry switch and getting a Mac.

It's clear that whatever happens, OS X is doomed. Postings by MacRumors alumni arguing that the porting of Windows to the Mac spells disaster are read out, and largely agreed with. But the question then is - does Apple continue to pour money into OS X, or could Gates and Ballmer be ameanable to making the modifications needed to make Windows Vista the next Macintosh OS?

The phone call

Jobs picks up the phone and calls Gates. There's a brief discussion, and then the phone's put down. A few minutes later, the phone rings. It's Ballmer, Gates, and Allchin.

"We think we can do it, Steve" says Bill Gates. "I mean, this is a major thing for us. It's a coup, and I know you know we're thinking it. So we're going to help in any way we can."

Allchin interjects: "Funnily enough, from our end, the code's largely there. We need a bit more time. WinFS needs some work - we'd put it on hold, but if you're going to want Spotlight on this OS, we'll need to finish it. Sticking menus at the top of the screen and reordering them... that's easy stuff. We'd appreciate it if you ported your own Dock and Finder, you can keep that proprietary if you want."

Jobs smiles. "That's perfect for us. Means we keep control over the so-called Macintosh experience. That's really the only reason we've stuck with our own operating systems for so long."

Ballmer speaks next. "Well, I'm looking at the timings, we can probably get things to you in a service pack for Vista, perhaps in April or May of 2007?"

"January", says Jobs. "It's got to be January. I want to go to MacWorld, and announce a new operating system, Mac OS W, th

Since it's won now, I guess I can talk. The install requires a Windows XP PC, with which Windows is already installed. From here you use Nero Burning ROM to mix files from your XP SP2 CD, copy them to a new project, and add in some $OEM$ files and folders, and fix some of the files in i386. From here, you use xom.efi (which is the bootloader), and bless it in Terminal. Once it's blessed on startup you get a pretty nice selector, and you choose Windows. From here the CSM layer pauses for 2.5 Minutes while it does whatever its doing. Then you'll get into Windows Setup.

I should also mention at this time, you cannot reboot Windows. You need to shutdown. If you attempt rebooting it will hang at Windows is Shutting Down screen.

Because Apple hasn't done it yet?

Seriously, the company was (for all intents and purposes) the first to use a touchpad, and the first to position the keyboard towards the display so that the mouse could go in front. What makes you think it'll be any different with multitouch displays such as the one in that video? Apple holds several key patents on the technology that are just now starting to come to light.

Apple fixed the bug exploited in (2) above sometime in early 2005 by having the OS warn you if it was running an application for the first time.
I don't know to which bug you refer, but there was a similar one found and fixed in a week just a couple of weeks ago. A quick experiment with that shows that the warning is given every time a disguised malicious file is downloaded, whether the malicious application has been run before or not. See http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=18378 7. An operating system that prevented users from downloading and executing an executable would be very restrictive. A warning from the operating system won't stop a stupid user from downloading a Trojan horse, however - and, of course, such a user can easily bring a Trojan horse in on a removeable medium without warnng.

GMA 950 is an OpenGL 1.4 GPU. Radeon 9200 is an OpenGL 1.3 GPU.

Jack-of-all-trades devices are rarely successful. The iPod can be used as a PDA via its contact management and calendar functions, but I don't know one person who uses that functionality (and Apple has not expanded on it since its introduction).

The iPod does one thing really well -- play media. I will admit that Apple are encroaching on shark jumping territory by adding video functionality to the device, and if they don't integrate it correctly it could be the point where the iPod's dominance falters.

Thank goodness the leak shots of the new iPod Video are fake. Sacrificing the awesome ergonomics of the iPod to incorporate a wide screen display would be nothing but detrimental to the brand.

Jack-of-all-trades devices are rarely successful. The iPod can be used as a PDA via its contact management and calendar functions, but I don't know one person who uses that functionality (and Apple has not expanded on it since its introduction).

The iPod does one thing really well -- play media. I will admit that Apple are encroaching on shark jumping territory by adding video functionality to the device, and if they don't integrate it correctly it could be the point where the iPod's dominance falters.

Thank goodness the leak shots of the new iPod Video are fake. Sacrificing the awesome ergonomics of the iPod to incorporate a wide screen display would be nothing but detrimental to the brand.

What do you bet this will be completely overshadowed by Apple's "fun new products"?

I think they must have a sign out in front of the Microsoft PR office that says "Haven't shot self in foot in 3^H1 days".

I agree with you, and as a Mac user, this is kind of frustrating (the occasional disparity between Mac & Windows versions of the same program). However, you might be interested in this: Ableton Live 5.2 Benchmarks. It benchmarks multiple versions of the program, on Windows and OS X with different processors.

The guy doesn't say specifically, but it sounds to me like he simply stumbled upon it by accident. I don't get the impression at all that he's some super-hax0r looking to exploit a flaw.

Here's his page about it.
Here's a post he made on MacRumors.

That doesn't leave me with the impression of someone intending to do anything bad with it. I could be wrong!

Have you seen Apple's newest patents for their gesture interface? I haven't been able to sleep since.

The folks who would be interested in screenshots of 10.5 are the kind of folks who know an archive of photos does not require an admin password.

macrumor.com says that they're getting the upgraded model.

Cheers,
Ian

This Vic tech blog do not share where they first got the video, but it's been out for at least a few days. And yes, it's related to Apple patents. Read more here: http://www.macrumors.com/pages/2006/02/20060212165 558.shtml and http://www.macrumors.com/pages/2006/02/20060211144 712.shtml

This link offers Apple patent application pictures:
http://guides.macrumors.com/Gallery_of_Gesture_Use r_Interface_Patent
Very interesting indeed...

This Vic tech blog do not share where they first got the video, but it's been out for at least a few days. And yes, it's related to Apple patents. Read more here: http://www.macrumors.com/pages/2006/02/20060212165 558.shtml and http://www.macrumors.com/pages/2006/02/20060211144 712.shtml

This link offers Apple patent application pictures:
http://guides.macrumors.com/Gallery_of_Gesture_Use r_Interface_Patent
Very interesting indeed...

This Vic tech blog do not share where they first got the video, but it's been out for at least a few days. And yes, it's related to Apple patents. Read more here: http://www.macrumors.com/pages/2006/02/20060212165 558.shtml and http://www.macrumors.com/pages/2006/02/20060211144 712.shtml

This link offers Apple patent application pictures:
http://guides.macrumors.com/Gallery_of_Gesture_Use r_Interface_Patent
Very interesting indeed...

1) Apple really was incorporated on April 1st (people don't seem to know that) and it will be the actual 30th birthday to the day.... though Steve Jobs was not at Apple for the 20th anniversary, there was a special Mac released.

2) the current iPod is referred to as "iPod with video" and not "video iPod" on Apple.com. that specific wording is why people think Apple is reserving "video iPod" for something new. i guess technically the iPod with Video is considered a modified version of the latest iPod, and not a flat out video playback device. it also may explain those patents that surfaced recently about a touchscreen-like thing that made the rumor site go bananas thinking an Apple tablet was coming. (here is one example). add the reoccurring "Apple to buy Palm" rumor and you could write a book full of speculation wrapping up all these rumors into one crazy device if you want.

anyway, that's the background on those two bits.....

Mac rumours is talking about Apple patent applications for multipoint touchscreen control, prompting speculation (based on clear diagrams) that a video ipod will be all screen with a virtual clickwheel (more reasonable than the tablet application at this point in time).

http://www.macrumors.com/pages/2006/02/20060202070 007.shtml

Actually, aren't nearly all of the iLife programs now Universal Binary? With maybe the exception of GarageBand?

The Pro video apps are exactly what we shouldn't expect to be ported quickly, because they must rely heavily on optimized Altivec code... that's the segment of apps that will be most difficult to port.

There were lots of applications for the 680x0 systems, I sometimes had to search for those 486 applications. I assume we are headed back into that world.

Not on your life. There's a world of difference between NeXT in the early 90's and Apple today. Forget about the fact that Apple's market share and install base is something NeXT never dreamed of. The other important differences are :

- NeXT wasn't making it's own hardware. It was relying on OEMs to bundle NeXTStep with compatable Intel systems. Some users were buying the NeXTStep package and finding their hardware unsupported, as NeXT couldn't possibly support every hardware configuration used by PCs of the time.

- Microsoft was entering into licensing agreements with OEMs which included exclusive contracts ( later ruled to be in violation of anti-trust laws ) preventing them from marketing NeXTStep and other operating systems.

- Microsoft was not developing any products ( notably Word and Excel ) for NeXTStep, it's releasing Office on OS X ( for the next 5 years, even ).

- Developing for NeXTStep was actually quite expensive, if I remember... well, not horribly expensive, but you weren't going to pick up the developer kit if you were a student or just checking it out or building non-commercial software, that's for sure. Apple's developer kit? It's free.

- Microsoft had just released "Windows NT"... people were really, really excited about that, and NeXTStep Intel went up against that with a tiny install base, little OEM support, and a small developer base. Are people as excited about Vista after their experience with XP? Probably not.

I'm sure there are other key differences, these just seem like the more important ones to me. Another key difference: there are already a good number of Universal Binary applications. A partial list can be found on this MacRumors page, but it's *very* far from complete, as a search on Apple's "Downloads" web page using the term "Universal Binary" reveals, there are a good number of apps shipping with Universal Binaries today which aren't on the MacRumors list. Maybe there is a better list somewhere, I didn't look very hard.

As a side note, I just sold my G5 DP to someone looking to do video editing with FCP. Even with them knowing the Intel systems were coming out, they still wanted it.

If you want to do some work today, you use the applications and technology that are available today. That DP G5 is a great machine fully capable of just about any video editing task you'd want to throw at it, and it has the native software to do that work *today*, so it's an obvious choice. They'll be wishing they had the PowerMac replacement when it comes along, probably, and I'd expect the Pro apps to be ready when the PowerMac replacement is ready... but that's not today. Today, PowerMacs are what you want if you're editing video or audio... unlike the Amiga ( or the NeXT ), it's not because of some special-purpose vector-processing chip ( though you could make the case for Altivec ), it's because of the software. That same software will be available natively on the Intel versions, and the other problems that plagued NeXTStep on Intel aren't there for Apple.

There's no problem with hardware compatability- OS X is only supported on Apple hardware. There's no problem with OEMs- Apple is the only OEM. There's no problem with Apps- there are plenty Intel Native already, and non-Altivec apps largely just recompile. There is a large and healthy community of Apple developers, which includes even Microsoft

Read this discussion and you'll see that it MIGHT be possible. That is, EFI has the ability to support a backward compatibility mode with BIOS dependent operating systems. So the answer to the question is that if Apple chose to enable this option, dual booting will be feasible. If they chose not to, then who knows.

It is absolutely in Apple's interest to allow this capability though. If the new Apple laptops support dual booting Windows then I will absolutely buy one. I've wanted to run OSX but there are something I need to run in Windows for. If I can't run in Windows at least part of the time, then I cannot justify buying one of their computers.

Kevin Rose (of TechTV fame) got everything right . . .

In fact, if you look through the archives of Mac Rumors, they had reported a rumor which predicted it a couple months ago.

In fact, if you look through the archives of Mac Rumors, they had reported a rumor which predicted it a couple months ago.

The older powerbooks were pretty bullet proof.

Were they, now? I think you're forgetting about the PowerBook 5300.

http://guides.macrumors.com/Powerbook_5300

Those things were dogs.

SiO2

I have no idea if this is the real thing or not, but this could be it.

I love Dashboard and use the Google Maps widget all the time. Of course, having a Dashboard layer to me defeats the purpose of the widgets, so I altered the Dashboard preferences to enable widgets on the desktop.

I have never used Konfabulator but from the looks of the things Dashboard looks like a Konfabulator ripoff. Are the widgets interchangeable?

Are you smart? Are you creative? Are you sensitive to the sort of beauty, taste, and elegance that defines the Apple aesthetic? If not, please don't buy a Mac--God knows, we're already saddled with the likes of Rush Limbaugh, and we certainly don't appreciate you Johnnies-come-lately barging into our world. Time was, you could tell a fellow architect or dilettante by his or her choice of operating system. It's been getting harder lately, as Mac sales have increased 27% in the past year , many of these to refugees from Windows and Linux.

But if you are, indeed, a true-blue Mac user at heart, then allow me to be the first to say: Welcome to Macintosh!

PC laptops just suck. PC makers operate on razor thin margins - which means cheap (and often proprietary) parts, gawd-awful, tech support, and an enormous number of models..

if you are part of a linux community, you get help faster, friendlier and for free. and you after giving advice to others have even a good conscience of being helpful! ... but for the average "i-do-not-want-to-learn-but-it-must-just-work" user, you are perfectly right!

The Macintosh has a "community" as well. Most minority platforms do. Heck, there are even some places where Windows users can go to get advice. (Usually having to do with viruses and spyware, but still....)

Apple User Groups
http://www.macfixit.com/
http://www.macintouch.com/
http://www.macosx.com/
http://www.mac-forums.com/
http://forums.macrumors.com/forumdisplay.php?f=78

And then there are the comp.sys.mac.* newsgroups, and others.

I know there's a bunch floating around, but MacRumors.com started a Mac wiki called Mac Guides.

Looks like they are trying to capture all the knowledgable Mac info in their forums.

I know there's a bunch floating around, but MacRumors.com started a Mac wiki called Mac Guides.

Looks like they are trying to capture all the knowledgable Mac info in their forums.

Ahead of schedule, iTunes now provides an Australia link in the iTunes Music Store.

Songs are being offered for $1.69 and videos for $3.39 (AUS). Rumors for iTunes Australia have been long whispered. Cited reasons for the long delay have included resistance from music labels.

According to the most recent reports, Sony BMG has not signed on to the iTunes Australia launch.

Official launch is expected on October 25th at a media conference in Sydney.

[Image of Australia Option in iTMS]

Ahead of schedule, iTunes now provides an Australia link in the iTunes Music Store.

Songs are being offered for $1.69 and videos for $3.39 (AUS). Rumors for iTunes Australia have been long whispered. Cited reasons for the long delay have included resistance from music labels.

According to the most recent reports, Sony BMG has not signed on to the iTunes Australia launch.

Official launch is expected on October 25th at a media conference in Sydney.

[Image of Australia Option in iTMS]

Ahead of schedule, iTunes now provides an Australia link in the iTunes Music Store.

Songs are being offered for $1.69 and videos for $3.39 (AUS). Rumors for iTunes Australia have been long whispered. Cited reasons for the long delay have included resistance from music labels.

According to the most recent reports, Sony BMG has not signed on to the iTunes Australia launch.

Official launch is expected on October 25th at a media conference in Sydney.

[Image of Australia Option in iTMS]

Ahead of schedule, iTunes now provides an Australia link in the iTunes Music Store.

Songs are being offered for $1.69 and videos for $3.39 (AUS). Rumors for iTunes Australia have been long whispered. Cited reasons for the long delay have included resistance from music labels.

According to the most recent reports, Sony BMG has not signed on to the iTunes Australia launch.

Official launch is expected on October 25th at a media conference in Sydney.

[Image of Australia Option in iTMS]

Ahead of schedule, iTunes now provides an Australia link in the iTunes Music Store.

Songs are being offered for $1.69 and videos for $3.39 (AUS). Rumors for iTunes Australia have been long whispered. Cited reasons for the long delay have included resistance from music labels.

According to the most recent reports, Sony BMG has not signed on to the iTunes Australia launch.

Official launch is expected on October 25th at a media conference in Sydney.

[Image of Australia Option in iTMS]

Ahead of schedule, iTunes now provides an Australia link in the iTunes Music Store.

Songs are being offered for $1.69 and videos for $3.39 (AUS). Rumors for iTunes Australia have been long whispered. Cited reasons for the long delay have included resistance from music labels.

According to the most recent reports, Sony BMG has not signed on to the iTunes Australia launch.

Official launch is expected on October 25th at a media conference in Sydney.

[Image of Australia Option in iTMS]

Ahead of schedule, iTunes now provides an Australia link in the iTunes Music Store.

Songs are being offered for $1.69 and videos for $3.39 (AUS). Rumors for iTunes Australia have been long whispered. Cited reasons for the long delay have included resistance from music labels.

According to the most recent reports, Sony BMG has not signed on to the iTunes Australia launch.

Official launch is expected on October 25th at a media conference in Sydney.

[Image of Australia Option in iTMS]

Here's the info so far: - iMac: faster, larger disk, built in iSight. Includes FrontRow (app)
- iPod: 30GB/60GB with Video - realtime decoding of MPEG4 and H.264. 260,000 colors. Video out.
- FrontRow and PhotoBooth Apps.
- 30GB iPod: $299 - 31% thinner than current 20GB; - 60GB iPod: $399.
- New iPods avail next week. Comes with case
- iMac: $1299 for 17" model with 1.5GHz, $1799 for 20" model with 2.1GHz
- iTunes 6 to be released
- Front Row - comes with new iMacs. Lets you enjoy video/music/pictures from sofa. Everything
still displayed on iMac screen. iPod-like remote. 6 button remote.
- Photobooth - appears to be slide show application.
- Music Videos. 2000 available to buy. $1.99 each.
- Can "gift" music to other people. Peer reviews and recommendation service.
They keep updating and aren't /. yet at macrumors.com

So let it be written, so let it be done.

Updates from the Media Event

iPod: 30GB/60GB with Video - realtime decoding of MPEG4 and H.264. 260,000 colors. Video out