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    Music is Say Anything by Manda and the Marbles
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  Mac Pros
    2 dual-core 64-bit Intel Xeon ("Woodcrest") processors
    2.0, 2.66 or 3.0 GHz build to order options
    4 MB of shared L2 cache
    Independent 1.33GHz Front Side Buses (FSB), with 21 gigabyte per second (GB/s) processor bandwidth.
    Up to 16GB of four-channel, 256-bit 667MHZ fully-buffered memory
    Up to 4 500GB Serial ATA internal drives on new carriers (reminds me of XServe)
    Dual optical drive bays
    3 full-length PCI Express expansion slots and one double-wide PCI Express graphics slot.
    Front panel: Power, headphone, 2 USB 2.0, 1 FW 400 and 1 FW 800
    Back Panel: 3 USB 2.0, FW 400 and FW 800, Optical in and out, analog in and out, 2 GB Ethernet.
    One standard configuration
      Two 2.66 GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon processors
      1GB of 667MHz memory
      250GB storage
      Nvidia GeForce 7300GT graphics with 256MB VRAM
      16x SuperDrive optical drive
      Wired Apple Mighty Mouse and keyboard
      USD$2,499.00
    Like before Bluetooth and Airport are a USD$79.00 add on.
  OS 10.5 Leopard Preview
    64-Bit
      64-bit support for Cocoa and Carbon frameworks, graphics and scripting
      32-bit is supported without emulation or translation
    Time Machine
      Automated back up to external drive or network volume with versioning
      has a timeline and you can "page back" through windows to find old versions. Address Book, iPhoto, etc.
      wonder how much disk space it needs. 250GB drive with 500GB backup drive, how much history?
      Performance for live backups?
      Apple did seem to borrow some UI from Vista here.
    Spaces (Virtual Desktops)
      Looks like you can have 4 "Spaces"
      Toggle between, clicking an app in the dock will bring up that space. You can also view all 4 spaces to organize and select
      Drag apps and files between spaces.
    Core Animation
      Another tool for developers to give us more eye candy
      2-D, Open GL, video, layers, transparency, etc.
      Can take advantage of dual cores. one core for app and one core for core animation
      Works on any MAc that supports Core Image.
    Spotlight
      Can now search network volumes as well as locally
      "Quick Look" preview feature for results
      More advanced boolean searching
    Dashboard
      New "Web Clip" button for Safari will let you make quick widget from element and data on web pages
      Dashcode development environment
        Projects for photo stream, RSS, Podcast, countdown clock, gauges,etc.
        Speeds up Widget development and testing.
    Mail + Safari
      New Anti-phishing tools and automatic firewall that limits network resources available to an application (packet shaping).
      Mail
        Stationary. HTML templates for your Mail
        Notes, jot quick reminders or thoughts
        To Do, integrated with iCal and provides a framework for developers.
        RSS Feeds, not really mentioned.
    iCal
      Group calendars using calDAV (like webDAV)
      Dropboxes fro group events to share documents
      MeetingRoom, location reservations.
      Wonder if most of these features will require iCal Server, part of 10.5 server.
    iChat
      Video backdrops. They did a nice job with the matting.
      PhotoBooth effects
      Screen sharing and control with audio chat.
      iChat Theater for doing presentations. iPhotos, Keynote presentations with video, etc.
      Audio recording. Video recording would be nice, but not mentioned.
    Parental Controls
      Curfews, time limits and remote admin.
    Accessibility
      New Voiceover voice, Alex. more natural at faster speeds for screen-readers
      Extended keyboard access (VoiceOver)
      Support for Braille displays and devices
      Will iTunes get VoiceOver support?
  New Prices on Cinema Displays
    20" USD$699.00 was USD$799.00
    23" HD USD$999.00 was USD$1,299.00
    30" HD USD$1,999.00 was USD$2,499.00
  New XServe
    Quad Xeon, 64-bit server with two Dual-Core Intel Xeon processors running up to 3.0 GHz
    Redundant power.
    New remote management.
    Base configuration includes two 2.0 GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon processors with 1GB of 667 MHz DDR2 Fully Buffered (FB) RAM, a single 80GB 3Gb/s SATA Apple Drive Module, dual Gigabit Ethernet, internal graphics, three FireWire 800 and two USB 2.0 ports, and an unlimited client license of Mac OS X Server version 10.4 Tiger for USD$2,999.00
    Ships in October
  Leopard Server
    Built in Spotlight server
    Built in Wiki
    a new iCal Server to set up group calendars (uses CalDAV)
    Native 64 bit
    Apache 2, MySQL 5, Postfix, Cyrus, iChat Server and QuickTime® Streaming Server all now 64-bit
    Podcast Producer - anyone can upload audio or video to the server (and using Xgrid, video can be rendered across multiple Macs)
    Includes Apple Remote Desktop client for headless operation
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  Poking fun at Windows and Vista
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      "Hasta La Vista" and "Vista 2.0"
    PC from the ads told developer to take the rest of the year off.
    Showed a comparable equipped Dell to Mac Pro, almost $1,000 more
    Showed a side by side comparison of similarities and it is almost uncanny. Even the Vista logo has a "Aqua" bubble.
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