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Today is the last day of Macworld Expo. I've had a busy, fun, and interesting week. Starting with the excitement of the iPhone, to the disappointment of no new Macs or Apple OS X applications, to the amazing stuff being shown in the 325+ booth on the show floor, it's been a whirlwind of a week.

I give my final talk today on the show floor, in the Macworld booth at 11am. The subject is, of course, Mac OS X Tips and Tricks...but with a twist. I'll be presenting things in a Jeopardy-like manner, showing the answer ("OS X can do this interesting thing...") and asking attendees to explain just how the trick is done. Anyone with a right answer will win something interesting from one of the vendors at the show. After each question (and hopefully answer), I'll demonstrate the solution. At the end, we'll do some sort of random giveaway for any unclaimed prizes. So if you're at the show, stop by around 11am and see if you can pick up a nice prize (limit one per attendee!).

For those who are curious as to what I've been doing all week, and who may not read macworld.com regularly, read the rest of the article for a summary of my week's activities over there (including a couple of podcasts).

Here's a list of what I've written (or in two cases, spoken) over on macworld.com this past week...
  • iDisapointed: My reaction to the Expo keynote. This one inspired countless hate mails from folks who claimed I was slamming Apple, didn't "get it" relative to the importance of the iPhone, etc. (I also had a number of "yea, I agree!" messages.) If you haven't read it yet, keep in mind it's just my reaction to the keynote itself, not the iPhone, the Apple TV, or the future of Apple :).
  • Keynote roundtable podcast: Four Macworld employees, including yours truly, sitting around talking about what we learned in the keynote.
  • How not to start an Expo presentation: How come my first talk almost didn't start on time, and what I had to do to fix the (self-induced) problem.
  • Don't crowd the iPhone: A short humorous story about what happened when I got just a little too close to the iPhone on Wednesday afternoon.
  • Ten iPhone suggestions: I love the iPhone, at least what I've seen and read of it. I definitely want one. But based on what we've been told, there are some things that seem to be missing, at least in my opinion. My list of ten things I'd like to see addressed at some point in the iPhone's future -- if it's truly going to replace my Treo, it's going to have to do at least some of them!
  • Attention grabbers: A short writeup with a couple of photos of a unique Maxtor advertising display.
  • Non-Apple goodies podcast: Four Macworld editors, discussing the cool and interesting products that aren't from the good folks in Cupertino. There was some really good stuff this year, in both hardware and software.
And now, to wait for the hopeful Apple Special Event to launch Leopard, iLife, iWork, new monitors, and, of course, new Macs!
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Authored by: CaptDeuce on Jan 12, '07 10:57:42AM

iDisapointed, uDisapointed, many of usDisapointed. A few points:

Steve all too briefly mentioned the Mac -- 4:25 through 4:39 of the QuickTime net-cast, to be exact. He said:

So. 2007 is gonna be a great year for the Mac. ... Over the course of the next several months we're gonna roll out some awesome stuff for the Mac.
This begs the question, what kind of hoopla will surround new Mac products?

iPhone coverage went from 26:22 through 1:44:34 -- that's 80 minutes. What was most important was the last two minutes (hard to pin down exactly due to a clicker malfunction). Steve and other Apple executives obviously believe that selling 10 million iPhones in the first year is extremely important.

Stepping back -- three or four years back -- what we have now is Steve's declared Digital Lifestyle brought to maturity. I'd like to go back and review that presentation but, hey.

Apple now has three hardware products used to store, convey, and manage our digital content in the Mac, iPod, and now iPhone that tap into huge markets. Again, recall the last few miniutes of the iPhone coverage. (I was mildly surprised at the relative small size of the game console market)

Tying them all together is iTunes. The only functionality iTunes lacks is the photo management capabilities of it's bigger sibling, iPhoto.

So where does that leave the Mac? Is it being left out? One thing for certain, the Mac is the only piece of hardware that is truly capable of creating content. Where would Apple be without the ability to give its customer the power to create?

I don't have an answer but I can't imagine Apple without that ability. And given the ubiquity of personal computers in modern homes and offices, there will always be a place for the Mac there, no matter what form it may take in the future; say, a 19" iPhone. MacSlab? iTray? :-)

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