It’s Official

It’s actually been official for a while now but I just finished watching Jobs at the WWDC 2005 conference. I really recommend you go to the link above and watch it. You might need to download the new pre-release of quicktime so you can get h.264, but I’m not sure if you really need it.

I would post a review but there are so many out there.

I actually really enjoyed watching it. And even though there are some mac haters reading this (Jared) you would probably find some of it interesting. A lot of Apple history combined with Intel, a lot of market graphs and some real nerds came up to talk, like the guy from mathmatica.

Overall I recommend watching it if you can spare 30 minutes or so.

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  • Dan
    Maybe not the mp3's success but the success of the first online music store (that has the big 3).
  • Dave Z
    " iTunes: 430M songs sold so far. "

    That is so many songs. I remember hearing John Lennon's son say the
    CD saved the artists by bringing in so much money. They must be really
    happy about the mp3/ipod success.
  • Dan
    If those stats are true about the "PC" hardware market slowing way down and the gaining of Apple computers, why would they go into a slowing market. Because in their eyes they are gaining, no matter if it an OS or hardware, why would they not keep going until they hit a wall, which doesn't exist to any apple fan, sky is the limit.
  • Greedy bastards, like I said before - this basically confirms my previous suspicion that they will avoid making a dent in the Windows market because they're afraid of losing their hardware sales.
  • Dan
    Apple VP Phil Schiller said today there are no plans to sell or support Windows on an Intel-based Mac. "That doesn't preclude someone from running it on a Mac," he said. "They probably will." However, Schiller said Apple does not plan to let users run Mac OS X on PCs. "We will not allow running Mac OS X on anything other than an Apple Mac."


    Because it sounds like you can dual boot XP and OS X.
  • Dan
    02:10 PM - Show over, no iBook updates. Please remember to tip a few dollars (cheaper than a movie!) to help us pay for the server. Thanks guys, it was fun! - Jon Gales
    02:05 PM - After the speech check out CNBC for an interview with Steve Jobs.

    02:05 PM - No words on how Apple will get people to still buy Macs with PPC... We're still a year from that launch.

    02:01 PM - Intel is most about relentless advancement of Moore's law.

    02:00 PM - Worlds most innovative computer company, Intel calls Apple. Teamed with worlds most innovative chip company. Self love!

    02:00 PM - Intel CEO was on stage, with a hug.

    01:59 PM - Site back up, sorry about that. All up on a new server. Thanks Pair!.

    01:59 PM - Read the Apple on Intel press release

    01:49 PM - Developers can lease a G5 Tower with Intel inside for $999 that can be kept until launch... 3.6ghz p4.

    01:48 PM - Steve's demo machine is running Photoshop and MS Office. Appears fast.

    01:46 PM - Rosetta is the name of the rumored emulator. Runs PPC apps on Intel. Since not every app will be Intel compatible on day one... Transparent, not like Classic. No mention if Classic will still be supported.

    01:38 PM - If you're interested, please click send a buck or two via PayPal. The load is huge!

    01:38 PM - Universal binary will support both PPC and Intel in one app. Much easier than "carbonization". Wolfram Research did it quickly for Mathematica (secretly). Just got the message on Wednesday.

    01:37 PM - Xcode 2.1, key for development on Intel.

    01:36 PM - Tweaks should be a few days for Cocoa, few weeks for Carbon.

    01:35 PM - Second challenge: getting your apps to run on Intel. Cocoa: small tweak, recompile, works. Carbon + xcode: tweak, recompile, works. Carbon + metroworks: move to xcode, tweak, recompile.

    01:34 PM - Stock watch: AAPL on the upswing.

    01:32 PM - Steve Jobs' demo Mac for his speech: P4 3.6 gigahertz!

    01:31 PM - Challenge: Making OS X dance on Intel. Every release of OS X has been compiled for both PPC and Intel for last 5 years! WOW! Audience goes nuts.

    01:30 PM - Reasons for the switch: 3 gigahertz missed, no G4 powerbooks, better performance. Future of ppc is 15u performance per watt. Intel 70u per watt. We should see Intel Macs in about 1 year.

    01:27 PM - HOT Here comes Intel: talking about processor transitions now - from 68k to PC. Apple is switching to Intel from PPC. "Time for a brain transplant." 2006-2006 cited.

    01:26 PM - Leopard is the next release of Mac OS X.

    01:25 PM - We apologize about the downtime--thanks to the Intel rumor, this is the most watched WWDC in recent memory. Our host, Pair Networks, is working hard on keeping the site up.

    01:21 PM - 2 million copies of Mac OS X Tiger were sold in the first 6 weeks (16% of user base). Steve says the number should hit 50% next year. Fastest sales for an OS release ever. Read off lots of mainstream reviews--all positive of course.

    01:18 PM - QuickTime 7 out for Windows starting today (how about fixing the bugs in QT7 for Mac?). Steve says QuickTime has been shipped over a billion times!

    01:17 PM - Enough of iTunes, onto the Mac: Mac unit growth started 9 months ago. Outpacing PC growth.

    01:14 PM - iTunes: 430M songs sold so far. New features: Podcasting. "Anyone can make it and get worldwide audience." New music Tuesday will have its own Apple made podcast.

    01:13 PM - iPod: 16m as of end march with 76% market share of all music players

    01:07 PM - 1 million visitors a week to the Apple stores.

    01:06 PM - Fashion note: Steve is wearing dark pants, not jeans. It's also snowing in hell.

    01:05 PM - Largest WWDC in 10 years (anyone bet there was a surge in ticket sales over the weekend?)

    01:04 PM - It's showtime: lights dim, music ends, Steve Jobs on stage. "Important day, great stuff"

    01:01 PM - Reader report: .Mac is down for 'maintenence'

    12:58 PM - Few minutes to showtime and the Online Apple Store has no post it note--perhaps no new shipping products today?

    12:55 PM - Listening to the music selection: daft punk playing now, following vertigo. (still waiting for the Blueman Group... heh)

    12:09 PM - Coverage due to start in less than an hour, 10AM PT.
  • Dan
    I forgot to say, they showed off how podcasting will be supported in the next iTunes and Jared if you don't use iTunes just for how it manages Podcasting you are worse off then I thought. It is awesome.

    When we get our podcast done I will get it on iTunes.
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