PC tells developers to take the rest of the year off and help out on Vista
4200 attendees here from 48 countries
Says that he'll be getting a hand today from Phil Schiller, Bertrand Sertlet, and Scott Forstall
Shows photos of the new Fifth Avenue NYC retail store
157 stores had 17 million visitors last quarter
Apple sold 1.33 million Macs last quarter, and 75% were Intel-based
Notebook market share doubled from 6% to 12% in six months with the release of the MacBook and MacBook Pro
Says that the PowerMac is the only product left without Intel, and that it's going to be replaced
Announces the Mac Pro, based on Intel Xeon chips
Compares the Mac Pro and PowerMac benchmarks
The Mac Pro has double the hard drive bays, double the optical drive bays, double-wide graphics slot, and more I/O on the front
One standard SKU will be available today for $2499, about $1000 cheaper than Dell's similar configuration
Calculates there are 4,976,640 different possible configurations on the build-to-order site
Declares the Intel transition complete in 210 days
Shows a photo of the xTech Aquarium server room
Announces an Intel-based Xserve also based on Intel Xeon chips, with redundant power supplies and lights-out management
One standard SKU will be available in October for $2999, about $300 cheaper than Dell's similar configuration
Recaps the frequent releases of Mac OS X, with 19 million active users
Shows a quote of a review of Mac OS X Tiger
Reminds us that there was another major release of Mac OS X, porting 86 million lines of code to run on Intel
Says there are over 3000 universal apps released
Bertrand goes to town comparing Windows features that came in Mac OS X first
"You know, underneath it all, it's still Windows."
Will give a preview of Mac OS X Leopard, showing off 10 features, but some other major features will be kept top secret for competitive reasons
1. Support for 64-bit applications
2. Time Machine, an automated backup tool
Does a demo of Time Machine
3. Leopard will be bundled with various apps that used to be available separately, like Boot Camp, Front Row, and Photo Booth
Shows a quote of a review for Boot Camp
4. Spaces, a way to declutter and group applications into task-based screens
Does a demo of Spaces
5. Spotlight improvements: search other Macs, search servers, advanced search, application launcher, and recent items
6. Core Animation, an SDK for developers
Does a demo of Core Animation
7. Universal access improvements: Braille support, closed captioning, and VoiceOver
Does a demo of VoiceOver
8. Mail adds stationary, notes, and to-do lists
Does a demo of the new Mail features
9. Dashboard improvements, with Dashcode for developers and Web Clip for users
Does a demo of Web Clip
10. iChat will add multiple logins, invisibility, animated buddy icons, video recording, tabbed chats, Photo Booth effects, slideshows, and backdrops
Does a demo of the new iChat features
"I don't have a lot of friends. Just Phil."
