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2009 Macworld Keynote video available
As usual, Apple has released a Quicktime video of the keynote address from this year's Macworld Expo. This one's rather historic, as well all know. It's simultaneously Phil Schiller's first and Apple's last.Right now it's available as a stream from Apple's website, but it typically shows up in the iTunes Store as a free download shortly thereafter. Be sure to grab a copy and "own a piece of history" as they say. Whoever "they" are.
So, what did you think of this year's presentation? We think Phil did a great job and was greeted warmly by the crowd. Sure, a little bit of fanfare would have been nice, but that was Tony Bennet's role, right?
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Jash Sayani said 5:04PM on 1-06-2009
MacWorld 09 at a glance: http://www.jashsayani.com/macworld-2009-at-a-glance/
Worth a look....
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macfan406 said 5:08PM on 1-06-2009
WORST... MACWORLD... EVER
NO BANG NO NOTHING!!!
JUST SOME CRAP ABOUT iLIFE, iWORK and a REVISION OF THE MBP
THATS IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!(maybe the DRM free iTunes was cool, and the AT&T data downloads) BUT WHY NOTHING NEW THAT WAS A FAIL!
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marc cardwell said 10:07PM on 1-06-2009
jesus, dude: chill OUT and lay off the caps lock key. was your professional life depending on speculated hardware improvements? did you lose a ton of dough in the stock market? while not the most exciting keynote, it was solid and impressive (new HW, major SW updates and no more DRM). YOU are a prime example of why apple has stopped attending macworld: unreasonable expectations based on a calendar that apple is not in control of.
MACMAN7 said 5:13PM on 1-06-2009
your welcome for the tip
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sam said 5:15PM on 1-06-2009
The video just points to the October Event!
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JKT said 5:40PM on 1-06-2009
For some reason if you click the link a second time it takes you to the 2009 event after the first click takes you to the 2008 event. I can't explain this, but am passing along the tip so maybe it helps someone else.
James said 5:15PM on 1-06-2009
The video takes you to the MacBook Keynote from a few months ago...
Where is the one from today??
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Tim said 5:26PM on 1-06-2009
I thought it was pretty disappointing. The software is nice, but it was a near-given, and the features aren't really enough to justify buying the new version alone when the next generation of hardware comes out. I bought my MacBook Pro just as iLife 08 came out. However, I do like the "Combo Pack" where Leopard, iWork, and iLife come together, but I already have Leopard. If they keep the deal for Snow Leopard, I'll definitely go for it because it adds on iWork for pretty cheap and I'm still using Microsoft Office 2004, and I don't want to pay for 2008 because it's expensive.
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MACMAN7 said 5:28PM on 1-06-2009
click the link, that works
Rylin said 5:29PM on 1-06-2009
I don't get why everyone thinks the keynote was crap.
They had to show off one piece of hardware, so they chose the 17".
It's not shipping until the... end of January.
iLife 09 ships.. "in January".
They ran out of time because they showcased iPhoto and iMovie -- and both are looking great; Faces and Places have been available in MemoryMiner, but this is Apple style, which is better.
Look forward to a special event in January with updated mini and imac, which conveniently will ship with ilife 09.
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David said 5:59PM on 1-06-2009
It was awful because they didn't announce anything of interest. Of course the 17" was coming. Now the full line is unibody - great. Apple's stock price has dipped because the market responded just as many of us have - yawn...
Rylin said 7:15PM on 1-06-2009
David: AAPL stock drops every MWSF, every time Steve sneezes etc. because it always gets hyped up beyond what's deliverable, so it's a bit unfair to say that it's because of the lack of a Mini update, iMac refresh or iPhone Nano.
It closed at -0.42% -- let's see what it's at tomorrow instead.
Personally I would've loved seeing a updated Mini and iMac today as I want to replace my 1.66GHz Mini with something a tad faster and my 24" 2.16GHz iMac with either a faster (preferrably Quad Core) iMac or a Mac Pro.
Waiting a few weeks won't kill me, and it won't kill anyone else.
DrakeRamore said 5:46PM on 1-06-2009
Sorry, but it was not Phil's first keynote.
Phil Schiller introduced the iMac G5 in Apple Expo Paris at the time Steve Jobs announced his cancer (in 2005 if i'm right).
Bye ;)
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Zach said 6:11PM on 1-06-2009
That video might be the most worthless one on the Internet.
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Doc said 6:13PM on 1-06-2009
Anyone have a direct link to the keynote? Trying to watch on iPhone .
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Lars said 6:54PM on 1-06-2009
I'd loved to have heard something, *anything* about Snow Leopard. The end of DRM is a good thing, I liked some of the iPhoto features very much but I wonder who these days is in the market for a 2799 dollar laptop.
And the 50 dollar 'anti-glare' option is both an admission that glossy isn't for everybody and one barefaced, stunning piece of marketing: make a quick buck on a problem you yourself created.
And that's the end of that chapter.
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Eric Leamen said 7:11PM on 1-06-2009
The link works for me, but the audio is choppy and the video doesn't work. Anyone else having this problem???
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Phil said 8:16PM on 1-06-2009
Weak!
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ianlive said 11:57PM on 1-06-2009
Did Phil seem nervous and a little jittery to anyone else? I thought so and was quite surprised as he has done lots of PR and MacWorld bits in the past and is far from new to public speaking to that size of audience.
I wonder if he was just not as prepared as he would have liked. I've read that Stevo preps for weeks getting ready for MacWorld. Not knowing your material down cold can sometimes lead to nervousness. Perhaps Phil was handed this notice a little later than he would have liked.
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Joe said 12:51AM on 1-07-2009
I like some the features shown with the new ILife, but to be honest IMovie has my eyebrow raised. They didn't show us anything about exporting to DVD or evening put it on the internet, yet they have these new themes which can be place directly in the movie. Their is slow-mo and the video stabilization thing which is cool, but all of these things are done without ever rendering the video...so what happens if I try to put this on a DVD and give to my family. The degradation from IMovie 08 to IDvd was so bad I switched back to IMovie HD, plus in the IMovie 09 demo video on the apple website they only talk about showing the movie in full screen via your mac not from a TV and not exporting to the internet or DVD which makes me wonder just how well these new "features" would work outside of the IMovie 09 environment.
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