Apple Announces iLife '11, FaceTime Mac, Lion, Mac App Store, MacBook Air

Posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday October 20, 2010 @06:05AM from the get-an-ilife dept.

Apple once again streamed their latest keynote where they unveiled iLife '11 (more fullscreen and Facebook in iPhoto, Audio editing and automatic trailers in iMovie, Rhythm correction and lessons in Garage Band). FaceTime for the Mac will connect video chat to phones with a Beta starting today. Next we get a preview of OS X Lion which will have an App Store and new UI bits shipping this summer. The Mac App Store will launch on Snow Leopard in 90 days. The New MacBook Air is under 3lbs, 13.3" screen, Core 2 Duo, solid state only storage. There's also an 11.6" version starting at $999 with 64gb of storage shipping today.

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Re:Not very exciting by schnikies79 · 2010-10-20 06:20 · Score: 5, Informative

They are *not* locking down OSX. You will still be able to get apps anywhere you want.

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Re:Not very exciting by Desler · 2010-10-20 06:21 · Score: 5, Informative

Actually, it's worse than lame as they're now locking down Mac OSX just like they do with iOS.
You mean except for the fact that it was explicitly stated that the app store wasn't the exclusive place to get apps for Mac OS X? How can it be locked down when nothing has changed beyond having a new source for downloading apps from?