Were seated and Apple is welcoming us to the event. The crowd applauds. Dimming the lights. Were starting!
10:18am Were really proud to say this is the worlds greenest lineup of notebooks.
Segue: Good hardware deserves great software.
The topic is OS X Snow Leopard
Apple is dissing Vista and Windows 7.
10:16am The MacBook Air gets an update too. 1.86GHz for $1499 $300 less expensive than before.
If you want the SSD config, the 2.13 GHz MacBook Air is $1800 $700 less than previous config.
Phils saying all of the MacBooks meet the EP gold standard for environmentally friendly design.
10:15am 13-inch starts at $1199.
For 13-inch MacBook Pro: $1199 you can get the 2.26GHz Core 2 Duo; 2.53 GHz Core 2 Duo for $1499.
10:13am 13-inch MacBook is getting the battery upgrade too. And supporting up to 8GB memory.
And its getting a FireWire 800 port! Theyre reviving it!
Theyre calling it a 13-inch MacBook Pro now.
10:11am Its starting at a lower price $1700. $300 less than before.
$1699 it starts with 2.53GHz. $1999 you get the 2.66GHz. the 2.8GHz is $2299.
17-inch is also getting a bump too 2.8GHz processor, for $2500.
Theyre all shipping today.
10:10am The rest of the specs remain the same, except for the express card slot is being replaced by an SD card slot. Processor and memory changes: 3.06 GHz intel core 2 duo processor for the 15-inch MBP. And up to 8GB RAM.
10:06am Phil is talking about Macs. He says notebooks are the hottest sellers. Hes recapping what Apple did with the MacBooks starting with the MacBook Air the unibody. Hes announcing an upgrade to the 15-inch MacBook Pro. Its going to include the same battery as the one in the current 17-inch MacBook Pro
7 hours battery lifeMost notebooks can only last 300 recharges. The lithium polymer batteries will last 1,000 charge cycles.
10:00am Schiller says OS X users have grown to 75 million users thanks to the popularity of the iPhone.
Phil Schiller is on stage welcoming everyone. We have an amazing week planned for youtheres over 5200 developers from 54 countries around the world.
John Hodgman is on the screen. A new Mac ad. Hodgman is talking about a billion iPhone apps sold and stumbling over his words. Then Justin Long appears and says, Hello Im a Mac, and what PC was trying to say was have a great conference.
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