Countdown to Macworld
With the new year under way and the holidays on the back burner, CNET's first big coverage extravaganza of 2008 was CES. The annual Consumer Electronics Show, which runs through the end of this week, was predictably brimming with cool gadgets and new technology. Many of our editors were on hand to give their take on all the sleek new products. Check out our extensive coverage of CES here. Though I was jealous to see all of the cool new items coming out of Las Vegas while I remained in San Francisco, I knew the next week would be the Mac users' turn.
In only a few days, the Macworld expo will once again descend upon San Francisco's Moscone Center, and Steve Jobs will take the stage to announce the latest Apple products. With last years release of the iPhone, this year is sure to be closely watched for the next big thing from Apple. Our very own Tom Krazit's One More Thing blog will have updates on new products, and we're going to have a CNET Macworld landing page (still in the works) for all the latest news from the show floor. One of our editors, Daniel Terdiman, was so excited, he was actually inspired to write some Macworld haiku.
So what's in store for this year's keynote? The speculation has reached a feverish pitch around Mac rumor sites with some people saying we're going to see new slimmer Mac laptops, while others are sure something else even bigger will be released. To add to the excitement (and maybe to remind CES attendees that theirs isn't the only conference in January), Apple released new Mac Pro desktops this week in advance of Macworld. Some rumor sites speculate the early release means Apple has enough great stuff to announce at the keynote that they can afford to let out some big news early. We'll just have to wait and see, but you can bet I'm excited to find out! Make sure to check this space next Tuesday for a breakdown of the new hardware and software releases from the keynote speech.
In other Macworld news, I will be joining the VersionTracker team in booth 4810 in the West Hall, so if you're at Macworld, drop by and say hello! We'll have all the latest news about VersionTracker, MacFixIt, and iPhone Atlas, and we'll have a great show special for new and renewing VersionTracker Pro customers.
Jason Parker writes software reviews and features for Windows, Mac, and iPhone. If he learned to dance, it would make him a fabled "quadruple threat," but we can't get him to do it. 
- by rockhead69 January 11, 2008 8:12 AM PST
- I don't understand all this fuss going about MacWorld.
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- by jcortescnet January 11, 2008 10:56 AM PST
- I could not agree more Mac users have created their own culture and its become more of a way of life rather than anything else. I have never met a mac user that is not preachy about there Mac and how horrible PC's are. Being an avid PC user i will give credit where credit is due, Macs are good for editing music and video but mac users do nothing but bash PC's and believe that every one should switch to a Mac. Just look at their advertisements on TV the immaturity goes all the way up to corporate advertising. At this point in time there is no major thing that separates Macs and PC's by a long shot. They say mac's are easier to use but i disagree with that people seem to have more trouble figuring out a Macs in my experience than PC's. I just cant stand mac users not apple itself.
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- by shadow-fox January 14, 2008 12:11 AM PST
- i disagree.
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- by prodezigner January 15, 2008 3:44 AM PST
- Macworld isn't a trend. It's what CES to consumers. It's what GenCon is to gaming. It's what ComicCon is to comic lovers.
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(4 Comments)It seems like it has become some kind of a trend. It's pretty
much like "I've got a Mac because I wanna be part of this new
cultural tendency going on, but my workhorse PC has got Windows
installed".
Well, let's see how long it lasts.
Rockhead - Franklin Square - NY
i switched to mac cos my video was rendered smoothly with 1GB of RAM and my PC can't even run Windows Vista home premium properly with 2GB of RAM
i live in a Windows environment and got told many times about how bad Macs are, you know
we're all like kids, we fight for what we like
Macs bash PCs and PCs bash Macs
if you have been using PC for a long time, of course you're gonna find using a new OS (Mac) difficult
give both to kids who have totally no experience in computing then we'll see
btw,
why are you PC users reading a Mac post?
The point is. EVERYONE has a show of some sort they like.
Oh... and BTW... if you want to see who's starting to show market dominance, look up AAPL on the stockmarket and then lookup MSFT. Go ahead and look at all major PC brands too if you wish. AAPL stock is one of the most high priced stocks in the technology market.