I read through the Engadget liveblog of today's Apple event like a junkie looking for a fix. And I certainly wasn't let down.

The highlights are (you can click on the images for that page at Apple.com)

An all new iMac [Pro looking computer.] Gone is the 17" from retail, 20" and 24" both in glossy screen formats, drat, I really prefer the Matte finish. The base 20" iMac is now $1,199 - wow, incredible computer for the money! Other goodies like an all new aluminum case, aluminum flat keyboard with MacBook type keys, FireWire 800, the 24" can even be ordered with a 1TB drive and a 2.8ghz Intel Extreme. I would rather they not focus so much on how thin the iMac is, I'd much rather see it be able to hold two internal harddrives.... As sweet as this baby is, I'll be sticking with my shiny white 20" Intel iMac for a while to come, it's not that outdated just yet.

The bastard step child Mac Mini finally gets Core 2 Duo's and faster speeds of 1.83ghz and 2.0ghz. Man would I love the new Mac Mini powering CenterStage for my home entertainment. If only CenterStage were prime time....

iLife '08 finally emerges with a complete new iMovie and very updated iPhoto. Count me in!

iWork '08 adds Numbers, a new spreadsheet program that can read and presumably write Excel files. Number's isn't aimed at the Excel power user, but the casual user, and it looks to have great flexibility in formatting and generating nice looking spreadsheets, something that Excel doesn't, well, doesn't excel at.

dot Mac gets a big improvement primarily in the area of sharing photos. Major integration with iPhoto '08, you can even send photos from your iPhone, and alloted space is increased from 1 to 10GB. I'll pass on this one at $99.95 per year - but glad to see improvements all the same.



Other news...

Steve said of the AppleTV" "..., we'll have some news for the Apple TV soon, but nothing to talk about today."

This is news that was most important to me, I seriously hope that the direct the AppleTV towards full HD and 5.1. It's almost laughable how the AppleTV requires a high end TV but yet doesn't officially support HD content and high definition 5.1 or 7.1 sound. Let's get the AppleTV HD party started!


Engadget has great coverage and details of all the Apple Event items today. Check it out here.