Logan Leger

Well, I'm sure we all know by now the outcome of the MacWorld Expo this year in San Fransisco. But, I'll review for you anyway.

1. Steve Jobs placed Apple on track once again for a release of Tiger in the first half of this year.
2. iLife gets updated in '05 edition ($79, available Jan. 22nd). These updated include the following:
• iPhoto: support for RAW and MPEG-4; new views (calendar, vertical hierchial folders, etc); 3 new book sizes; better slideshows (more cinematic, more transitions/effects, etc); image printing for $0.19 each.
• iMovie HD: import and edit HD movies; Magic iMovie, creates automatic (still editable) movie in a second; improved editing tools; import easier with media browser; high-def slideshows
• iDVD 5: dynamic dropzones, customizable with movie/video that moves across the screen; 15 new themes; OneStep DVD to transfer uneditied movie directly from DV camcorder to DVD; Edit smarter using the improved, editable DVD Map and the new Drop Zone Editor; Save time and safeguard your work: burn projects to your hard drive as fully encoded Disk Images.
• GarageBand 2: record up to 8 tracks; real-time notation display; timing enhancments; tuning enhancments
• iTunes 4.7: already release
3. iWork ($79, available Jan. 22nd) is the successor to AppleWorks, says Steve Jobs. It includes Keynote 2 and Pages, and new word processor that uses a lot more graphics than Word.
4. New Stripped Mac, for only $499? Meet the MacMini. For only $499 you get a 1.25GHz, slot loading CD-RW/DVD-ROM, 256MB, 36MB of video memory, 40 GB harddrive, built in 10/100 networking, 2 USB 2.0 and 1 FireWire 400 port along with a DVI and VGA adapter. For $100 more ($599) you get an upgraded processor (1.42Ghz) and a bigger harddrive (80GB).
5. iPod for only $99? Yes, sir! For only $99 you get the iPod shuffle. It holds 240 songs (4 min/song @ 128Kpbs ACC encoding). For $50 more ($149) you get twice the memory (1GB). I weighs less thatn car keys or 4 quaters and is smaller than a pack of gum. In a world were the iPod controls over 60% of the market share, this flash-based iPod is supposed to directly compete with the mainstream market share left.
6. iTunes update: 230 million songs have been sold via the iTunes Music Store to date. Jobs estimates that at its current run rate, Apple will sell 1.25 billion songs per year. That makes up a 70 percent share of the online music market.
7. iPod update: For the holiday quarter 2004, Apple sold more than 4.5 million iPods. That compares to 733,000 iPods during the same quarter a year. A 500 percent year-over-year growth. That means Apple has sold more than 10 million iPods to date -- 8.2 million of them were sold in 2004.
8. iPod your Car update: Mercedes Benz, Nissan, Volvo and Scion will be introducing iPod adapters for their factory-installed auto stereos in 2005. Alfa Romeo and Ferrari will be doing so as well.
9. Apple Store Update: 3 years ago -- first store opened. Today, 101 stores. Over 1 million people hosted each week, enough to fill 10 MacWorld's a week,

You can watch the broadcast here. Be patient though, the servers are slow.
MiniMac pics, all of them.
iPod shuffle pics, every last one.

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