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jonknee writes "Apple fans are diehard... MacMerc is covering the WWDC keynote in real time. The show starts at 1 p.m. EST and should last a few hours."
rfernand79 writes "Still some time to go to WWDC, and mac.com has iDisk for Panther preview specifications. Offline access to iDisk sounds really cool."
Oculus Habent writes "For those of us who didn't have the money or time to make it to WWDC today, we can catch the keynote. Don't for get to upgrade to QuickTime 6.3 for best performance. I wonder if you can watch it on cell phones, now." The keynote stream is delayed; it begins after the keynote ends.
looks like apple is only archiving ... anyone know of a live feed?
I'm at an Apple store in Hartford, CT watching the keynote. I don't know whether this is something to brag about or it means I'm such a nerdy person I'm making the journey to the Apple store.
Only time will tell.
I will now redundantly add my name to the end of my post. You know, in case you forgot me or something.
My Blog Sucks.
Anyone knows a non-overloaded irc server with a moderated channel that posts live updates?
Donate free food here
http://www.4osx.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=1449
iMike is providing live coverage as he gets it, he's at his local apple store on his laptop.
http://www.4osx.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=1451 is the discussion thread.
They either pulled the content, or they are dealing with the slashdot effect. I did find it in Japanese though.
Here. Refreshes every 60 seconds.
# Apple says that later today Apple will sell the millionth iPod and that as of last Saturday, it has sold over 5 million songs. He demos a Jay Leno bit showing Osama in iPod advertisement.
# Jobs then talks about rtail stores, noting that Apple has 58 sores with over 17 million visitors. He shoed Apple SoHo and Grove. He notes that Chicago store is opening this week and San Francisco is opening next spring.
# Apple was the first to ship 802.11g in the industry. He provides an overview of AirPort Extreme.
# Apple has 300,000 registered Apple developers, which has tripled since Mac OS X introduced. Apple has also has many Unix and Java developers.
# Jobs on Stage. [1:03 pm]
# 12:31: Reporting from Apple Store SoHo. Roughly 300 people present even an hour before the keynote is scheduled to begin. Store employees showing random video clips as well as old Apple commercials.
# Keynote begins at 1 PM ET.
As below, so above and beyond, I imagine drawn beyond the lines of reason. Push the envelope. Watch it bend.
Obviously they're following through on expectations and announcing significant changes to their product line. The Apple Store web site is closed right now. They say that they'll be back up within the hour. (Once they are, that may be one of the best places to get solid specs on the new systems.)
http://66.246.110.221/forum/index.php?showtopic=14 49
http://66.246.110.221/forum/index.php?showtopic=14 51
ok now i got it right, sorry about that!
# Apple has added over 100 major new features. Mac OS X is the No. 1 Unix OS. He lists many of the Unix features of Mac OS X, including the latest version of Samba, which can be browsed in the Finder. Other features include IPSec-based VPN, better Active Directory support, a new Finder that is User-centric. All the user stuff is on the left (i.e., much like bookmarks).
# Jobs moves on to Mac OS X. He says that there are 7 million active users of Mac OS X with over 6,000 native applications. He says that Apple is over the crest in the Mac OS X X transition. Jobs thanks developers, but says that Jaguar is over. Cheeta, Puma, and Jaguar.
As below, so above and beyond, I imagine drawn beyond the lines of reason. Push the envelope. Watch it bend.
Thanks to SYSTRAN and Sherlock:
Panther iDisk Preview:
With Mac OS X 10.3 Panther Mac online storage service and the use of iDisk furthermore become simple and convenient. Mac OS X Panther*, using completely new architecture, in order to access iDisk, brings ultimate performance and convenience to automatic operation synchronizing of information in regard to offline access and the desktop and Internet.
The Advanced Capability of iDisk which can be used with Panther is introduced.
Will someone please please please convert the keynote into mpeg, so us left over here in Linux land can see it? Man I wish I had os x :-/
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All the geeky stuff. If you don't have a girlfriend, you'll be happy.
;-)
Excellent way to put it in perspective
"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch." - Jack Nicholson
AFter reading the keynote live ;-) on the macobserver I saw this...
[10:44 AM] Pro Font Management. You can install fonts with a button, preview them, and do all the other things that several companies make their living providing.
Funny, they had this functionality in system 6
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irc.macobserver.com #macobserver
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Hmm...
:q!
Thanks, but if they don't stack up well against the specs on the rumor sites, I'll just stick with those. ;-)
Neither is MacOS X
One of the transcripts I'm reading suggests that Panther will be out "by the end of the year". Does this count as a delay in the "updates in September" release cycle for OSX that we've seen so far? If so, it had better be for good reason: G5, 64-bit, etc. Nothing I've seen in the transcripts so far mentioned new hardware...
DO NOT LEAVE IT IS NOT REAL
Mod me down in a hurry, the suspense is killing me!
(-1, Raw and Uncut is the only way to read)
Of Steve holding a PPC 970 wafer...
http://nuche.homedns.org/wwdc/wwdc46.jpg
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Here's a picture of iSight
http://www.chaosmint.com/wwdc/isight.jpg
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more pic as I find them.
i gn /images/G5-PowerMac.jpg
http://www.theapplecollection.com/design/macdes
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http://homepage.mac.com/owlboy/wwdc56.jpg
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You're trying to tell me that Jonathan Ive designed that? Pic
â Dual 2GHz PowerPC G5
â 8GB DDR400 SDRAM (PC3200) - 8x1GB
â 2x250GB Serial ATA - 7200rpm
â ATI Radeon 9800 Pro
â Apple Cinema HD Display (23" flat panel)
â Apple Cinema HD Display (23" flat panel) + Apple DVI to ADC Adapter
â AirPort Extreme Card
â Bluetooth Module
â SuperDrive (DVD-R/CD-RW)
â Apple Keyboard & Apple Mouse - U.S. English
â Mac OS X - U.S. English
â Logitech Z-680 THX 5.1 Speakers & Monster 2-meter Cable
â AirPort Extreme Base Station (with modem and antenna port)
â APP for Power Mac (w/ or w/o display) - Enrollment Kit Subtotal $12,632.95
If something is so important that you feel the need to post it on the internet... It probably isn't that important.
http://www.playerprolounge.bedesign.be/wwdc/ (probably faster if you're in Belgium, but hey... :-)
DO NOT LEAVE IT IS NOT REAL
From the preview article:
.Mac. Then, I go to another machine and want to access that same file. It's, obviously, not going to show the changes.
The all-new iDisk architecture keeps a copy of your files on your local hard disk, then regularly and automatically synchronizes any changes you make to Apple's servers. Your latest changes are accessible from anywhere, so if you use multiple Macs you'll have the same up-to-date files available directly from the Finder on any of them.
I'm sorry, but I thought the point of iDisk was to have offline storage. If I'm just keeping a copy of the stuff on my HD, why don't I use iSync to mirror it?
Plus, say I'm offline on my laptop and edit a file that was on my iDisk. It will update my local copy, I assume, but not be able to upload it to
Seems kinda ass-backwards to me. Then again, maybe I should RTFA again.
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