MacCast 10.19.2008 - Show #241
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Opening
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Opening Music
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Music is Say Anything by Manda and the Marbles
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Mandaandthemarbles.com
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Sponsor
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Circus Ponies
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Notebook 3
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Sticky notes, sticky tabs and sticky reminders. Flag pages and sections in multiple ways. Shapes, diagrams, text, etc move with note.
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Free 30-day trial on their web site.
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News
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Strong Mac Sales
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COO Time Cook pointed out some highlights
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Apple has opened 247 stores in eight countries and serves 400,000 customers per day.
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50% of purchasers at Apple retails stores are new to the Mac.
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Apple US retail unit sales are 17.6% of the market, 31.3% in revenue
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Dominating in education? Cook says Apple is tops in US education notebooks with 39% market share, beating Dell
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According to Mac NN Gartner has crunched the latest numbers and the show Apple's total US market share at 9.5% up from 7.7% at the same time last year. That ranks Apple as 3rd in overall US PC shipments
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An Ive on design
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Jony Ive talks about the construction process of the Macbook
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"unibody"
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$999 White Macbook
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White plastic.
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2.1GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
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1GB 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM
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120GB Serial ATA Drive @ 5400 rpm
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SuperDrive 8x (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW), only new spec.
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The new 13" Macbook
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New "brick" construction
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12.78 inches wide, 8.94 inches deep, and 0.95 inches thin.
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Weighs 4.5 pounds
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Features
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Ports all on left side
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MagSafe, Gigabit Ethernet, 2 x USB 2.0, Mini Display Port, Analog/digital audio in and out, Kensington lock slot (locks battery door), and battery indicator.
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Built-in 802.11n and Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR
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Built-in iSight
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Glossy LED-backit display
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Glass multitouch track pad with 40% more surface area. Trackpad is the button.
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Backlit keyboard on 2.4GHz model.
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Integrated NVIDIA GeForce 9400M with with 256MB of DDR3 shared RAM.
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16 parallel graphics cores, delivers 54 gigiflops of graphics performance. Up to 5 x faster then Intel integrated.
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2.0GHz or 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor with 3MB on-chip shared L2 cache.
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8x slot-loading SuperDrive (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
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160GB 5400-rpm Serial ATA (2.0) or 250GB 5400-rpm Serial ATA (2.4). Options for 250GB or 320GB 5400-rpm hard drive or 128GB solid-state drive.
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2GB DDR3 Memory
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5 hour battery life.
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$1,299 USD for 2.0GHz and $1,599 USD for 2.4GHz
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Greener
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Highly recyclable aluminum and glass enclosure
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Mercury-free LED-backlit display
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Arsenic-free glass
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Brominated Flame Retardant (BFR)-free internal components
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PVC-free internal cables
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41% smaller packaging
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Meets ENERGY STAR requirements and has an EPEAT Gold rating
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The new 15" Macbook Pros
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New "brick" construction
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14.35 inches wide, 9.82 inches deep, and 0.95 inches thin.
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Weighs 5.5 pounds
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Features
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Ports all on left side
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MagSafe, Gigabit Ethernet, 1 x FireWire 800, 2 x USB 2.0, Mini Display Port, Analog/digital audio in and out, ExpressCard/34 slot, and battery indicator.
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Built-in 802.11n and Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR
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Built-in iSight
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Glossy LED-backit display
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Glass multitouch track pad with 40% more surface area. Trackpad is the button.
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Backlit keyboard.
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NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT graphics processor with dual-link DVI support; 256MB of GDDR3(2.4GHz) and 512MB of GDDR3 (2.53GHz and 2.8GHz). Alos, Integrated NVIDIA GeForce 9400M with with 256MB of DDR3 shared RAM.
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9400M has16 parallel graphics cores, delivers 54 gigiflops of graphics performance
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9600M GT has 32 cores and 125 gigiflops of graphics performance
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2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor with 3MB on-chip shared L2 cache or 2.53GHz or 2.8GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor with 6MB shared L2 cache
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8x slot-loading SuperDrive (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
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250GB or 320GB 5400-rpm Serial ATA hard drive. Options for 250GB or 320GB 7200-rpm hard drives or 128GB solid-state drive
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4GB DDR3 Memory (2.4GHZ) or 4GB DDR3 Memory (2.53GHz or 2.8GHz)
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5 hour battery life using 9400M. 4 hours on 9600M
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$1,999 USD for 2.4GHz and $2,499 USD for 2.53GHz
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Greener
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Highly recyclable aluminum and glass enclosure
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Mercury-free LED-backlit display
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Arsenic-free glass
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Brominated Flame Retardant (BFR)-free internal components
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PVC-free internal cables
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37% smaller packaging
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Meets ENERGY STAR requirements and has an EPEAT Gold rating
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The 17" Macbook Pro refresh
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LED-backlit 1920 x 1200 glossy display (can still get matte).
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320GB hard drive or optional 128GB solid state drive.
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4GB 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM;
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Macbook Air updates
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NVIDIA GeForce 9400M integrated graphics chipset
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120GB 4200 rpm hard drive or 128GB solid state
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2GB DDR3 SDRAM running at 1,066MHz
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Mini DisplayPort
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$1,799.00 USD on sale in November
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New 24" LCD Cinema Display
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Glossy glass LED backlit display. 1920 x 1200 resolution.
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Built-in iSight camera, microphone and stereo speakers.
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Mini display port, three-USB 2.0 ports, built-in MagSafe
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Requires a new MacBook, MacBook Pro, and MacBook Air with DisplayPort.
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Priced at US$899 and available in November (had one in store?)
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What did I like?
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Design is awesome. Unibody construction. Fit and Finish.
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LED backlit displays are bright and beautiful. Also kind to the environment.
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Easy upgradeability across the line (except the Air).
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Battery indicator, easy port access, battery latch.
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Battery and HD are under the battery cover. Locked with Kensington lock
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HD is on a sled and requires removing 1 screw. Flexible SATA connector cable.
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RAM is under the main back plate (above the battery compartment) Must remove 4 screws.
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Both "plates" tuck neatly into the main unibody top case. Nearly seamless fit.
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Dual GFX cards are interesting and we may see interesting things from this.
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Switching between cards now requires a log out.
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Controlled from the Energy Saver preferences (new icon)
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Trackpad, great despite no separate physical button. Right-click possible.
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4-finger swipe to switch between apps and activate Expose.
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Macbook Air style keyboard. I like these, but you may not.
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Work with the iPhone headphones, mic and iTunes control.
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Not good, but interesting... tabs galore. One on the battery, one on the hard drive. Even one to remove the Macbook from the box.
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What did I dislike?
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Don't think they went low enough on the pricing. Would have liked to have seen at least $899 or $799.
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According to research by Bernstein Research analyst Toni Sacconaghi if Apple would have priced a notebook at $900 it would increase it's addressable market by 50% in terms or revenue and 67% in unit sales. At $800 the potential addressable revenue market increase would be 69%.
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Analysts with UBS and Piper Jaffray think $999 may be enough. Get's price conscious consumers at least looking at the Mac and gives opportunity to up-sell them into the new $1,299 model which maintains Apple's high margins.
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Glass and Glossy only. Not bad for all, but designers, photographers, and artists might not like it. Finger prints and durability.
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Listener Michael sent me pictures of his new Macbook on a plane. With even with the shade closed the white cabin caused the screen to act like a mirror especially in any areas of the screen that were black. Effect was minimized by white backgrounds (but bezel was distracting and can't be changed).
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The top case, LCD, and glass are all one piece. Costly replacement should it break. (not that it wasn't before anyway).
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No Firewire on the Macbook.
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Jobs has pointed out that most newer HD video cameras on the market now support transfers over USB
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Not just about video. Backup to hard drives (sustained transfer rates, ESATA?). Audio interfaces.
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No target disk mode. For Mac to Mac transfers and Migration Assistant use a network or direct ethernet cable connection.
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Firewire adapters? May solve data transfer issues, but not camera control.
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Someone else has pointed out since iMovie '08 Apple has all but abandoned iMovie.
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DisplayPort adapter not included and Apple's Mini Display port might not be standard. Display Port is, but Apple seems to be the only one using a mini version.
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Adapters are $29.00, but if you want to drive the 30" the adapter for dual-link DVI is $99.00 and not available yet. (4-5 weeks)
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Old Cinema displays remain as is? Could have dropped the price?
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Refurbs are VERY attractive right now. 15" MBP 2.4 GHZ, 200 GB drive, 2GB RAM, FW 400 & 800, Full DVI port, $1,349.00USD. Just $150 more then a entry level AL Macbook
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NVIDIA Graphics details
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Chip was originally intended for Desktops, but Apple worked with NVIDIA to get it for notebooks. Apple is the first with the new chip, but doesn't have exclusive rights.
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The GeForce 9400M
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Single chip. 70% dedicated to GPU functions. 30% for the chipset
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Uses 256MB of system RAM (plus another 16MB to drive an external display).
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6 Times faster then the Intel GMA X3100. Operates at about 55% of the 3D graphics performance found in the previous MBP NVIDIA 8600M GT GPU . In general graphics testing the chip shows about 82% the performance of the dedicated 8600M GT.
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Dedicated NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT GPU
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256MB or 512MB of dedic |
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