New Apple Goodies
Today was the big day in the Apple Calendar – the keynote speech by Steve Jobs – at MacWorld. There had already been plenty of rumour about what was coming (and lawsuits to boot!) and it seems like they were right. Most interesting to me:
The iPod shuffle: tiny new iPod with no face, upload 240 songs and away you go for up to 12 hours. Only $149, too. Perfect for working out or doing stuff where you don’t care about choosing tracks etc.
The Mac mini: a barebones Mac, add your own keyboard, mouse and monitor. Stylish and ergonomic as one would expect, and only $499. I’ve wanted a Mac in the house for ages but couldn’t justify the price, this just might be the way to do it. With a DVD-burner superdrive, maybe it can become the business machine, though it might not be fast enough.
Amazingly, Apple sold 4.5 million iPods during the 2004 holiday quarter, compared to 733,000 in the previous year’s quarter. Holy cow! Is there anyone left on the planet who doesn’t have one??