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I rushed to TUAW's special event headquarters (actually my spare room) to participate in our chatcast during Apple's special event this morning. My blood was pumping; my fingers were poised at the keyboard; I was psyched for something really exciting. . . . And then came the letdown.

Sure it's nice to see the Mac mini go Intel, but if I'm going to splurge on any of the Intel Macs it's more likely to be on a MacBook Pro given my peripatetic lifestyle. The iPod Hi-Fi is a bit of a surprise, but I have to agree with C.K. that the concept is just so '80's. More importantly, the Hi-Fi's price point is too steep for my pocketbook. I'd rather save my $349 bucks toward that MacBook Pro. When Steve first mentioned the leather cases for the iPod with video I was psyched, but for $99 I'd expect to be able to view the screen and access the controls -- neither of which is possible with these cases.

So I'm going home empty-handed and will remain that way until the next big Apple announcement. I may be disappointed now, but I know the letdown is only temporary. I'm sure I'll be the first one in line for the next Apple special event. That is, unless you're there first.

Scott'll be posting any news we glean from today's event, nicely and neatly in a separate post for those of you who detest our chatcasts, and Engadget has Ryan Block on the scene, but for those of you who love reading us ramble on, drooling over the day's announcements and being as snarky as snark can be, here's the place where you'll find all our babblings. Enjoy.

Begin chatcast:

Pregame chatter...
12:30 PM
Damien Barrett: The Apple Store is still up...
David Chartier: I don't think it usually goes down this far outside game time though
Damien Barrett: don't know
C.K. Sample, III: yeah
C.K. Sample, III: usually it goes down 15 mninutes before
David Chartier: do they hold events like this on the Apple Campus often?
C.K. Sample, III: not that I'm aware of
Damien Barrett: not usually on Apple Campus...no
C.K. Sample, III: it's a bit out of the ordinary
C.K. Sample, III: which makes me think it is going to be movie related announcements
Damien Barrett: I agree with C.K.
David Chartier: as in: it isn't a big enough deal to do it elsewhere?
12:35 PM
Damien Barrett: but why would Engadget be invited if Apple's not releasing or pimping a gadget?
C.K. Sample, III: there's the rub...
Damien Barrett: but it could also be they've finally finished the product that was supposed to be the "one more thing" product at MWSF but got bumped
David Chartier: Kevin Rose said something in the TWiT podcast that made me optimistic that it's at least something important: he's been able to peg it in the past when events are off campus because he has some kind of insider
David Chartier: but since it's on the campus, it's a lot harder to leak this stuff
Damien Barrett: I'm not the only one who felt that this year's MWSF Keynote felt less solid than those in the past, as if things were changed at the last minute
David Chartier: I felt like the software portion got bumped and squished in order to squeeze in the MacBooks
David Chartier: He might as well have said "eh, and iWork... yea that's neat too."

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