Wwdc2009 Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Snow Leopard: Party like it's 1998

by David Winograd (Jun 15th, 2009)

On October 17, 1998 Apple released Mac OS 8.5, the first operating system that ran solely on Macintoshes with PowerPC processors. As far as system software upgrades go, this was the end of the line for any Mac built before the Power Macintosh 6100, introduced in March 1994. Earlier Macs ran on some ...

OS 10.6: PowerPC officially left behind

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Jun 10th, 2009)

It's not news. It was just less than a year ago that we initially announced that Snow Leopard would likely be Intel-only. Still, it was a report based off an initial developer's release of the software, and PowerPC users prayed that maybe it was a mistake. Maybe Apple would change its mind and toss ...

Expanding Apple's Pro line of 'Books

by Aron Trimble (Jun 10th, 2009)

Long ago, before Intel had stolen Apple's heart, there was a time when a certain company's line of "Pro" notebooks consisted of three model lines. These three PowerBooks were differentiated by screen size and, at the time, they were 12-inches, 15-inches, and 17-inches. Fast forward a few years to ...

WWDC '09 keynote stream now available via QuickTime

by Cory Bohon (Jun 8th, 2009)

With all the news floating around today about the new iPhone 3G S, and the updates on the release dates of iPhone 3.0 or Snow Leopard, you might feel deprived if you didn't get to make it out to this year's WWDC. Don't fret. You can now watch the keynote stream on the Apple website and see all of ...

iPhone 3G S: Built for speed

by Steven Sande (Jun 8th, 2009)

It's no big surprise, and John Gruber even got the name right. Apple announced the new iPhone 3G S today, featuring faster processor speed, built-in video capture and editing, voice dialing and voice command, built-in compass, and of course it will be running iPhone 3.0. There's a much better ...

Updated Mac laptops unveiled at WWDC 2009

by Aron Trimble (Jun 8th, 2009)

For those of you avoiding the whole WWDC live-blogging sensation that's going on throughout the web, here's a little tidbit of information you may not yet know. Apple announced the immediate availability of a largely-refreshed MacBook line. New models include a refreshed 15" MacBook Pro, a new ...