Apple Store San Francisco, Grand Opening February 28th.
Feb.10
Jan.06
My thoughts on the keynote?
Final Cut Express 2, iMovie, iDVD, Xserve — whatever.
Office 2004 — I only use Entourage, and they didn’t spend too much time on it. I would have rather seen a demo of the upcoming Virtual PC 7, since both versions 5 and 6 run significantly faster in OS 9 than X. I’m curious to know optimized it will be (if at all).
iPhoto 4 — photo sharing and ratings are nice touches. I’m guessing that there’s still no Camera RAW support, though, which means I won’t be using it to organize my 10D photos.
GarageBand, which I keep reading as “GarbageBand” — wood grain, eh? As if the current OS X user interface wasn’t already a mish-mash of Aqua, brushed metal (with its own hodge-podge of satin and glossy buttons), and whatever the hell the “pro” apps use, Apple throws in wood grain mixed with dark brushed metal. As far as what the app does, it looks pretty cool. I’m not a music maker, so I’m not that interested, but I’d like to try it. [“Mish-mash” and “hodge-podge” in the same sentence. Recognize.]
iPod Mini — I think “miniPod” would have been better, but whatever. $249 is a lot of money, considering $50 more will get you a 15GB iPod now. The small size is very nice, though, and I’m sure some people are willing to pay a premium for it, and the colors. But not me. I do prefer the mini Click Wheel over the full size Click Wheel and four separate buttons that the big iPod has. Maybe the 4G iPod will get that optimized wheel (and maybe a line-in so it can take an external mic and record high quality audio?).
Overall, I’d say it was on the of the least exciting keynotes in recent history, but it did give me something to do at work for a couple hours.
Dec.19
Walter Murch: An Interview with the Editor of Cold Mountain — Murch talks about editing in general, and what it was like to edit Anthony Minghella’s $80 million picture using Final Cut Pro 3.
Dec.18
Mac OS 10.3.2, QuickTime 6.5, iTunes 4.2, Final Cut Pro 4.1.1, LiveType 1.1.1, DVD Studio Pro 2.0.3, and Xcode 1.1 have all been released within the past 24 hours. And there’s a Security Update scheduled for later tonight, too. iTunes must be downloaded, while the rest are available through Software Update.