New Apple Lust Objects

zero halliburton cases: classic or douche

Haven't seen those before, seem overkillish. I'm in the market for a new mbp 15"-capable bag that I can shove a bunch of other shit in too. I've had a timbuk2 one but the laptop section hasn't been the right size for my current laptop for a long time since I got it four years ago...

Anyway, I checked out the incase messenger one and thought it wasn't as good as I expected. I could go superlame and check into crumpler or whatever, but what's good? I need a bag for laptop, a few books, or a shirt.

These looked quite good last time I looked

http://www.ospreypacks.com/images_products/118_253_xl.jpg

http://store.apple.com/Catalog/uk/Images/TN725_screen2.jpg

I got one of these sleeve things and put it in my rucksack.

i just have a sleeve and use it in whatever

I use a vintage airline hostess bag. Fits a 17" like a glove.

Dalzinho WHAT IS THAT I NEED IT

(my laptop gets banged up a lot)

mh get something from here:

http://www.spireusa.com

Spire bags are awesome. I used one of their smaller bags from 2001 to 2007, and it worked fabulously, Powerbook intact all those years (on airplanes, while biking, etc.). I also bought one of the bigger bags last year so that when I fly, I need no other luggage. It's also been great so far.

Lukas, it's one of these: http://tinyurl.com/6yzkd3, well worth it.

Dear Apple Community,

For the first time in a decade, I'm getting to spend the holiday season with my family, rather than intensely preparing for a Macworld keynote.

Unfortunately, my decision to have Phil deliver the Macworld keynote set off another flurry of rumors about my health, with some even publishing stories of me on my deathbed.

I've decided to share something very personal with the Apple community so that we can all relax and enjoy the show tomorrow.

As many of you know, I have been losing weight throughout 2008. The reason has been a mystery to me and my doctors. A few weeks ago, I decided that getting to the root cause of this and reversing it needed to become my #1 priority.

Fortunately, after further testing, my doctors think they have found the cause -- a hormone imbalance that has been "robbing" me of the proteins my body needs to be healthy. Sophisticated blood tests have confirmed this diagnosis.

The remedy for this nutritional problem is relatively simple and straightforward, and I've already begun treatment. But, just like I didn't lose this much weight and body mass in a week or a month, my doctors expect it will take me until late this Spring to regain it. I will continue as Apple's CEO during my recovery.

I have given more than my all to Apple for the past 11 years now. I will be the first one to step up and tell our Board of Directors if I can no longer continue to fulfill my duties as Apple's CEO. I hope the Apple community will support me in my recovery and know that I will always put what is best for Apple first.

So now I've said more than I wanted to say, and all that I am going to say, about this.

Steve

http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/090105/aqm029.html?.v=69

"I have these hormones that keep replicating cells in clusters on my stomach..."

No updated iPhones today then.

is the keynote today?

Right now. So far, new iPhoto with face detection, GPS tagging, Facebook integration (will import tagged pix too) and Flickr support.

www.macrumorslive.com

cheers.

I've had an integrated Flickr plugin for months.

Not like I used it though

oh dear @ hacked live feed.

I've switched to http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/live-from-the-macworld-2009-keynote/

gid 4chan

Oooh! Mail Merge! Exciting!

That looks like proper Bibliography support in Pages. Bugger, I've just bought Sente.

And outlines, and full-screen. Basically everything I wanted in Pages, now. I just bought Nisus/Sente/Omnioutliner, tho.

if they're going to go the integrated battery the pro has to outweigh the con and has to approach 24hour battery life imo

iTunes Music Store for iPhone now works over 3G. This is going to be costly for me.

buying mp3s makes me depressed

most boring keynote in a while? so little fanfare I didn't even tune in

Yeh, pretty dull all around.

Don't think the integrated battery is going to matter. Ppl aint battery-swapping like they used to. And 8 hours off a charge is beasting for a MB.

8 hours??? I get about 20 minutes off my toshiba thingy

I can get six hrs+ off the MB Air w/SSD and no wifi, which is surreal. I keep checking the gauge to check it hasn't fallen back to Apple Standard 2hrs 10mins.

most boring keynote in a while? so little fanfare I didn't even tune in

Same here, but it just reflects the general irrelevance of end-user trade shows - especially Macworld. Bet you there will be some sort of "media event" in March/April.

Sources inside Apple say that Jobs is hiding the real reason for his treatments: He wants undergo radical hormone replacement in order to make a run to become California’s first female governor in 2010.

lololololol

Most shocking news was the Jobs story and no Mini or iMac refresh - though it might come soon, why would they bother holding off on it? Pretty underwhelming...

This is funny because hormones ARE proteins! Bossy little bitches.

multi-touch trackpad is pretty dope imo

What's more multi-touch about the new ones compared to the last lot?

i don't know? i just bought my first laptop ever -- which is my first computer purchase since my g4 ppc swivel-neck imac

i am not the guy to ask

Mostly it's that smooth glass/push button thing which is really nice. Also, the standard Macbook/non-Pros didn't have the fancier three and four-button gestures that the Pros got earlier in the year, I believe, and now do have them.

never thought I'd say this but I prefer my current MBP to the update. =(

the two-finger scroll is *fantastic*. the two-button pinch to zoom and rotate to spin are nice. but i seriously haven't used the three-button gesture ONCE since i got this thing, can't imagine using a four-button gesture. and not having a button just doesn't sound like a great idea to me. I'm still not really down with the mighty mouse for that reason.

and i'm sort of pissed at apple about iLife 09. some of that stuff - particularly the iPhoto stuff - really seems like it could've / should've been included in an update for iLife 08 users.

i mean, i own two ipods, two iphones, two macbook pros, an airport express, extreme and time capsule. and a cinema display. and i pay for mobile me. and now i have to *pay* even more just to be able to sort my pictures by something other than date!?!?

i should just give them my firstborn and be done with it.

this is why apple is genius, not only do they reign supreme at the software-as-a-magazine-subscription model, they also managed to bolt it onto the fuck-you-our-hardware-sells-at-a-premium model from back in the day

oh that's why they call it a "genius bar"

it would be nice though if you could just go ahead and buy a three-year contract for any + all OS and iWhatever upgrades whenever you buy a machine from them, along with your mandatory applecare and the ball gag

seriously though it's not like i'm asking for a free upgrade to CS4 or whatever ... but paying $100 for flickr integration and the chance to sort by photo location?

i keep hitting "software update" hoping an iphoto update will magically appear

i guess i've been spoiled by all those nice itunes and iphone updates ... thank god they didn't charge me for google maps integration on the iphone

you should've heard when they demanded $10 from my GF just to let her ipod tooch work the App Store. she's not used to the rough stuff like we are.

i regret every dollar i've spent so far at the app store