While there is no webcast, MacMerc will be updating this space as often as possible to bring you all the latest from Steve Job's keynote speech at WWDC 2004. Here is the archived report.
  • Apple.com now reflects the changes.
  • Looks like the end of the show. If you were there, you get Tiger. If not you have to wait until 2005.
  • Tiger
    • iChat multi audio and video connections. 10 audio, 3 video. Good bye conference calls. h.264 codec used, better quality.
    • Automater, CRON for dummies, with some visual scripting. here's a pic
    • Dashboard... Major new feature. Shown in leaked screen shots. Exposé for widgets. iTunes, Calculator, address book. here's a pic. Press a key and they are all there. Konfabulator is pissed...
    • .Mac update... Sync multiple macs, new control panel.
    • Dev watch: Core Image, Core Video crunch numbers with the GPU instead of the CPU. Used in the lastest version of Motion.
    • Safari will have new features, including RSS, Jobs must not know about NetNewsWire.
    • MPEG h264 (not a shocker)
    • System Prefs now use Spotlight instead of top menu bar.
    • One of the best: better searching. Spotlight is iTunes like searching for the whole computer. Full indexes, even for PDFs. System wide, search from anywhere.
    • Over 150 new features
    • Fully 64-bit
  • Tiger will ship in first half of 2005
  • New 20" display in same design, $1,299.
  • New 30" display, biggest ever. 2560 x 1600. Same design as the other new displays today. FireWire and USB, 4 megapixels. Needs PowerMac, 2 DVI connections to run (card costs $600). $3,299.
  • New 23" display, all aluminum, like the ThinkSecret mock ups. ADC is gone from the displays.
  • The online Apple Store just went down--we have new stuff coming.
  • 3,500 developers at WWDC, 17% more than last year