wwdc keynote
so they are showing this at the university, channel 6, so i'm watching it down the hall from my office.
updates
airport extreme
804.11g standard ratified
compliance with spec
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ipod
3rd generation ipod
(i have the first)
shipping 1 millionth ipod
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itunes 4
music store
8 weeks ago today
5million songs sold
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safari
5M downloads
safari 1.0 beta be gone
releasing safari sdk
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updates over
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os 10
6000 native apps
jaguars over
previewing panther 10.3
100 new features
the most popular unix
x11 bundled
fast ufs
kerboeros
ipv6
linux api
nfs file locking
–winders interoperability–
newest smb
smb printing
smb home directories
ipsec based vpn
active directory integration
–new finder–
old was computer centric
everything you need in one column
everything right there
drag and drop modification to column
fastsearching
action button gives contextual commands
labels
dynamic network browsing
new open and save panels
shrinking, etc.
eject dvd's
looks like preindexed searching, it looks fast
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idisk
panther automatically sync files in both directions
distributed syncs
good for unteathered portables
autosyncing — i think it could be exploited for viruses
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expose
wow, it iconifies all open apps an
you can assign a key to do it
or a second button
or assign a screen corner, —- wonder if that is contextual
it will clear all windows by button
nifty toy
instantly see all windows
instantly see one apps window
instantly see your desktop
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file vault
secures yoru entire home folder
encrypts and decrypts on the fly
once you log out stuff is safe
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mail
alot faster
html rendering <--security?
addresses are now objects
view mail by threads
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ipsec-vpn
built in to server
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built in fax
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pixlet
breakthrough quicktime codec
studio-grade quality
pixar wanted it
pixar wavelet
film resolution high definition
48 bits per pixel/ source data
no noticeable visual artifacts
no inter-frame compression
hd/2 you can play it on an 1gh tibook
you can edit and scrub...
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preview
fastest pdf reader in the world
pdf is at the core for osx
searching is fast
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pdf
on the fly postscript to pdf
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fast user switching
password or not
rotates it through, nifty
i'd set up multiple users to have multiple windows open
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fontbook
pro font management
instant searching
categorization
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ichat
to
ichat AV
adds audio chats and video chate
video conferencing for the rest of us
video chat from the buddy list
no phone numbers or ip address
presence
any firewire camera
camcorders
56 modem for audio chat
broadband for video conferencing
talking to paris live on ichat av
free beta today times out dec 31
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isight
full motion video
1 single firewire
camera position
and presence
$149
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xcode
new set of developer tools
speed
fast compiles
gcc 3.3
distributed builds--nifty
make changes to apps as they are running
fast code navigation
compile on the fly......
fix and continue...
included in panther.
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premature specification
it was a mistake and its true
delivering today the worlds fasted personal computer.
chip, system, product
the chip
the g5
64 bit
runs 32 bit apps natively
up to 2 ghz
1ghz frontside buss
full smp
dual processor systems
215 in flight instructions
2 floating point units
2 integer units
2 load and store units
branch prediction logic
system
point to point architecture
dedicated bandwidth
8gbps of bandwiddth
12x the bandwidth of g4
6.4gb/s memory bandwidth
agp 8x pro graphics
133mhz pici-x
hypertransport
storage
serial ata
independent interface to each drive
digital audio in and out
product
up to 8gb mem
40x faster
contents of dvd in less than a second
4x superdrive
radeon 9600 pro
enclosure is aluminum
big, big fans
9 fans
for 4 different areas
35dba at room temperature
kept the handles
comparable dell is 4000
shipping in august
photoshop is 2.1 x as fast
solving a system of linear equations with 1 million unknowns
mathematica about 2x as fast. 198m vs 78m
emusic
more than 1000 voices