MacWorld 2009 WrapUp

Here is the event summary update from the recent MacWorld San Francisco 2009.

Expectations have dropped when Apple CEO Steve Job announced that he would be not be giving the 2009 Macworld Expo keynote and that this might be Apples last MacWorld Event.

No iMac and Mac mini Updates

Many are waiting and hoping that this rumor is true but it looks like these people have been dissapointed once again, iMac and Mac Mini didn’t get any updates. The Mac mini, in particular, has been long overdue for a refresh, and the recent rumors seemed to indicate that it would finally get some worthy upgrades (dual monitor, FireWire).

Wired and TUAW said that Apple would be releasing a new Mac mini at Macworld. The timing was good and of course since evidence of the new iMacs and Mac minis had been found buried within Mac OS X, itself. Unfortunately we didn’t see any in the recent event.

There are still people hoping to see some updates and there are some whispers that it is imminent, it is just a question of when.

Macbook Pro 17″ – Fixed Battery

The first report that Apple delivering a 17″ MacBook Pro with a fixed internal battery came from 9to5Mac. The use of an extended-life, non-removable battery was unique and accurate and 9to5Mac was first to deliver.

iLife, iWork, Cloud Computing

This information came again from 9to5Mac but was described as far more ambitious a plan than what was seen at this year’s Macworld. Reports claimed Apple would migrate iWork and iLife functionality into web-based services. While Apple did release an iWork.com public beta, its functionality is limited to collaboration and document sharing.

DRM-Free

It seems clear that CNet has sources at major music labels and was able to predict that Apple would be launching a full DRM-free store at Macworld.

No iPhone Nano… Yet?

Case manufacturers XSKN and Vaja have both advertised cases for an unreleased iPhone Nano in the weeks leading up to Macworld. Its clear that the case manufacturers did believe that this product was coming and have actually produced cases based on the leaked specs. In fact, the same spec leaks may also be responsible for the iPhone Nano clones that have already hit the market. It is still possible that we will see such a product in the future, or this case companies may just simply had an expensive mistake and somebody would surely get in trouble for this.

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