It’s Disneyland for geeks…
I am referring to MacWorld.
MacWorld is a yearly conference / expo where all things Mac (apple) computers are brought out and paraded for all to see, drool and purchase… oh wait, scratch purchase, since no one was selling anything this year …. good for the pocketbook, but bad for geek in me.
I was also a little disappointed with the keynote announcement of the MacBook Air. Yeah, it is the smallest notebook on the market, yeah it is a new Mac product, and yeah it is pretty dang cool… BUT… 1800.00 for the low end model… Pass.
During the Keynote address when Mr. Jobs was speaking about this new product, I kept thinking that this would be a great “low-end” laptop that could finally compete with the under 1000.00 laptop market. Instead it ended up being their most expensive laptop.
The Apple TV take two announcement was far more exciting for me… and I am looking forward to having a small little white box attached to my TV to bring me hours and hours of tv enjoyment.
MacWorld had a “meet and greet” which also included a concert by Devo… that was great! I have been a long time fan of Devo, but I have to admit it was kind of sad seeing them old and overweight still trying to be the same 80’s techno band they were…
The highlight of the trip was the purchase of my new and shiny iPhone…. still playing with it.
Anyway, spent a week in San Francisco, saw some old friends, learned a lot and had a great time.
Here are some pics for your enjoyment (all taken with my iPhone) :
