Automation Adventures

Yesterday Apple had its September presentation, which, as the title “Let’s Rock” may have given away, was focused on iTunes and the various iPod models. Here are the announcements in a nutshell:

HD TV shows added to the iTunes store. $2.99 per episode ($1.99 for standard definition), and you can view them on Apple TV and [...]

I has planned this for March 6th, but unfortunately my tardiness caused me to be just in time in Washington DC to pick up my mom from the airport (no, not the Airport Express, the actual Dulles International Airport), and no time to waste by visiting the Apple Store in Tyson’s Corner.
However, when I dropped [...]

A hectic schedule at work and at home has prevented me from reporting on the MacWord announcements Steve Jobs made in his keynote. A quick round-up:

Office 2008 native on Intel
Time Capsule, an external hard drive companion to Time Machine, with a built-in Airport Extreme base station. Two versions, 500GB ($299) and 1TB ($499), ships in [...]

Apple’s Summer Press Conference reveals a set of new products:
New iMac
A new iMac, in aluminum and glass. Much like the mock-ups that were floating around the Internet. 2 screen sizes: 20 and 24 inch displays. Also, new keyboard: 2 USB ports, 1/3 of an inch high, wireless? Bluetooth 2.0. Not sure, but the mouse is [...]

The reason the Apple store was down for maintenance? New MacBooks. Or, more accurately, the same MacBooks, but with a new processor.
Update: there’s a press release, describing the changes in more detail:

Faster Intel Core Duo processors (2.0GHz or 2.16GHz)
1GB of memory
Larger hard drives (80, 120 or 160 GB)

Prices start at $1099 for the smallest model, [...]