Comments on: Continuous WWDC keynote coverage

Live updates from Apple CEO Steve Jobs' keynote speech at the company's Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco.

[ovidiucp]

Are you a tech reporter or what?

"The .Mac service knows the IP of computers that log into it, so it can transfer the IP address of a home Mac to the Mac on the road."

You've got to be kidding, right? How would it help if the IP address of a home Mac is transferred to the one on the road? The contents of the damn file is what you really need.

[agentbb007]

Are you a tech guy?

You've got to be kidding, right? Once you know the IP address then you can transfer the file. You do know you need to know an IP address to transfer a file right ovidiucp tech guy?

[agentbb007]

Apple Fanboy

WoW now I know who the people are who post constant anti-microsoft stuff. Its people like the guy on the main page with the apple logo shaved into his head...

[mortis9]

64-bit only?

I don't use a Mac, but if I had purchased one of the core 1 based iMacs or Macbooks I'd be pissed off. Those were the computers they were selling not more than a year ago and already they've discontinued OS support for all of those products. Those Core 1 chips are 32bit chips and they can't run Panther. One year old hardware can't run their new OS. And yet no one cares? Of course not! Apple fans think they're getting such a great value. Microsoft could do more with the OS if they abandoned all hardware more than a year old as well.

[hellsyes]

I do use a core1 based Macbook

And I agree, that does suck ass. I am really surprised that they would do that. They should at least have a 32-bit version. I guess they don't care much about the idiots, like myself, that bought the macbook a few months after it was released. Early adoption blows.

I definitely will not buy something from apple again that has just been released. Always wait for the first major hardware change will is now my mantra.

I love my macbook, but I might be running Ubuntu as my main os now. I've been using it at work for about a year, and I'm content.

The only thing I might miss is iPhoto. I think I should be able to find a good replacement though.

Well.. thats enough venting. sorry, but, bye bye osx, it was fun while it lasted.

And, by the way, Microsoft doesn't make any hardware, nor do they support it. The hardware vendors support Microsoft, not the other way around.

[neopin]

You guys need to listen/read

Is does both 32 and 64 bit...

[OS11]

What? You are crazy, or ignorant, both?

Leopard will OBVIOUSLY run fine on ANY MacBook, it will run on ANY machine PowerPC G4 above!

Apple has a stellar reputation for supporting their hardware longer than ANYONE in the industry. Leopard will work on machines 8 years back into the past.

LEARN about Macs, before you post again.

[weegg]

unlike VISTA the OS is fully 64/32 bit throughout

Something MS could not pull off with Vista. You either get 32 bit
Vista or 64bit (buy 2 keep MS happy). The same Mac OS can deal
with eiher h/w environment (unlike Vista) so you do not have to
panic.

[weegg]

Disappointed...

The biggest thing I was looking for was ZFS. That would take
leopard to the next level of reliability over "outdated" hfs+ and
shame Vista's filesystem capabilities, but nada.

Finder improvements are nice.

I think I'll hold off my hardware upgrade (still on my 6yr old G4
system) a bit longer (post leopard), sort of like the XP folks waiting
for Vista SP2.

[jabberwolf]

web apps for iphone?

So basically the only applications that will run on the iphone will be web based apps?

Oh boy now THAT's innovation... NOT !

[MacVet]

...sigh...

YES it is innovation! Web 2.0 is here, deal with it!

The **truly** innovative companies are leveraging the possibilities the Web 2.0 make possible, and this is a prime example.

Just as MS belatedly woke up to the internet in the first place, you are woefully behind the leading edge if you don't get this.

[jCounsel]

Well...

I am not a "strong" programmer, but I can make widgets...

If the iPhone only runs web-apps (something I am not so sure of), then I can make apps for the iPhone. Seems to me that opens the door for a whole bunch of developers.

What drives a "computerized" product like a smartphone? My guess is the useful programs for the device.

A highly-technical smartphone that has not apps is an expensive paper-weight.

It may not be "innovative" as in "new technology," but it is "innovative" in how a company opens up development of a product to more people.

To me, that is a good thing.

[agentbb007]

Another lawsuit for Google??

Google is suing Microsoft for their search feature in Vista, well Apple announced a new feature in Leopord called Finder which sounds exactly like the search feature in Vista, check it out here:
http://www.apple.com/macosx/leopard/features/finder.html

If Google wants to show they don't just pick on the big mean Microsoft they need to sue Apple too.

[Steve Sweitzer]

I hate blogs

I liked the good old days when people wrote stories about the highlights. I don't care about your minute by minute day and I sure don't have time to relive it.

[Tom Krazit]

Did you miss the roundup page?

Lots of people like live, up to the minute information. Those of you looking for summaries can find it below, with tons of stories, videos, and pictures.

http://news.com.com/Apple+kicks+off+WWDC+with+Jobs+speech/2009-1012_3-6190044.html?tag=item

[Fil0403]

Continuous hype coverage

I wonder what else is Apple going to come up with now that Windows is on par with Macs both in terms of looks and security. Perhaps new Windows-ripped-off features to succeed TimeMachine and FrontRow? At least we got (another) confirmation that Apple's success depends on Microsoft: Windows-compatible iPod, Windows bootable Macs and now Windows-compatible Safari.

[bigmc6000]

hehe - very funny

So was that a serious comment or do you work for Microsoft?
On par visually - are you serious?? Go to the Mac Leopard page
and look at the bootcamp thing showing Windows next to 10.5.
hahaha - it's laughable. Security, really? Are you actually being
honest with yourself. I'm guessing you just work for Microsoft
because that's just funny. Apple has a balance of new ideas and
making old ideas feasible and easy to use (Time Machine and
Front Row). The iPod wasn't the first mp3 player but they were
the first to make it useful and easy to use and they are doing it
again with backing up your computer and interacting with your
media. Also, I wouldn't hedge my bets on Apple being that
dependent on MS anymore. With a market share above 8% and
growing at 5 times industry rate combined with the iPhone and
the fact that Macs have been the major contributor to their
financial success even with the advent of the iPod they are using
Windows to convert people over to Mac (hint - it's working ;) )
So really, move along and enjoy all your fun crashes on your POS
Vista Box (yes, I've tried it, I've bought it, put it on a brand new
computer. Uninstalled and put XP on it in within 24 hours
because I had 6 hard system crashes when running standard
Excel VBA code...) The real question you should be asking
yourself is if Apple is going to downgrade the stability and
useability of their OS just to make things look prettier (Vista). If
you ask the developers I think you'll get a resounding "NO" on
that one...