Bit of a yawner

alternateorg on July 18, 2001

Macworld keynote this morning:

1. 3 new PowerMac G4s: 733, 867 and dual 800…Funky new enclosure that was accurately reported by MacOSX.org last week.. only they look a little better for real, but still, no actual presentation of it, just pictures on the screen… CDRW in the entry-level, SuperDrives in the top 2. Giant hard drives in all.. I think 40, 60 and 80. Price points: $1699, $2499, $3499

2. Faster iMacs (no more Dalmation and FlowerPower): 500, 600 and 700 G3s… CDRW across the board.

3. Apps for X: Illustrator, InDesign, GoLive, Maya, FileMaker, etc. The only ones available today are FileMaker and Maya.

4. MacOS X 10.1 available today as Software Update download… Movable dock, DVD playing, burning CDs in the Finder via a new ‘Burn CD’ menubar icon, super fucking fast, etc.

There was other stuff, most of it not important.. you just keep waiting until he smiles and says ‘Oh, and one more thing,’ which he didn’t say today, except the thank Apple employees and their families. So kind of a boring Macworld, but in these economic conditions for computer makers, especially with the EOL of the Cube, you can’t expect them to make too much of a leap. Still.. kind of disappointed by the lack of any change to the TiBook whatsoever.

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24 Replies to “Bit of a yawner”

  1. 808 July 18, 2001 at 10:17 am

    Uhm, Kev, note this;
    Networking is also more compatible: Mac OS X version 10.1 now includes the ability to connect to AFP servers over AppleTalk making it easier to integrate Mac OS X into legacy networks with older AppleShare servers and Windows NT servers. We’ve also added support to natively connect to Windows NT, Windows 2000 and Unix-based SAMBA file servers with the built-in SMB client. These servers appear right in the Finder like any other file server. This makes Mac OS X fluent in all of today’s network languages.

    Word!

  2. 808 July 18, 2001 at 10:22 am

    And, its *NOT* availbale via the software update control panel. In fact its not even shipping yet…. it says september on their website…

  3. kev July 18, 2001 at 11:06 am

    aw man.. i was hoping it would be available. shit.

  4. 43 July 18, 2001 at 11:50 am

    dual 800’s would really help me out. anyone want to buy my old shit so I can get one?

  5. steve July 18, 2001 at 1:38 pm

    Kev,what did you want to see in the TiBook?

    Fluent in all languages….way cool.

    What’s a SSH client for Mac 9.1?

  6. steve July 18, 2001 at 1:40 pm

    Re-Phrase:

    Whats a GOOD SSH client for 9.1?

    RedBull makes my mind run faster than my fingers…

  7. ddmmyy July 18, 2001 at 1:57 pm

    The speed of the cache on all of those machines is a real improvement.

  8. 808 July 18, 2001 at 2:24 pm

    NiftyTelnet SSH is the best…

  9. SU July 18, 2001 at 10:24 pm

    I want Copland back…

  10. kev July 19, 2001 at 10:06 am

    why don’t we just harken back to gil? i mean, i really do miss having 12 computers out at one time, all differentiated by a string of numbers ‘what’s the difference between a 6400-180 and a 7500-200?’.. And those $5k-6k prices for the midrange machines were awesome too.

  11. NeoKhan July 19, 2001 at 12:55 pm

    Thank god they finally realized that “puke” and “LSD” imacs were not appealing “flavors” to the average user…

  12. SU July 19, 2001 at 3:42 pm

    Simplifying the line of computers was the single most important thing Steve did when he came back… But I think Aqua, at least, is taking his design aesthetic too far. Copland’s interface molded onto the UNIX core of OSX would have been nice.

  13. 808 July 18, 2001 at 10:17 am

    Uhm, Kev, note this;
    Networking is also more compatible: Mac OS X version 10.1 now includes the ability to connect to AFP servers over AppleTalk making it easier to integrate Mac OS X into legacy networks with older AppleShare servers and Windows NT servers. We’ve also added support to natively connect to Windows NT, Windows 2000 and Unix-based SAMBA file servers with the built-in SMB client. These servers appear right in the Finder like any other file server. This makes Mac OS X fluent in all of today’s network languages.

    Word!

  14. 808 July 18, 2001 at 10:22 am

    And, its *NOT* availbale via the software update control panel. In fact its not even shipping yet…. it says september on their website…

  15. kev July 18, 2001 at 11:06 am

    aw man.. i was hoping it would be available. shit.

  16. 43 July 18, 2001 at 11:50 am

    dual 800’s would really help me out. anyone want to buy my old shit so I can get one?

  17. steve July 18, 2001 at 1:38 pm

    Kev,what did you want to see in the TiBook?

    Fluent in all languages….way cool.

    What’s a SSH client for Mac 9.1?

  18. steve July 18, 2001 at 1:40 pm

    Re-Phrase:

    Whats a GOOD SSH client for 9.1?

    RedBull makes my mind run faster than my fingers…

  19. ddmmyy July 18, 2001 at 1:57 pm

    The speed of the cache on all of those machines is a real improvement.

  20. 808 July 18, 2001 at 2:24 pm

    NiftyTelnet SSH is the best…

  21. SU July 18, 2001 at 10:24 pm

    I want Copland back…

  22. kev July 19, 2001 at 10:06 am

    why don’t we just harken back to gil? i mean, i really do miss having 12 computers out at one time, all differentiated by a string of numbers ‘what’s the difference between a 6400-180 and a 7500-200?’.. And those $5k-6k prices for the midrange machines were awesome too.

  23. NeoKhan July 19, 2001 at 12:55 pm

    Thank god they finally realized that “puke” and “LSD” imacs were not appealing “flavors” to the average user…

  24. SU July 19, 2001 at 3:42 pm

    Simplifying the line of computers was the single most important thing Steve did when he came back… But I think Aqua, at least, is taking his design aesthetic too far. Copland’s interface molded onto the UNIX core of OSX would have been nice.

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