Official MacWorld 2008 Thread

[sgould]

Well, I waited for today. And nothing for me.

I need to upgrade my desktop machine for home use and also replace and old IBM ThinkPad. Looks like a MacMini and a MacBook. I'll ask the questions in another thread in the right forum.

[mdnky]

Originally Posted by sgould

Well, I waited for today. And nothing for me.

I need to upgrade my desktop machine for home use and also replace and old IBM ThinkPad. Looks like a MacMini and a MacBook. I'll ask the questions in another thread in the right forum.

Why not just replace both with one machine (MacBook Pro)?

[symphonix]

I must admit that the new Macbook Air is incredibly cool and impressive. And its nice to see that they're updating existing products and systems (iTunes, AppleTV, iPod Touch) instead of releasing "better" ones that make the old ones less desirable.

[Thank The Cheese]

My 2 cents:

Love:
- New AppleTV interface available to existing ATV's. That was a nice surprise, and a nice change for apple.
- MacBook Air (not that I would want one, but very cool)
- firmware 1.1.3 looks great, though will now have to wait until it gets jailbroken (also, the triangulation is not going to work in places like australia )

Don't love
- iPod Touch apps costing +$20. they should have been there from the beginning.
- Rental prices seem a little high, not that I expected them to be any lower, but still.
- No change in TV show situation (not that it affects us non-USA people anyway)

Questions
- Can you use Time Capsule as a NAS, or does it HAVE to be used as a backup drive? I imagine you can use it like a normal HD if you want?
- No way to get Firewire into a MB Air?
- Will the multi-touch featres of MB Air come in an OS X update for all macs with a touchpad? There is no technical reason why not AFAIK?

[symphonix]

Originally Posted by Thank The Cheese

- Can you use Time Capsule as a NAS, or does it HAVE to be used as a backup drive? I imagine you can use it like a normal HD if you want?

Judging by the main picture on this page ( http://www.apple.com/timecapsule/backup.html ), the answer is yes, it *is* a NAS. It's marketed as Time Capsule because thats its purpose and intended use, but a NAS is what it is, AFAIK.

Again, like so many Apple products, Time Capsule seems expensive until you add up the different products it replaces. In this case its NAS + 802.11n/a/b/g router + print server with gigabit ethernet LAN connections, so the value for money isn't bad at all.

[Satcomer]

When I went over the MacBook Air Guided Tour I noticed near the end about the "Remote Disk" function included with the software install disk for MacBook Air. I am wondering how this get's installed on other computers (Mac and/or PC).

[symphonix]

Originally Posted by Satcomer

When I went over the MacBook Air Guided Tour I noticed near the end about the "Remote Disk" function included with the software install disk for MacBook Air. I am wondering how this get's installed on other computers (Mac and/or PC).

From a CD. It'll ship with CDs/DVDs containing Mac OS X, iLife, etc and the remote disk utility for windows and Mac will be included.

[Satcomer]

Originally Posted by symphonix

From a CD. It'll ship with CDs/DVDs containing Mac OS X, iLife, etc and the remote disk utility for windows and Mac will be included.

I will wonder how long until this software make it to the underground on the net. It seems to be something some people might be interested in.