A winter recap
Monday, Jan. 28, 2008 @ 7:34 pm
In the time I should have been I blogging, I consumed no less than three banana cream pies, watched upwards of a dozen movies, indulged in the addictive Beautiful Katamari, and climbed a mountain twice. Such are the obligations of winter break.
While my blogs have been at a standstill, the tech world has been just the opposite. Here’s a recap of some of the major things that went down this past month.
The new year has come and gone, and thus, so have the two biggest [technology oriented] conventions of the year: CES and MacWorld Expo.
The Consumer Electronics Show is an annual trade show held in Las Vegas where major and minor electronics vendors alike show off their shiny new products for the upcoming year, while MacWorld Expo, held in San Francisco, focuses on Apple and made-for-Apple products.
Sadly, I was absent from CES this year, despite being in the area and having to agonize over the dozens of geeks I saw with obvious bags of swag. Luckily for you, the crew over at Engadget has covered the CES floor quite thoroughly. Check out their many reports from CES here (including the oh-so-amusing crapgadget contest, and coverage of Bill Gates’ final CES keynote).
MacWorld also passed without my presence, but if you want to see what went down, the folks at Engadget, once again, prove themselves to be practically a live wire service from these big conventions with their extensive MacWorld coverage. If you’re looking to see the announcements from Mr. Jobs and his infamous keynote, but unwilling to listen to 90 minutes of pretentious banter, check out The Steve Jobs 90 Minute Keynote in 60 seconds.
The most notable Apple announcement is their new ultra-thin, envelope sized notebook, the MacBook Air. With hidden I/O ports, lack of a disk drive, and a [$1000] solid state hard drive option, it looks like Apple is hoping lead the market in a wireless, sans moving parts direction. The new MacBook Air also gives further speculation to rumors of a laptop docking station to be integrated into future iMacs.
… I’m pretty sure I could fit my MacBook Pro into a slightly larger shipping envelope.
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