The October 14 Apple MacBook event liveblog archive .
Jason Chen :
Apple ’s MacBook consequence set about Tuesday Oct. 14 at 10:00 AM Pacific . Check back early Tuesday for coverage !
10:03 pm ON Oct 10 2008
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1:10 am ON Oct 14 2008
Everyone print out their beano cards ?
7:15 am ON Oct 14 2008
Mark Wilson :
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8:19 am ON Oct 14 2008
It ’s chilly , yet sunny at the same time .
8:35 am ON Oct 14 2008
Bingo participant quick ? First bingo second power : Jason in the W.C. with diarrhea .
8:42 am ON Oct 14 2008
Everyone got their anticipation ? Comments gohere . We postulate your top 3 . We ’re think MacBook , MacBook Pro , and MacBook Super Pro , a 27 - inch laptop that count in at a svelte 51 Syrian pound .
8:51 am ON Oct 14 2008
My only wishing for this event is for my car to not get stolen . time are baffling , and Apple employees are despairing . I may have see two combat over a dumpster on the way in .
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Three dudes , yes . But all have hair’s-breadth . No bingo ! !
8:54 am ON Oct 14 2008
discern : first bald cat of the dawning . amazingly enough , this is the ONLY bald guy we ’ve seen all day . What the F Steve ? Did you mandate tomentum plugs for everyone to reduce the light reflectivity off the audience ?
8:59 am ON Oct 14 2008
Official munition of Apple SWAT . You feeling favourable , punk ?
9:01 am ON Oct 14 2008
The flavour in the bunch here is between muted excitement and pumped apathy . It ’s a much pocket-size crowd .
9:04 am ON Oct 14 2008
We ’ve just been upgraded from run along up outside in the Dominicus to line up at bottom in the third house . Also , bathroom are now open .
I marvel how Phil Schiller prepares for these things . My intellection is he drives over to Jobs ’ house , honks his the crap out of his horn , pees on Jobs ’ Mercedes , punches the dog in the typeface , slip the PennySaver , hurl a ( real ) brick through the window and ask off his shirt , setting fire to it as he peels off into the distance .
9:10 am ON Oct 14 2008
Note : Apple keeps the solid food outside while we wait in spite of appearance . Jobs contemn pastry dough rat .
44 minutes leave .
9:18 am ON Oct 14 2008
The employees are run around , super unrestrained and pretty nervous . They have the home court advantage – wonder what they ’re worried about .
Headcount : about 65 people . Most have fuzz .
30 minutes left . Anyone curb Apple stock lately ?
9:26 am ON Oct 14 2008
For a minute I thought a guy was holding a can of Bud Light . terminate up it was just a Diet Pepsi . Kind of a disappointment .
The closet for these effect rate from black polos to business casual to porn star dbag to hipster to I’m - about - to - draw back wrinkle jacket .
descry : Phil Schiller . amazingly enough , he ’s NOT punching a hotdog in the face here . He may be perforate ME in the face if he ever reads these updates .
9:31 am ON Oct 14 2008
Apparently MacBooks have a portion in common with my freshman class of college . Ok , elderly .
You guys probably do n’t know this , but Wilson Rothman of Gizmodo fame was once the nation ’s phone number one consumer of Coors Light . Next time you have one , dedicate it to him with a “ this Coors is for you ” .
Why is n’t he the number one Coors fan anymore , you expect ? His esophagus exploded .
9:36 am ON Oct 14 2008
agitation level seems to be rising . masses are getting antsy . Tech writers , on the whole , are n’t used to stand for more than six minute at a sentence . On the scale of strength , we ’re somewhere inbetween arthritic grandma , comatoseness victim and kick the bucket jellyfish .
Everyone ’s getting seated , we ’re inside .
9:55 am ON Oct 14 2008
They ’re playing Graeco-Roman music , NOT Coldplay . Unless this is a track off their newfangled album I have n’t get wind . “ Lute and Plunder , ” perhaps .
9:57 am ON Oct 14 2008
It ’s starting ! Steve Jobs is coming out on leg , and says they ’ve catch some exciting stories about notebook and how they were made .
Tim Cook , Chief Operating Officer , is coming on stage to verbalize to us about the “ phase of the Mac . ” Steve Jobs is sitting down .
Cook : Apple has “ better computers ” and “ good software package ” , saying “ Leopard is far out front of Vista . ” The general kernel of this part is telling everyone about the total package of the “ Mac ” .
10:02 am ON Oct 14 2008
Cook says they fix the fact that masses conceive Macs would n’t fit into a Windows environs by send Boot Camp , as well as work with Parallels and VMWare for third - party virtualization .
“ Another affair we did n’t do , Vista ” . “ Vista has n’t lived up to everything Microsoft has hop it would . It ’s also open doors for a lot of citizenry to exchange to the Mac . It ’s given us an opportunity , and Apple has been the benefactive role of those . ”
They ’re showing a Mac vs. PC ad , the one with Hodgman playing a king . Cook : “ Is n’t it great ? ”
Cook is showing two international Apple stock , Sydney and China .
The Mac has outgrow the market for the last 14 of 15 quarter . Two head that accelerated sale are Vista and Leopard introduction .
10:07 am ON Oct 14 2008
The Mac now represents 17.6 % of unit of measurement sales in the US . If you look at “ revenue share ” , because Apple “ focuses on fully featured systems ” , they actually have 31.3 % .
Apple has 39 % unit share for notebooks in breeding , transcend Dell .
In one unnamed university , Apple has 47 % marketshare . Now Cook is showing the photo of that college lecture with a bunch of Macs .
Steve Jobs come back on phase .
First , Steve Jobs is go to speak about a raw way to build notebooks . Or Rather , Jony I ve is going to let the cat out of the bag about it .
First , I ve is going to talk about how they CURRENTLY construct their MacBook Pro . One of the challenges of build a MacBook Pro is making it strong and rigid .
10:12 am ON Oct 14 2008
The Aluminum social structure that you SEE contributes only a small part of the “ structure ” . The chief structure is actually from the intragroup chassis , which holds up the system ( and “ creates a unattackable system , a rich system ” ) .
Above the frame , there are support plate that are weld to the structure underneath the top plate . All these things work together to give the laptop rigidness . ( I ve is say this in his charming British accent mark , btw . )
“ For days , we ’ve been reckon for a better path in building a notebook . We had a really pregnant breakthrough that culiminated in the fabrication of [ the MacBook Air ] . ”
rather of start with a slender piece of aluminum and adding more piece to the social system , they ’re now going to start from one piece of atomic number 13 and remove piece . This makes the structure strong and more fixed .
To make the MacBook Air ’s wrist eternal rest , they pop with one part , then go through many stages ( lick holes , etc ) .
In the fabrication stage , they depart with a 2.5 pound bit of aluminum . The destruction structure is only 0.5 pounds ( for the MacBook Air ) .
10:17 am ON Oct 14 2008
This method acting of course , extends past the MacBook Air , for some new notebook computer . I ve bequeath the stage , and Jobs comes up .
Jobs : Nvidia came to talk to them a few months ago about a product that would include the chipset and the graphics C.P.U. .
Nvidia GeForce 9400 M is the name of the product .
This combimes both the Chipset + the GPU , 70 % of the die is the GPU . It has 16 parallel art cores , pushes 54 Gigaflops and runs up to 5 times faster than Intel Integrated graphics .
In existent world carrying out , you get anywhere from 3x to 8x functioning increment . Compared to the Nvidia 8600 M GT in the MacBook Pro , this new one is at 55 % of the carrying out instead of 11 % , equate to the old Intel .
task : We ’ve dumbfound a young trackpad for notebook . A declamatory , multi - touch Methedrine trackpad .
It ’s a 39 % large trailing area , has multi - touch gestures , and has a glass for “ satiny - smooth travel ” .
The integral trackpad is the button . you’re able to also get multi - buttons via software .
There are also now four - finger gesture .
Jobs is now going through some of the gestures . Two digit gesture = pinch and splay for zooming and panning . Three finger gestures = swiping between photos . Four fingers = unmasking and app switching .
10:22 am ON Oct 14 2008
“ So let ’s take these technologies and more and make some notebook . Today , we ’re usher in the new MacBook Pro . ”
The new MacBook Pro has full glass , an instant - on lead presentation , all the connectors on one side , and “ it ’s just gorgeous . ”
It ’s contract a precision aluminum unibody enclosing , next - gen computer graphic , mini display port connector .
First , the unibody enclosure is made from one objet d’art of Al . Jobs is really passing around the body down every row to give people a mother wit of what it looks like up close . moving-picture show coming in a sec .
We ’ve just held it , and we tried fairly heavily to flex it . It was definitely set and did n’t flex at all , at least on the berth we bear on at .
Lights back down , Steve is talking again .
10:27 am ON Oct 14 2008
New computer graphic : NVIDIA GeForce 9400 M in the MacBook Pro . There ’s also a 9600 M GT , which is the “ commonwealth of the artistic creation nomadic graphics ” , with 32 parallel graphics core , 120 Gigaflops and 512 M video memory . They ’re include BOTH of these in the MacBook Pro .
you could utilise either the integrated graphics , 9400 M , or switch over to the 9600 M GT if you want “ Turbo modal value ” .
Under the 9400 , you get 5 time of day of battery life vs. 4 hours on the 9600 GT .
The connector are , in order from the left , Magsafe , Gigabit Ethernet , Firewire 800 , two USB port wine , a Mini Display Port , Audio In / Out ( analog and optical digital ) , ExpressCard 34 , and a barrage indicator .
The Mini DisplayPort is downsize from the full sized DVI connective . The Mini DisplayPort can ride everything the gravid DVI can ( 30 - inch video display ) .
Both the battery and the operose drive will be easily accessible from the back .
0.95 inches . Thinnest ever .
10:32 am ON Oct 14 2008
It ’s going to come in two models . $ 1999 , 15.4 - inch lead backlit video display . 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo with 3 megabit L2 Cache , 2 GB 1066MHz DDR3 Memory , the two GeForces , 250 GB voiceless private road and SuperDrive .
Second config is $ 2499 . 2.53GHz , 6 MB L2 Cache , 4 GB computer storage , 512 MB video memory and bigger hard effort .
These MacBook Pros are shipping today .
Just as crucial as what they put in is what they pass on out , for environmentally interested user . This MBP has 37 % pocket-sized promotional material and reset the EPEAT Gold rating .
Next up is the MacBook Air . They ’re putting the 9400 M into the MBA . 4x faster graphics . They ’re upgrading the 120 GB HDD ( up from 80 GB ) , or a 128 GB SSD . Also has a Mini Display port .
Steve Jobs just let it slip that there ’s depart to be a unexampled display come !
The novel MacBook Airs will be available in early November .
Also being give away today is a 24 - in LED - backlit cinema display .
Three connectors on this new 24 - inch showing : MagSafe connector , USB connexion and Mini Display Port .
The 24 - inch show has 1920 x 1200 pixel answer , a build - in iSight and mic , stereophonic speakers and a three port USB hub .
10:37 am ON Oct 14 2008
It will be $ 899 in November .
One more affair … and it ’s the MacBook .
The MacBook is the best sell Mac , ever .
“ They are one of the good products in the industry . ” The entry price is $ 1099 , but they ’re reducing the entry terms to $ 999 .
thing people want from the Macbook : Metal natural enclosure , faster graphics and LED backlit exhibit .
Introducing a new generation on top of the white plastic MacBook . recess to tree glass on the presentation , same Al unibody inclosure like the MacBook Pro , LED backlit display , next - gen graphics , multitouch trackpad , Mini Display Port connexion and environmental features .
Five time the artwork public presentation with the NVIDIA 9400 M chipset .
The glass trackpad also has the same four - finger gestures as on the MacBook Pro .
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It also gets five 60 minutes of barrage fire biography .
The MacBook also fill EPEAT Gold , and has 42 % small packaging size of it .
These new features on the MacBook , you may get today at $ 1299 ( broken than the $ 1999 for the MacBook Pro ) . There are going to be two models . 13.3 - column inch LED backlit display , 2.0 Gc Intel Core 2 Duo , 3 megabyte L2 Cache , 2 GB 1066MHz DDR3 computer storage , 9400 M GeForce , 160 GB hard effort and SuperDrive .
10:42 am ON Oct 14 2008
2nd model , $ 1599 , adds 2.4GHz processor , 250 GB hard driving and a backlit keyboard .
To be clear , these two model are croak to be on top of the lily-white plastic MacBook which come at $ 999 .
The MacBooks ship today to hit store tomorrow .
Jobs is showing a picture now ( Coldplay in the desktop ! )
satisfy in that bingo square !
Jon I ve is verbalize about how great the new MacBook and MacBook Pros are .
I ve is a handsome , handsome human beings . Ahem , sorry . Yes , he ’s talking about the unibody aluminum twist , which is lean , lighter and more robust .
They ’re showing gigantic sheets of Al that they chip at the body from . It bug out with a solid “ block ” of aluminum , and outputs long strip which then get veer and carve into the MacBooks .
“ In many ways I think it ’s more beautiful internally than it is externally ” – I ve
10:47 am ON Oct 14 2008
The glass display goes up “ right to the edge of the intersection . ” Advantages of the LED backlight is that it ’s on in a flash , it ’s 30 % more efficient and the coloration are brighter ( higher intensity ) .
They ’re showing a motive For Speed biz running on a MacBook .
Now they ’re utter about how the choices they made are the best in the industry from an environmental perspective .
A U2 song is being play ( that ’s not a lotto square , but , you know , just FYI ) .
Relevant side story : Jon I ve once touched me on the shoulder .
10:52 am ON Oct 14 2008
Now , Steve Jobs is holding a Q&A sitting along with Phil Schiller .
110/70 is Steve ’s blood pressure level . This is all Steve is endure to talk about Steve ’s health today .
Apple is the first people to take the 9400 M to marketplace , and might be the only one for a while ( ” We ’re going to be using a lot of their chips ” ) .
Q : Why is n’t HDMI or Blu - ray in there ? And Display Port is ?
A : HDMI ca n’t tug our 30 - in display , so we put in Display Port .
line : “ Blu - ray of light is a handbag of damage . I do n’t intend from the consumer gunpoint of view . It ’s nifty to watch out movies , but the licensing is so complex . We ’re wait until things settle down , and wait until Blu - ray of light takes off before we burden our customers with the price of licensing . ”
Q : What ’s the condition of the 17 - in MacBook Pro .
A : It ’s also being refresh .
10:57 am ON Oct 14 2008
Q : Is the MacBook upgrade going to steal some need from the MacBook Pro ?
A : pro buy MacBook Pros . So we ’re going to see a refresh demand in both spaces .
Both the MacBook Pro and MacBook are .95 inches , and weight is 5.5 and 4.5 lbs , respecitvely
Q : Are you going to have matte screens or just go with glistening glass unity ? How about with reflection problems ?
A : Just glass , and we ’re going to compensate for the reflection from pushing more lightness through the back . And , since these are notebook computer , you may position it any way you want .
Q : Did Apple design the motherboard in house ?
A : Yes .
11:02 am ON Oct 14 2008
Q : How about touchscreen in laptop ?
A : So far it has n’t been a mickle of gumption to US , but we may see it in the future ( we ’ve experimented with it before ) .
That ’s all ! Thanks for reading . hand on feeling to come in a s . fit the front page of Gizmodo for more .
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