MacWorld Expo was a bit of a let down

On 2007-01-17 12:14:23 -0600, Michelle Steiner <michelle.DeleteThis@michelle.org> said:

> iPhone and Apple TV are neat, well done, and beautiful. But I have
> little or no use for either, and have no intent of buying either of
> them.
>
> I had been hoping for iWork 07 and iLife 07, but there was nary a word
> about either of them. Many authors and lecturers said that this means
> that their books and talks weren't rendered obsolete--usually saying it
> tongue in cheek, though.
>
> I had also hoped for more information about Leopard, but all we got was
> a reiteration of what we already knew.
>
> I didn't see a third-party killer application or killer hardware--no
> "show stoppers".
>
> I got in some runs, found out that Adam Engst is a marathon runner, and
> got to see some old acquaintances and former coworkers. Despite the
> let down, it was a fun week.

Welcome back, Michelle. The place hasn't been the same without you.
Thanks for the mini-report!

--
JR
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In article <michelle-B014C8.11142317012007.TakeThisOut@news.east.cox.net>,
Michelle Steiner <michelle.TakeThisOut@michelle.org> wrote:

> iPhone and Apple TV are neat, well done, and beautiful. But I have
> little or no use for either, and have no intent of buying either of them.
>
> I had been hoping for iWork 07 and iLife 07, but there was nary a word
> about either of them. Many authors and lecturers said that this means
> that their books and talks weren't rendered obsolete--usually saying it
> tongue in cheek, though.
>
> I had also hoped for more information about Leopard, but all we got was
> a reiteration of what we already knew.
>
> I didn't see a third-party killer application or killer hardware--no
> "show stoppers".
>
> I got in some runs, found out that Adam Engst is a marathon runner, and
> got to see some old acquaintances and former coworkers. Despite the let
> down, it was a fun week.

Thanks for the update Michelle. I too was hoping for some news about
iWork 07 and/or iLife 07. I'm just looking at the trial version of iWork
06 that came with Tiger - if I do decide to get it, I'll be somewhat
miffed if the 07 version comes out a month later.

--
Paul Sture
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In article <michelle-B014C8.11142317012007 DeleteThis @news.east.cox.net>,
Michelle Steiner <michelle DeleteThis @michelle.org> wrote:

> iPhone and Apple TV are neat, well done, and beautiful. But I have
> little or no use for either, and have no intent of buying either of them.
>
> I had been hoping for iWork 07 and iLife 07, but there was nary a word
> about either of them. Many authors and lecturers said that this means
> that their books and talks weren't rendered obsolete--usually saying it
> tongue in cheek, though.

An Apple person at the big booth told me that iWork 07 and iLife 07
announcements were deliberately delayed so as not to compete with the
iPhone and iTV announcements. He said they are in place for release
pretty soon.

--
Dr. Julian "a tribble took it" Gomez
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In article <michelle-D6AAAB.21320918012007.DeleteThis@news.east.cox.net>,
Michelle Steiner <michelle.DeleteThis@michelle.org> wrote:

> In article <jeg-978D4A.11552218012007.DeleteThis@news.astraweb.com>,
> Julian Gomez <jeg.DeleteThis@polished-pixels.com> wrote:
>
> > An Apple person at the big booth told me that iWork 07 and iLife 07
> > announcements were deliberately delayed so as not to compete with the
> > iPhone and iTV announcements. He said they are in place for release
> > pretty soon.
>
> An Apple person at the same booth told me that he couldn't answer the
> question.
>
> But I don't think that there would have been any competition; Jobs has
> announced multiple products before; he really did not need almost two
> hours to show off the iPhone.

The iPhone has been anticipated for years, though. It was going to
overshadow everything else. Apple very obviously structures its
announcements to get lots of free publicity. They'll get more total
coverage announcing the other stuff at other events.

--
"That's George Washington, the first president, of course. The interesting thing
about him is that I read three--three or four books about him last year. Isn't
that interesting?"
- George W. Bush to reporter Kai Diekmann, May 5, 2006
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On 2007-01-17 10:14:23 -0800, Michelle Steiner <michelle.RemoveThis@michelle.org> said:

> I had been hoping for iWork 07 and iLife 07, but there was nary a word
> about either of them.

A lot of stuff got crowded out of the keynote by the iPhone. They'll
show up in the next month or so.

-jcr
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