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Apple Updates iMac, iLife, .Mac

Posted by kdawson on from the more-goodies dept.

Apple just announced new iMacs. They are aluminum and come in 20" (two models) and 24". There's a new view called "Events" in iPhoto that should make it easier to deal with large photo libraries. Apple's .Mac service is enhanced with .Mac Web Gallery, which integrates with the new iTunes and also the iPhone. It's a Web 2.0 app now. And iMovie is being replaced by a completely new app of the same name. Steve Jobs claimed that with it you can put together a 5-minute movie in 30 minutes, and he demo'ed that from the stage. iWeb, iDVD, and GarageBand get new features too. And .Mac subscribers get 10 GB of storage. Here is Engadget's blow-by-blow coverage, and Wired's.

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  1. Why is this here now? by 0racle · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    The event is going on for another hour still. They just added that they're updating iWork too. Damn, talk about jumping the gun.

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    "I use a Mac because I'm just better than you are."
  2. I know I say this every time, but... by Jethro · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    13" MacBookPro! 13" MacBookPro! 13" MacBookPro!!!!!

    Please?

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    In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is kinky.
    1. Re:I know I say this every time, but... by Jethro · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Nah. I'm more going "Hey Apple, I have $2000 for you if you make a laptop I want."

      So it's more like trying to get a high-class prostitute.

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      In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is kinky.
  3. Re:That time of the year again by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Another Anti-Capitalist rant. Those anti-capitalist want everything for themselves, and can't stand when something is on the market that they can't have or can't afford. I mean, really, if you don't like the market economy where goods and services are distributed based on the will of the people and not the will of government, or some other equally corrupt organization, leave the country. That way everyone else will have the same grey clothes as you, and the same grey computer, and the same grey apartment, and you won't have to be jealous of the cool toys that you can't have.

  4. Just to get it out of the way... by thatskinnyguy · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    • I, for one, welcome our two foot overlords.
    • Will they run Linux?
    • Could you imagine a Beowulf Cluster of these?


    Ahhh! I feel better!
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    The game.
  5. Faked, aural feedback? by Lethyos · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    So, if Apple enters the sex business, there will be utilities for “iGirl” that will make her produce sounds upon contact? Not sure about others here, but I dislike fakers.

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    Why bother.
  6. Excitement by TofuMatt · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I was so excited yesterday afternoon when I read this at work. Someone's buying a new computer :D

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    -Matthew Riley "TofuMatt" MacPherson
    I have a website
  7. Re:Mac mini refreshed today too by Winckle · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    A troll? wtf, I was giving him a tip, not trolling, the new macs might only have iLife 06 on them, so I didn't want him to be left out.