shownotes_20060112

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  Opening Music
    Music is Say Anything by Manda and the Marbles
    Mandaandthemarbles.com
News
  Macworld Announcements
  Retail Sales figures
    Apple retail sales of $1 Billion for the last quarter of 2005
    Apple total retail sales for holiday quarter 2005 were $5.7 Billion
    14 Million iPods sold in the holiday quarter. 42 Million total iPods sold. 32 Million in 2005.
    850 million songs sold on iTunes. 3 million per day. 83% share of the music download market
  iPods
    FM Tuner remote control. Radio tuner interface on the iPod. The interface looks cool. Has the "needle" type tuner with digital read out and presets. $49.00
    New iPod "Jazz" ad with Wynton Marsalis
  New Widgets in OS 10.4.4 update
    Google, ESPN Sports, Calendar, new Address Book, Snow conditions and White Pages
  iLife 06 ($79 USD, $99 Family)
    iPhoto
      Support for 250,000 Photos. Improved performance. Steve says it "flys"
      Photocasting (RSS). Requires .Mac to publish but any app can subscribe.
      Full screen editing
      One-click effects. A little panel, B&W, Sepia, Antique, Fade Color, Boost Color, Matte, Vignette and Edge Blur. Can combine effects.
      Cards, Calendars and improved books with better printing.
      Integration with new iWeb for Gallery and Blog publishing in one-click
    iTunes
      New TV content. SNL from NBC
      New "Mini Store" in the Library. Can be turned off from icon or Edit menu (Apple+Shift+M)
      Is the Mini Store a privacy concern? Adware and Spyware all in one? (I think that is a bit extreme).
    iMovie HD
      Really cool Themes. Makes it easy to create a pro looking movie with matched titles, transitions graphics and effects.
      Real time effects and titles using core video and core image, if your Mac supports it.
      Core audio effects like EQ, reverb, etc.
      Multiple projects open at once
      iPod export and support for video Podcasting with iWeb integration
    iDVD
      Magic iDVD. Wizard to create quick DVDs. Select video, photos and theme and then it generates a DVD
      Support for Widescreen DVD.
      Autofill dropzones. Select all the photos you want to use and then auto fill will populate all the drop zones.
      Improved DVD Map view
      Support for 3rd party DVD burners. This is BIG.
    Garageband
      Podcast recording studio. Add images and links for enhanced podcasts. Auto "ducking" for background audio
      royalty free jingles, stingers, sound effects for podcasts
      Vocal enhancements and noise filters
      iChat recording. Each participant is recorded to a separate track.
      Video Track for iMovies so you can add scores and time audio and sound effects.
      Integration with iWeb for publishing.
    iWeb
      A brand new app.
      Really nice templates and iLife integration for adding media
      Blog and Podcasts pages with RSS
      Photo slides shows utilize AJAX technology to add a little slide show controller in the web page.
      Works with .Mac for easy publishing, but does have an HTML export.
    Universal
  iWork 06 ($79 USD, $99 Family)
    Pages 2 and Keynote 3
      New themes. HD Themes
      3D Charts, Tables with Calculations
      Freeform shapes curves and masks
      Address Book mail merge
      Reviewer comments
    Universal
  New Intel iMac
    Same models (17" and 20"), same prices ($1,299 USD and $1,699 USD)
    1.83 GHz Core Duo and 2.0GHz Core Duo
    ATI Radeon X1600 PCI Express graphics with 128MB GDDR3 memory
    Built-in iSight, Frontrow, remote.
    2-3 times faster than the current iMac G5 (raw benchmark)
    Some iMac purchasers may be upset. Lesson, if you care, think twice about buying a Mac near MacWorld.
    Extended desktop support using the new Mini-DVI connector. Listener Leo saw this in the user guide.
    Developers who bought a $999 Developer Transition Kit are now eligible to get a free 1.83 GHz 17" iMac.
  New Intel MacBook Pro
    New Intel based Mac Pro laptop. The MacBook Pro. Love the machine. Kinda hate the name.
    1.67GHz Intel Core Duo ($1999 USD) or 1.83GHz Intel Core Duo ($2499 USD)
    4-5 times faster than the PowerBook G4. (raw benchmark)
    15.4" Screen 67% brighter than G4 display.
    ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 graphics processor, dual link DVI support, 128MB of GDDR3 on 1.67 GHz configuration. 256MB GDDR3 on 1.83GHz configuration
    Built-in iSight. IR sensor and Remote for FrontRow.
    4x single layer instead of 8x dual layer SuperDrive??!
    One FireWire 400 port, Two USB 2.0 ports, ExpressCard/34 slot (new PCMCIA spec. The 54 is full size the 34 is smaller).
    Slightly thinner than the 17" PowerBook
    The power cable is held in place magnetically. MagSafe.
    Ships in February.
    No battery life specs?
      A comment from a rep at the Expo, "These are pre-production models, so were not commenting on battery life."
      The processor should give better battery life, but maybe the brighter screen is using more battery. It better be at least 4 hours.
  New Apple Intel TV Ad
    Finally an ad that is not iTunes
    play the tv spot
    "trapped inside PCs--dull little boxes, dutifully performing dull little tasks."
    Intel says their customers are not "dull", but wouldnt complain if the Apple partnership helped their other customers be more creative.
    Many are pointing out the similarities to The Postal Service "Such Great Heights" music video.
    Remember Apple was sued for the Eminem iPod videos similarities to a Lugz shoe commercial.
  Technology may make Intel Mac Dual booting a challenge
    Phil Schiller still says that Apple will not prevent users from booting Windows, but the technology inside the new Macs may.
    The new Intel Macs use Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) instead of BIOS.
    Windows XP 32bit does not support EFI at this time, so booting Windows XP may not be possible without some tweaking.
  Pro Apps Universal in March
    FinalCut, Aperture and Logic
    Can trade in current disks ("crossgrade") for $49.00
  3rd Party Apps
    Quark is Universal
    Microsoft Office and Messenger in March
    Adobe Photoshop committed to universal
    Rosetta until then. Steve says Office runs "great" under Rosetta
  Quicktime 7.0.4 released, pulled and re-released
    The first release of the day was available via Software update, prior to the Keynote web stream being posted. It contained a security flaw. The flaw effected Mac and Windows and could allow an attacker control of the effected system
    The file was pulled and an uninstaller (revert to 7.0.1) was put in its place.
    Apple then re-released the 7.0.4. update
    If you think you have the bad one best bet is to run the 7.0.1 re-installer and then run Software Update to get the known good update of 7.0.4
    Trevor Tye from the OptionKey podcast noted that the QT update on OS 10.3.9 messes up the Macromedia Player 8 Flash plugin on Firefox and Safari. Just re-install Flash 8 to fix it.
  Apple Stock closes at an "Intel" Price.
    On the day of the launch of Intel based Macs, Apples stock price closed appropriately at $80.86
    The 8086 was the original 1978 Intel processor that spawned the x86 architecture.
  Levis announces iPod jeans
    a small built-in iPod cradle “invisibly” housed within a side pocket and a special joystick remote control located into the jeans’ watch pocket.
  Google Earth now available for Mac OS X
    Google has finally launched Google Earth for OS X
    Fly through, satellite imagery, points of interest.
    Open API so cool add ons like Flickr Photos
    Requires OS 10.4 and a minimum of 500 MHz processor.
  Apple starts using "Vingle" trademark
    The trademark was filed in October
    Being used on the iTunes music store to refer to new Pussycat Dolls a Video Single.
Feedback, Comments and Commentary
  Tip: Word complete/lookup in Apple Mail
    From Listener Alex
    Upon typing an incomplete word – or start typing the begin of a word and immediately hit Apple Period combo and a list appears of suggested words.
    Maybe an "Easter Egg"? Seems to only work for new messages and not on replies.
  Review of Logitech USB Microphone
    Play review from Rob
  Do Widgets slow down your Mac?
    Listener Steven was wondering if having open widgets can effect your Macs performance.
  Apple also offers Governmental discounts
    Play comment from listener Brandon
  Powerbook update can improve battery life
    In software update for 15-inch Aluminum PowerBooks.
  Listener feedback on Aperture VS. Adobe Lightroom
    Listener Patrick ( a pro photographer) uses Cannon D2Hs and like Lightroom better than Aperture, but says both have a long way to go.
    The main issue lies in their conversion of the RAW format. Both have difficulty translating the white balance and images tend to be washed out and lose detail.
    He prefers Nikon Capture.
    He notes that all these apps are slow performers even on Dual 2.0 GHz G5 with 3.5 GHZ RAM. Aperture is the slowest.
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