Polishing Apple

Polishing Apple: The wealth of announcements in Steve Jobs' MacWorld SF keynote address left me so stunned I forgot that I had been expecting to hear about new PowerBooks! Apple has revamped their Web site to offer free pop email (yourname@mac.com,) free network disk space, Web site reviews and online greeting cards. In other words, EMail, iDisk, iReview, and iCards. Steve also announced that he will stay on as chief executive officer of Apple, though he will keep the ‘i’ in his title, iCEO. The real jaw-dropper, however, was a detailed preview of Apple’s upcoming operating system revision, Mac OS X – a fully modern OS with a UNIX-like code base and an interface designed to be “easy for a first time computer owner while giving pro users the feeling that they have ultimate power with no boundaries.” That quote is from Mac Media Network’s excellent keynote coverage. Kudos! The streaming Quicktime webcast of Jobs' address should continue to be available for some time to come.