Job’s Keynote is about to start in a few minutes. Go to Engadget and keep refreshing the live notes to see what’s happening as it happens (if that sorta thing floats your boat). On Kevin Rose’s blog, he has intel that claims the announcements will be as follows:
15″ intel Macbook – order tomorrow, ships Feb (thinner, dual core)
iPod FM receiver
iWork/Life ’06
New remote of some type
Photocasting (iPhoto)
OS X.4.4 w/new widgets
and perhaps Job’s “One more thing” will be the Apple TV.
So, maybe no full-blown Mac Mini as media center PC this time around. Stay tuned…
Update: So far, Jobs is following the leak script: Announcements of:
(as of 12:41 Eastern)
* iPod FM Tuner and Remote Control
* OS X 10.4.4 with many new Widgets
* iLife ’06
* Photocasting (RSS-based photo-feeding to .Mac accounts)
Update:
(as of 1:17 Eastern)
* iWeb authoring software with built-in blogging and podcasting tools.
* New Intel-based iMacs are here (on sale TODAY!). Same flavors, same pricing, “two to three times faster” via dual-core Duo chips.
Update:
(as of 1:40 Eastern)
And: the “One more thing:”
* MacBook Pro, 15.4″ laptop with same dual-core Intel processor as new iMacs. One inch thick, 5.6 lbs. Vivid Cinema Display-quality screen, DVI-out. 4 -5 times faster than PB G4. Ship in February.
That’s it. No Apple TV, no big entertainment partnership announcements, no Apple media center tech. The MacBook is cool, and Intel Macs ahead of schedule, but otherwise? Whatever.