TUAW Macworld 06 Keynote Chatcast Extravaganza

That'scorrect. It is here: the Stevenote! And in good old fashioned chaotic TUAW style, we're chatcasting the event. Laurie,Victor, and Scott will be live at the event, either over Internet (should there be any available) or they will becalling us on our cellphones and we'll be adding information to this post as the rest of us have a live chat about theevent. We chat, I copy and paste sectio of the chat here, you read, laugh, cry, and become angered by our words. Gotit? Good. If you want to hear our pre-game chatter check here. Check after thejump for the chewy nugget center to this post.12:00 PM
C.K. Sample, III: WELCOME to The Unofficial A le Weblog Macworld 06 Keynote Chatcast Extravaganza!
C.K. Sample, III: Laurie A. Duncan is live, just outside the auditorium
C.K. Sample, III: what's going onLaurie?
Barb DyBwad has joined this chat.
C.K. Sample, III: welcome barb
Barb DyBwad: halloo!
C.K.Sample, III: laurie just got kicked
Barb DyBwad has left this chat.
Barb DyBwad has joined this chat.
C.K. Sample, III: and is on my cellphone right now
C.K. Sample, III: standard U2 opener
C.K. Sample, III:playing
C.K. Sample, III: Laurie says they need a new soundtrack
12:05 PM
C.K. Sample, III: she says thenetwork kee breaking up
C.K. Sample, III: anyway, if I lose co ection with her she's going to call youchartier
David Chartier: got it
C.K. Sample, III: crap
C.K. Sample, III: can anyone see Barb and inviteher in
Barb DyBwad has joined this chat.
C.K. Sample, III: wooo barb
C.K. Sample, III: Laurie says shehears a lause
Barb DyBwad: i like to make an entrance twice
C.K. Sample, III: steve is starting to talk
Barb DyBwad: but more importantly: what is he wearing?
C.K. Sample, III: oooooh I can hear him 26million holidayvisitors to a le dot com
C.K. Sample, III: standard bragging
C.K. Sample, III: everyone in new york visitedthe a le staore (it was like)
David Chartier: and tuaw.com takes a hit
C.K. Sample, III: she can only seethe top of his head barb
Barb DyBwad: is he veiled?
C.K. Sample, III: 5.7Billion dollars last quarter
C.K. Sample, III: highest ever quarter
12:10 PM
C.K. Sample, III: no, she's outside the hall seeing the topof the big screen behind him
C.K. Sample, III: 4 and a half mil ipods a year ago BUT
C.K. Sample, III: holidayquarter 2005 estimate is...
C.K. Sample, III: 14Million
C.K. Sample, III: damnation
David Chartier: Vicjust called
C.K. Sample, III: more iPods are on the way, Steve says...
C.K. Sample, III: 32 million sold in2005 alone
Barb DyBwad: %26quot o child left behind without an ipod"
C.K. Sample, III: 850 million songsdownloaded
Damien Barrett: that's an impre ive number
C.K. Sample, III: marketshare 83% with iTunes
C.K. Sample, III: over 8 million videos sold since they launched the vids
C.K. Sample, III: clip of the rosebowl playing
C.K. Sample, III: Laurie says "didn't take more than $10 to get me in here, huh? lol"
12:15 PM
C.K. Sample, III: rose bowl now #1 video on itunes
C.K. Sample, III: mentio the new content like L going up today
C.K. Sample, III: showing L samurai clip
David Chartier: that video just went up lastnight, didn't it?
C.K. Sample, III: somebody just turned on a vacuum cleaner on the other side of the curtainwhere laurie is standing %26quot o not fair!!!"
C.K. Sample, III: this morning i think
C.K. Sample, III:new iPod remote control with iPod tuner
C.K. Sample, III: $49
C.K. Sample, III: and she *thinks* he saidavailable today
Barb DyBwad: laurie's getting a eak peek of the new iPod Roomba
C.K. Sample, III: 40 % ofthe cars sold in the US will have iPod integration by the end of 2006
C.K. Sample, III: *she thinks*
C.K.Sample, III: new advert
C.K. Sample, III: lol barb
David Chartier: Victor is going to take pictures sinceLaurie's on the deets
C.K. Sample, III: wynton marsalis ( ?) commercial
C.K. Sample, III: steve said
C.K. Sample, III: "This is Macworld so let's talk about Mac quot;
12:20 PM
C.K. Sample, III: steve istalking about digital photography and aperture
C.K. Sample, III: showing aperture video now
C.K. Sample, III:everyone kee asking Laurie questio thinks she is crazy and talking to herself, b/c she's using her headset lol
C.K. Sample, III: David, tell Victor to keep listening in case Laurie mi es something b/c of this vacuum cleaner
David Chartier: should I keep him on the phone, we hung up so he can go on picture detail
C.K. Sample, III:du o
C.K. Sample, III: his minute so his call
C.K. Sample, III: WIN is down
C.K. Sample, III: A ledoes it again
C.K. Sample, III: back end still works tho
Barb DyBwad: steve always knows how to bring downthe house... literally.
C.K. Sample, III: now steve is talking about widgets and Tiger
David Chartier:Engadget and TUAW are u slow but up
C.K. Sample, III: he's discu ing new widgets
C.K. Sample, III: butLaurie ca ot hear it
12:25 PM
David Chartier: I'll call Vic
C.K. Sample, III: 10.4.4 download today!
C.K. Sample, III: with some sort of widget / dashboard improvement
C.K. Sample, III: now talking about iLife
C.K. Sample, III: iLife 06
C.K. Sample, III: goes over iPhoto, iMovie, iDVD: 250,000 photo limit in 06 iPhoto
C.K. Sample, III: up from 25,000
C.K. Sample, III: new editing features
C.K. Sample, III: full screenediting new
C.K. Sample, III: sounds like photobooth effects are now built into iPhoto
C.K. Sample, III: newcards and calendars lower prices
C.K. Sample, III: better quality
C.K. Sample, III: make your own calendarnow
C.K. Sample, III: drag and drop photos and albums for the calendars (whoopdedoo)
12:30 PM
C.K.Sample, III: podcasting for photos?
C.K. Sample, III: people can su cribe to your photo album and every time itis updated they will be notified Photocast
C.K. Sample, III: open or pa word protected
David Chartier: gue that 1 TB of .Mac ace is go a come in handy
C.K. Sample, III: one touch publishing of your Photocasts
C.K.Sample, III: so if you have a su cribed album
C.K. Sample, III: you just drag new pics
C.K. Sample, III: andyour su cribers are notified
C.K. Sample, III: Photocast works through .Mac
Barb DyBwad: is Photocast an a or just an A le-ism referring to R feeds for photos
C.K. Sample, III: .Mac slideshows built off of this willalso automatically update
C.K. Sample, III: standard R
Barb DyBwad: excellent
David Chartier: featureof iPhoto it sounds
C.K. Sample, III: R feeds for photos built into iPhoto
C.K. Sample, III: he's demoingit now
C.K. Sample, III: Steve is bragging about the eed of loading 250,000 pictures
C.K. Sample, III:Laurie: "yeah on THAT computer; who is he kidding?!"
David Chartier: ah, but which kind of computer isit...
C.K. Sample, III: good question
12:35 PM
C.K. Sample, III: Laurie says he talks too quietly whenhe's demoing
David Chartier: tell her to u lug the vacuum cleaner
Damien Barrett: it could just be a soundproblem, tho. Hard to say.
C.K. Sample, III: she says now the vacuum is gone
C.K. Sample, III: but someone isfotzing with a boombox
Damien Barrett: so the a e e of a vacuum is....a Stevenote?
C.K. Sample, III: David,try victor again
C.K. Sample, III: see if he can hear any of this part
Damien Barrett: I thought Natureabhors a vacuum. :-)
David Chartier: Vic on the phone, Steve demoing the R
David Chartier: switched over toa different user to demo su cribing
David Chartier: you su cribe through iPhoto
David Chartier: you can doanything with su cribed photos that you could with your ow cards, calendars, prints, etc
C.K. Sample, III:* oring* where's the new lapto !?!?!
David Chartier: iPhoto demo doen
David Chartier: is Laurie stillon?
C.K. Sample, III: yeah
David Chartier: Vic says iPhoto had an "iWe quot; button
C.K. Sample,III: she just couldn't hear during the demo
C.K. Sample, III: oooh
C.K. Sample, III: iMovie demo now
David Chartier: Vic had to get off, getting dirty looks. gue he's in the event
C.K. Sample, III: Laurie ca othear about imovie now
Damien Barrett: so...so far:
Damien Barrett: 1) 15" intel Macbook -
ordertomorrow, shi Feb (thi er, dual core) NOT YET
2) iPod FM receiver CHECK
3) iWork/Life '06 CHECK
4)New remote of some type CHECK
5) Photocasting (iPhoto) CHECK
6) OS X.4.4 w/new widgets CHECK
C.K.Sample, III: correct
Damien Barrett: did I get that right? Have we heard about iWork 06 yet?
David Chartier:iWeb is a sure thing too
C.K. Sample, III: no; no iWork
C.K. Sample, III: yet
C.K. Sample, III: but I'msure it is coming
C.K. Sample III: some video just played and a lause
Barb D: "a ouncing the debut ofthe revolutionary iProcrastinate suite..."
Damien Barrett: iWait
Damien Barrett: better....iWait 09
Barb D: lol
C.K. Sample III: lol
C.K. Sample III: damn
Damien Barrett: also called Vista
C.K.Sample III: backend is slowing down
Barb D: jinx
Barb D: ZING
10:45 AM
C.K. Sample III: can anyoneget in to update this
C.K. Sample III: now on to iDVD
C.K. Sample III: no idea what was new in imovie
C.K. Sample III: is anybody watching any of the other sites
C.K. Sample III: IRC cha els
C.K. Sample III:?
David Chartier: I'm in MacRumor IRC cha el
C.K. Sample III: any news from them?
David Chartier: MRsays not much new with iMovie, demo over
C.K. Sample III: easier iDVD features
Randall Be ett has joinedthis chat.
Barb D: hey randall!
David Chartier: I'm in the "chatcast extravaganza post" and yeait's slow. What should I copy/paste in? The whole chat?
C.K. Sample III: yo randall
Randall Be ett: yo
C.K. Sample III: no, just update from the last part
David Chartier: 3rd party DVD burner su ort in iDVD
David Chartier: none of our chat is in that post
C.K. Sample III: dude
David Chartier: found it
C.K.Sample III: it's called continued
C.K. Sample III: duh
C.K. Sample III: something about ichat into garagebandfor podcasting
C.K. Sample III: cool
C.K. Sample, III: cool
C.K. Sample, III: I'm slowly getting in
David Chartier: saving
David Chartier: wait
C.K. Sample, III: steve is doing a mock podcast over ichat todemo trate
David Chartier: from MR: Recording - "Hi, I'm Steve, welcome to my podcast of Super Secret A leRumors
12:50 PM
David Chartier: C.K. it finally saved
C.K. Sample, III: laurie says it is drag anddrop
C.K. Sample, III: I'm still not in it yet
C.K. Sample, III: wait I'm there
C.K. Sample, III: I'lltake back over
David Chartier: k
Barb DyBwad: steve totally needs a podcast! how hot would that be
Randall Be ett: so true
Randall Be ett: so true
Randall Be ett: except the podcast would probably be"this is the stuff that just came out, and I'm really excited about other stuff, but can't mention any ofit."
C.K. Sample, III: lol
David Chartier: it'd be the Steve Show
C.K. Sample, III: you have tostand exactly 4 feet away from the curtain, Laurie says
C.K. Sample, III: Steve is talking about blogging
C.K. Sample, III: and how easy it is to blog
C.K. Sample, III: laurie says %26quot ounds like a newa ..."
12:55 PM
C.K. Sample, III: he's talking about building web sites
C.K. Sample, III: he jsutsaid iWeb
C.K. Sample, III: media browser one click publishing with .mac
David Chartier: I gue iLife nowjum to $99
Randall Be ett has left this chat.
C.K. Sample, III: man this post is taking forever to load
Randall Be ett has joined this chat.
C.K. Sample, III: to save i men
C.K. Sample, III: mean
DavidChartier: did the same with me, but it finally took
C.K. Sample, III: stay away from the dashboard
C.K.Sample, III: jason just emailed
C.K. Sample, III: so Steve is building a we age on iWeb
C.K. Sample, III: Ijust lost Laurie
C.K. Sample, III: she's back
C.K. Sample, III: and now she's gone again
C.K. Sample,III: but she's calling right back
David Chartier: one question: with iWeb, do you have to publish to .Mac, or canyou use an indie server?
C.K. Sample, III: .Mac
C.K. Sample, III: sounds like
C.K. Sample, III: sofar
1:00 PM
C.K. Sample, III: she's back
Randall Be ett: maybe they're introing a new a called, iKillcellphone service
C.K. Sample, III: probably can trick it with WebDAV
C.K. Sample, III: she says it looks likethey are about to reveal something b/c people are standing on top of posters
Barb DyBwad: doe 't sound verystable
David Chartier: we're an hour i this must be a big keynote cuz we haven't really even talked about Macsyet
C.K. Sample, III: like big ba ers covering posters next to the stage
Randall Be ett: wow
C.K.Sample, III: he's talking about podcasting again
Damien Barrett: I tried standing on a poster once, but CK told meI was too heavy and to get off
C.K. Sample, III: and there was a lause for something
C.K. Sample, III: David,try Vic again
C.K. Sample, III: see if you can text him
Damien Barrett: it's probably the new MacBook andMacBook Pro
Damien Barrett: new posters = new product
David Chartier: Scott confirmed iWeb publishes to .Maconly
Randall Be ett: Paul Boutin, the Engadget poster, just pointed out that the name iWeb seems a bitrecursive
Randall Be ett: like pentium five
C.K. Sample, III: lol
Randall Be ett: maybe they changedthe i to mean something different, but I thought with iMac it was (internet)
David Chartier: Steve's browsingthrough all the pages he made, demoing R su cribing
David Chartier: R su cribing to podcasts, photocasts,blog, etc.
1:05 PM
David Chartier: the "i" is also a ychological tool; it's a person's favoriteword to say
C.K. Sample, III: thanks marketing 101
Randall Be ett: lol
David Chartier: iLife $79
David Chartier: available today
C.K. Sample, III: cool
David Chartier: $99 gets you 5 lice es, still freeon all new macs
C.K. Sample, III: some guy standing next to Laurie said %26quot ig deal"
David Chartier:deadman
C.K. Sample, III: man, I ca ot get in to update
David Chartier: over 1 million .Mac su cribers
C.K. Sample, III: like it is still trying to post
David Chartier: something about domain masking I think, notsure
David Chartier: oh no sorry, he's on iWork
David Chartier: big iWork features, image editing, forms andmasking
David Chartier: now moving to hardware
David Chartier: (no readsheet in iWork)
David Chartier:Steve di lays new Intel logo
Randall Be ett: oh ap
David Chartier: C.K. do you still have Laurie? I'mhaving a hard time understanding Scott; too much noise
1:10 PM
C.K. Sample, III: same here
C.K. Sample,III: but I can update again
David Chartier: sounds like Intel CEO is on stage
David Chartier: saying"they're ready"
C.K. Sample, III: laurie says good for them
C.K. Sample, III: sounds like firstrollout is today
C.K. Sample, III: w00t
C.K. Sample, III: of macintel
C.K. Sample, III: iBook
C.K.Sample, III: wibook
Randall Be ett: wow
Barb DyBwad: damn
David Chartier: that an official name?
C.K. Sample, III: no
C.K. Sample, III: just widescreen ibook
David Chartier: Scott's gone
C.K. Sample,III: iMac now
C.K. Sample, III: now she's not sure if she heard iMac or iBook
David Chartier: MacRumors saysiMac
David Chartier: %26quot o other desktop PC can match it"
C.K. Sample, III: okay it's an iMac not aniBook
David Chartier: same design, same features, same price, 17" and 20" but now it's an Intelproce or that's 2-3x faster
Barb DyBwad: looks like no change in form factor
David Chartier: dual core chipi ide
David Chartier: same design, same features, same price, 17" and 20" but now it's an Intelproce or that's 2-3x faster
Barb DyBwad: looks like no change in form factor
David Chartier: dual core chipi ide
1:15 PM
David Chartier: Intel Core Duo
C.K. Sample, III: I'm so glad I waited on buying one ofthose
David Chartier: iMac Core Duo 2 Ghz
David Chartier: floating point benchmark: iMac G5 scored a 13,Intel Core Due scored a 25
David Chartier: Each core individually is faster than the previous G5 chi
Randall Be ett: wow, an iMac worth using Final Cut Pro on
David Chartier: all Tiger bundled a run nativelyon Intel now
David Chartier: iLife and iWork are now Universal Binary
C.K. Sample, III: What's an Intel chipdoing in a Mac? A whole lot more than it's ever done in a PC.
C.K. Sample, III: new slogan
David Chartier:haha
C.K. Sample, III: seriously
Barb DyBwad: rofl
Barb DyBwad: nice
Randall Be ett: haha
David Chartier: the day's demos were ru ing on an Intel machine
David Chartier: lost Scott again
DamienBarrett: c'mon new iBooks!
Randall Be ett: big money, no whammies!
C.K. Sample, III: lol
DamienBarrett: New Macbooks rounding the corner...about to overtake Intel Dual Core iMac...now it's MacBooks...it's neck andneck...
C.K. Sample, III: lol
David Chartier: Microsoft rep coming up to talk about Office
1:20 PM
Randall Be ett: awwww
David Chartier: Quark universal binary shi ing today, says MacRumors
C.K. Sample,III: seriously? no way
David Chartier: rep is really loud
Randall Be ett: wow
Randall Be ett: i'mhearing march shi ing for pro a with a $50 upgrade
Randall Be ett: (Paul B from Engadget)
C.K. Sample,III: there's still one poster
Randall Be ett: better freaking be the iBook (i meaning intel, in this case)
C.K. Sample, III: Rosetta optimized office avialable for download now
C.K. Sample, III: but native not doneyet
David Chartier: This is interesting from MacRumors:
David Chartier: "Committing to shi ing aversion of Office for Mac for minimum of 5 years. Office for Mac is incredibly succe ful product. We're here to stayand in it for the long term."
1:25 PM
C.K. Sample, III: Laurie is trying to get closer to the curtain soshe can hear
C.K. Sample, III: david: do you have scott or Vic?
C.K. Sample, III: security says the shroud onthat last poster is coming down any minute now
David Chartier: he's on the phone but not re onding
DavidChartier: I think he might've gotten some bad looks from others in the event
C.K. Sample, III: he = vic orscott?
David Chartier: Scott
C.K. Sample, III: showing a video
C.K. Sample, III: can you hearanything?
David Chartier: laughter
David Chartier: some video demo
David Chartier: a lause
DamienBarrett: it was a new ad, I think
David Chartier: MacRumors: "Intel Chip will be Set Free" from a newad
C.K. Sample, III: laurie said it sounded like the old Intel crush commercial
C.K. Sample, III: big revealjust ha ened
C.K. Sample, III: he's saying something about Powerbooks
Randall Be ett: and....
RandallBe ett: rejoice!
David Chartier: from MacRumors: %26quot howing a Powerbook G4. Trying to shoehorn a G5 intothe Powerbook. We've done everyhing po ible..."
C.K. Sample, III: Intel Powerbooks!!!
C.K. Sample,III: W00T
Randall Be ett: double w00t!
C.K. Sample, III: 5 times faster
Barb DyBwad: holy hot damn
C.K. Sample, III: she ca ot hear any details
David Chartier: Scott i 't re onding, I think he got shotdown
C.K. Sample, III: iSight built in
C.K. Sample, III: dual Intel
C.K. Sample, III: very thin
C.K. Sample, III: *my next computer*
David Chartier: "Fastest notebook ever"
Randall Be ett: i'mhearing "MacBookPro" from Engadget being to ed around as the name
Barb DyBwad: i'm hearing the sound ofmy drool hitting the floor
David Chartier: that's what MacRumors has it down as
1:35 PM
David Chartier:can't reach scott
Randall Be ett: I am suddenly so glad I took my own advice and waited for a powerbook. I'vestill got a mac mini, but it may become my media center, when I start hacking it
C.K. Sample, III: laurie confirmsMacBookPro
C.K. Sample, III: she can see the sign now
David Chartier: MacRumors: %26quot ew feature: New PowerAdapter is magnetically held in. If yanked, comes right out."
Damien Barrett: yup, looks like I'll bebuying a Mac mini and an El Gato EyeHome for my media center
C.K. Sample, III: laurie is being backed up now, so Ithink it is over
Randall Be ett: wow
Barb DyBwad: ship dates???
David Chartier: shi ing in Feb
David Chartier: that's new
Damien Barrett: sizes?
C.K. Sample, III: we need details
David Chartier:15"
C.K. Sample, III: new commercial is playing
David Chartier: I'm getting this from MacRumors, losteveryone
C.K. Sample, III: check the qt page
C.K. Sample, III: look for a new commmercial
Barb DyBwad:need to figure out how to convince AOL i have to trade in the powerbook they just sent me...
Randall Be ett:haha
Randall Be ett: good thing they haven't bought mine yet
Randall Be ett:
David Chartier: tell emit's busted
Barb DyBwad: "for research purpose quot;
Barb DyBwad: "it's mandatory"
DavidChartier: Tell em A le's recalling all the C ones
Randall Be ett: haha
Barb DyBwad: "terribleinconvenience... i'll just have to settle for one of the new ones..."
C.K. Sample, III: and it's over but
C.K. Sample, III: there's an odd powerplug
C.K. Sample, III: bizarre rectangular
C.K. Sample, III: fw 800 eakers headphones
David Chartier: it's magnetically held in
C.K. Sample, III: card slot
RandallBe ett: does it have a simley face on it?
David Chartier: 10.4.4 not available yet
C.K. Sample, III:probably has its own page
C.K. Sample, III: not via software update
Randall Be ett: natch
DavidChartier: so, what about blogging
C.K. Sample, III: she still ca ot go in to the booth for 10 minutes
C.K.Sample, III: even though she can look at it
C.K. Sample, III: blog away
C.K. Sample, III: get all the deetsyou can
Randall Be ett: ok, and with that, ladies and gents, i'm headed out, it's been surreal to witne computing history with all y'all
C.K. Sample, III: ha y chatcast
C.K. Sample, III: I call this DONE
Randall Be ett: i'll keep checking TUAW for all the updates
C.K. Sample, III: any last minute thoughts?
Randall Be ett: basically wow, I can't believe kevin rose was right, sa iMac
Damien Barrett: I wish theyoffered a smaller size
Damien Barrett: I wish they offered a smaller size
Damien Barrett: 5.6l and15'4" is too large
C.K. Sample, III: battery life?
Randall Be ett: 5.6 l is a lot, but by the sametoken, I'd totally rock it
Randall Be ett: vid editing on my pwrbook that i 't as painful
David Chartier:same weight as present 15"
Damien Barrett: of course it will. But it's still too large. There should be asmaller option.
David Chartier: C.K. you updating the chatcast?
C.K. Sample, III: yeah
Randall Be ett:alright, now i'm officially gone
C.K. Sample, III: give me more deets and then I'll call it ended
RandallBe ett: thanks for the bollocks!
1:45 PM
Randall Be ett has left this chat.
David Chartier: scottcalling
C.K. Sample, III: cool
Damien Barrett: what color is the Mac Book Pro?
David Chartier: no designchange on the powerbook
David Chartier: looks the same
David Chartier: aside from built-in iSight
DavidChartier: two magnetic hinges to close the li
David Chartier: *lid
David Chartier: no updates to FrontRow,but it's included with new MacBooks
Damien Barrett: A le Store is back up
Damien Barrett: ecs, etc. Allthere.
C.K. Sample, III: cool
C.K. Sample, III: then I really call this chatcast to a close
C.K. Sample,III: thanks everyone
C.K. Sample, III: post away
Barb DyBwad: $1699 for the 20-inch imac... damn that'stempting