August 7th, 2007
Apple's summer 2007 announcements (updated)
Apple CEO Steve Jobs just wrapped up his live Product Presentation for the media at the company’s Cupertino campus. The company announced new, thinner aluminum and glass iMacs with zippy Core 2 processors and a completely new low-profile aluminum keyboard. Apple also used the presentation to announce revamped versions of their iLife ‘08 and iWork ‘08 application suites.
Complete notes from today’s event after the jump…
New iMacs:
The new iMac comes in two sizes: 20 and 24-inch, both displays have a glossy finish. All iMacs ship with a built-in iSight camera and microphone. You can add more RAM by removing just one screw.
- Up to 2.4GHz Core 2 Extreme processor
- Up to 4GB of memory
- ATI Radeon HD graphics card
- Up to 1TB of hard drive storage
iMac Configurations:
- Dropped the 17 configuration
- 20-inch: 2.0GHz, 1GB, 250GB, ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2400 XT - US$1199 ($300 lower)
- 20-inch: 2.4GHz, 1GB, 320GB, ATI Radeon HD 2400 Pro - US$1499
- 24-inch: 2.4GHz, 1GB, 320GB, ATI Radeon HD 2400 Pro - US$1799 ($200 lower)
iMac ports:
- USB 2.0
- Firewire 400
- Firewire 800
- 8x slot-loading SuperDrive
New keyboard:
Two USB ports. 0.33-inch (thick), full complement of keys, including dedicated keys for screen dimmer and brighter, expose, media controls, volume controls, eject for optical drive…
New wireless keyboard, beautiful, very compact. People love to hold them in their lap. Bluetooth 2.0, all these dedicated keys as well.”
iLife ‘08 announced:
“Totally new, biggest jump since we introduced it. iPhoto, iMovie, iWeb, iDVD and GarageBand.”
iPhoto ‘08
- Events
- Hide photos
- Unified search
- More powerful editing tools
- Theme-based home printing
- New books and calendars
Dot Mac:
- 10GB storage (up from 1GB)
- Still US$99 per year
- Available today
Dot Mac Web Gallery:
- One-button Photo sharing
- Rich Web 2.0 viewing
- Print quality downloads
- Contribute from anywhere
- Great iPhone experience
iMovie ‘08:
- Complete re-write
- One library for all your video
- AVCHD support
iWeb ‘08:
- Web widgets: Maps, Snippets from YouTube, etc.
iDVD ‘08:
- Pro encoding
- New themes
- High production values
Garageband ‘08:
- Multi-take recording
- 24-bit audio
- Visual EQ
- Basic notation priting
iWork ‘08:
- Keynote ‘08
- Pages ‘08
- New spreadsheet application (”Numbers”)
- Available on Friday
Keynote ‘08 (part of iWork ‘08):
- New transitions
- Title FX
- Instant alpha with images
- A to B animations
Pages ‘08 (part of iWork ‘08):
- Distinct word processing and page layout modes
- Contextual format bar
- Change tracking
- 140 Apple themes
Numbers ‘08 (part of iWork ‘08):
- Similar to Keynote and Pages
Live coverage courtesy of Engadget, Gizmodo and The Mac Observer.
Jason D. O'Grady is the editor of PowerPage.org, which has been publishing daily mobile technology news since December 1995. For disclosures on Jason's industry affiliations, click here or to view Jason's full profile click here.
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