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WWDC Day wrap-up and thoughts

Jun 08 2009 23:34 | 16 Comments

Luckily my worries from yesterday didn't come completely true. While Apple did obsess over the iPhone for over half of the show, they did also talk about Macs and Mac OS X. So, my thoughts on everything they covered at Today's conference.

Updated MacBooks

First of all, the prices on the MacBooks fell by quite a bit, they are now 3-400 dollars cheaper then they were yesterday, and thats with the updated specs, so if you're comparing them spec wise to the previous generation, they will actually be 5-600 dollars cheaper on average. Awesome.

Second of all, the 15" MacBook Pro. Now has a non-removable battery just like the 17 inch model. Of course at the expense of the battery being sealed away, you get an additional 2 hours of battery life, so also yay. Quite a few people are still whining about not being able to swap out the battery whenever they want, but honestly, when was the last time you changed the battery in your laptop? - I don't mean changed it because it was time to replace it, but just because you used up the charge. Honestly, how many people actually carry around spare batteries at all times just in case? In my current MacBook Pro, which I owned for over 2 years now, I only once had to replace the battery, and that was because the old one blew the hell up. ^_^;

Third, the 13" aluminum MacBook received a Firewire 800 port and was rebadged as a MacBook Pro. Personally don't really care much for it because I can't use such a small screen for the work I need to do. However if I would do less of the said work, would most definitely get it, wonderful little machine it is.

Finally the 13" and 15" MacBook Pros got a dedicated SD card slot. I must say I quite like this and wish the 17" model also had it.

Apple.com/MacBookPro

Snow Leopard

YAY! Yay damnit yay! Very very exciting news here. If Apple's lab tests are to be believed (that isn't to say I don't trust them, but lab tests are always full of shit from any company), Snow Leopard will be WAY faster.

Apple claims that 90% of the whole OS was completely rewritten to take advantage of the latest CPUs and GPUs and so on and so forth. Won't bore you with any charts or other technical crap, but to sum it all up, everything is cleaner, shinier and more polished. Can't wait to get my hands on it!

Apple.com/MacOSX

Safari 4

After months of being beta, Safari 4 is finally out for both Mac and Windows. It's snappy. Can't really say much beyond that. The tabs were moved back to the bottom as they were before, which I hate - so much wasted space! And the Windows version is still ugly as sin. When using OS X I use Safari 99% of the time as its hands down the best browser for this system. When I'm using Windows however, I rarely use anything which isn't Google Chrome which I absolutely adore.

Apple.com/Safari

iPhone 3G S

'S' is for 'Speed'. Basically, faster all around while costing the same as the old one. The old/regular iPhone 3G is now 99 USD. In terms of body, is identical, which is a bit of a disappointment, was hoping for something new and pretty.

iPhone OS 3.0

Been using it for a few month now, nothing has changed since it was shown off back in March. Its... good. Works stable, haven't had any problems with it. If anyone has any questions, feel free to ask. Just installed the Gold Master build on my iPod Touch a few minutes ago, all is jolly. If you have any questions concerning it, feel free to ask.
Apple.com/iPhone

Basically thats all. If you have a few hours to kill, a video of the keynote is available over at Apple's website. Enjoy.

Requisite 1.1

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