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The new MacBook!

  • OMG! OMG! OMG! Everything I dreamed of!

    Votes: 17 36.2%

  • This is what we waited for?

    Votes: 23 48.9%

  • What's this about? I was too busy polishing my nails…

    Votes: 15 31.9%
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IronManForever

IronManForever

IronMan; Ready to Roll...
Here it is, what many of us already know. The Rumour Roundup for Macworld Expo which is just a coule of hours away..

Macworld San Francisco 2009 Rumor Roundup
With Macworld San Francisco 2009 (MWSF) beginning next week, MacRumors provides this Rumor Roundup as a summary of major rumors circulating around the Mac Web before the event...
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Some that I can bet on, based on the information I've assorted the past few days.
- Mac Mini
- 17" Macbook Pro
- iLife/iWork update

Though I do have an intuition indicating something else is up their sleeves, this time.
 
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IronManForever

IronManForever

IronMan; Ready to Roll...
Some that I can bet on, based on the information I've assorted the past few days.
- Mac Mini
- 17" Macbook Pro
- iLife/iWork update
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Ya all see that? I got two of'em right!
Silly for Apple to NOT update the Mac Mini. Maybe it'll be dropped? (Did someone tell it had GMA 950 GFx?) Or maybe the buyers of the Mini dont really need the power and it is serving the market fine?
Most of the netbooks as well as nettops like Asus EEE Box arent even half as good as it is anyways. I think Mac Mini will get a chance at WWDC.

Is this the worst Macworld ever? This was the first that I witnessed actively. And the last from Apple, ironic.
Sure, the changes that have occurred are phenomenal, like DRM free music store, like Faces and Places in iPhoto; and other changed to the iLife suite. Like the new iWork, iLife cloud.

But nothing hardware set me off. The Macbook Pro 17" wasnt of any intrest to me anyways.
(Does anyone feel sorry for Aayush? Arya, Macworld Author(?) and our very honoured Macboy who travelled all the way to San Fransico from Siliguri?)
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* Guys, when will the Indian Stores have the updated Macs with iLife 09? How much time will it take?
 
goobimama

goobimama

 Macboy
Personally, I'm happy that this event was more focussed on software than hardware. Sure Apple releases new notebooks and iMacs, but I'm still using my trusty old iMac and will continue to do so for some time to come. Software on the other hand (which is what Apple is best at) we can all use and try out. And I hear watching the keynote changes your whole perspective of the whole macworld keynote. Bloody thing is 1.8GB though…
 
iMav

iMav

The Devil's Advocate
The demos would be good to see happening not having to see stills of them being posted. Nevertheless this was certainly one of the most boring keynotes. I don't blame Phil Schiller. Steve Jobs tricked him with crap stuff to demo while keeping the good gadgets for himself to show off at some other event later.
 
preshit.net

preshit.net

ex3n1us m4x1mus
Wait. What's with this talk of the keynote being all boring and uninteresting? Sure, the keynote didn't have that 'whoa' factor with no sparkling new hardware being announced, but the keynote is nowhere near being called 'boring'. I've seen about 43 minutes of the keynote video and I'm blown away by iMovie '09 features and the way Randy Ubillos demoed it. The Precision Editor and Video Stabilizer are genius. Heck iMovie now has an 'Advanced Mode' that enables cut-outs and even 'Green Screen' features for you.
 
preshit.net

preshit.net

ex3n1us m4x1mus
If I were to die, I'd make sure I provide my invaluable feedback to Jobs himself that iMovie '08 was a disaster that they came up with. Sure, it's a great product for the moms and dads that want to edit a video for their son, but you can't take something like iMovie HD and turn it into iMovie '08. No sir.
 
IronManForever

IronManForever

IronMan; Ready to Roll...
<me wants to wait till the MacBooks here get updated with iLife 09>

Guys I want an advice. I am greatful to thee(read Steve Jobs) for not doing away with the White MacBook this Macworld. Its been a while I planned to buy it.
Why not the new one?
- Bit expensive.
- I am not demanding in terms of Power, I just need it for the Mac feel.
- Trust me, I think the newer one stands no chance against the white one when coming to looks <slim doesn't add up>. Personal opinion, eh?

I'll upgrade the memory to full capacity of 4 GB if need be.

If I wait, I might want to wait again for Snow Leopard. So maybe I should buy right away? .. Right away stands for 10 days in this case.. d

{waiting}
 
goobimama

goobimama

 Macboy
Trust you about the way your personal taste? Anyway, we bought the white MacBook (for dad) which is working just fine. I'd say get your MacBook now itself. What's the point in waiting for Sno? They're not going to upgrade any of that hardware for Sno, so there's no point in waiting.

iMovie 08 IMO was a starting foundation for a new UI. Apple knew that it wasn't as powerful as iMovie HD, so they kept that as a free download for iLife users. Once the stage is set, iMovie 09 seems to have completely taken over the home and semi pro video editing landscape. Well, at least I feel it has, considering that I haven't even used iMovie 09.

The best is yet to come…
 
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yash

yash

I draw every day
I still don't own a camcorder. I would have gone out and bought a Sanyo Xacti or panasonic SDR-SW20 but they don't shoot in high def. So for me, the most exciting product right now is iphoto 09. I was really impressed by face recognition in picasaweb. and flickr has supported geolocating photos for a long time now. So to see those two features finally appear in a desktop app for the mac is a JOY!
 
IronManForever

IronManForever

IronMan; Ready to Roll...
@goobimama .. Okay, I'll be at it. I dont know, Im confused a bit, but this will go with time.
I thought you had an iBook?
 
goobimama

goobimama

 Macboy
We still have an iBook, but the battery has died so it's basically a desktop machine now. Mom uses it. We bought a new MacBook (white) in November for 46k. Combo drive one. 'tis cool.
 
preshit.net

preshit.net

ex3n1us m4x1mus
$79 by the end of January or Just above Rs. 5000 when it hits India. Rest assured, you'll hear about the Indian prices on Smoking Apples.
 
jamesbond007

jamesbond007

 MacManiac
Heyy people I am back on my Mac!! My MacBook warranty expired in Sept'08 but when but when my friend couldn't find MagSafe Power Adapter in any shops, he took my damaged one to an iStore. The guy at the iStore asked for my Mac S/N number and apparently (to my shock/surprise) the guy said that although the Mac's warranty expired, the MagSafe was still under warranty!! He replaced it a week and saved my 6000/-.

Unfortunately for me the friend who took my Adapter is non-techy, so he couldn't verify the warranty thing. I think I should now take my Hard drive which was damaged couple of months back and get a new one, I think its covered too!!
I didn't purchase AppleCare Protection Plan so how come I got the MagSafe Power Adapter replaced under warranty ?? Any one any ideas ??
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Saw the MacWorld 2009 Keynote in iTunes and I must say the keynote wasn't disappointing as was reported here and many other places on the internet. What was disappointing was we didn't get to see a new surprise product other than the 17 inch beauty, which only few can afford :-(

Events in iPhoto'08 was great but Faces and Places in iPhoto'09 will have little use however interesting they look. I will upgrade to iPhoto'09 but Adobe Bridge CS4 is a gem of an App and will use it for managing the Dig Cam.

I have spent weeks editing my Brother's wedding footage in iMovie'08. I managed to create a good wedding movie but the work was painful, especially chopping the clips, inserting small portions of videos in between clips. The demo of iMovie'09 simply amazed me, its simplicity is mind-blowing. FCS is not for me, iMovie'09 is cut out for me and me only!! :)

iWork.com is a nice start. iWork'09 looks good too.
 
jamesbond007

jamesbond007

 MacManiac
^^^ What ?? You don't like Bridge ?? I've used iPhoto'08 for 1 year with my Dig Cams, I had great experience with it, during the same time I tried Bridge CS3 but it never fascinated me. Now the iPhoto'09 has little improvement over 08 while the Adobe Bridge CS4 is a stunner. I will definitely upgrade to iPhoto'09 and use it extensively but for serious photo management I'll bet on Bridge
 
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