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Wednesday, October 20, 2010

The Lion's First Roar

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

1) iLife '11


Upgrade existing Macs for $49. Available today.

a) iPhoto - Full-screen, iPad-like mode. Integrated email. Flickr/Facebook sharing. New book options.

b) iMovie - Better audio editing. One-step effects. People finder. News & sports themes. "No-effort" movie trailers.

c) Garageband - Flex Time, Groove Matching, more guitar amps & effects, and new piano & guitar lessons, including a feature called "How did I play?"

2) Facetime


3) Lion - Summer 2011


Mac OS 10.7. Seven major releases in the last decade. Cheetah, Puma, Jaguar, Panther, Tiger, Leopard, Snow Leopard. Mac OS X meets the iPad.

a) Multi-touch gestures. Full-screen apps. Auto-save.

b) Mac App Store. They're putting the Mac App Store out on Snow Leopard and opening within 90 days. Best place to discover apps—not the only place, but the best place. One-click downloads. Free & paid apps (70/30 splits). Automatic installation. Automatic app updates. One button to update all apps. Apps licensed for use on all your personal Macs.

c) Launchpad. Home screens for your apps, just like on the iPad.

d) Mission Control.


4) One More Thing. New Macbook Air.


2 Models. Starting at $999.

What happens if a MacBook met an iPad?

Instant on. 2x faster than hard drives. Much more reliable, especially in mobile environment. 90% smaller and lighter.

7 hours of battery life. Standby of 30 days.