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I wrote a little commentary on my other site, The Veneziani Journal, regarding Mac OS X Snow Leopard and its pricing. At $29, this is a huge issue which could significantly affect both Microsoft and Apple. My tale of the take:

Apple is pulling out its big guns this year. The thing in particular I’m referring to started at the WWDC keynote and will conclude in September of this year. I am talking about OS X Snow Leopard. Apple decided to price this OS at $29. While it’s really just an upgrade (albeit a major one, complete with lots of doo-dads) to Mac OS 10.5 Leopard, Snow Leopard’s pricing scheme allows it to easily penetrate Microsoft’s OS market share. Think about it: Would you pay $29 or $199 for an OS? Sure, Snow Leopard is tied to Apple hardware, but it’ll drive even more people to go out and purchase used equipment, essentially setting the tone for a Mac revolution.

If you’d like to read the whole shebang, head on over.

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With all the announcements at WWDC yesterday, it’s understandable that some information was overlooked. But now that WWDC’s keynote has come and gone, it’s time to analyze and pick apart every last thing Apple mentioned. Apparently, I overlooked the new 13-inch Macbook Pro! Here’s what people around the web are discussing:

• The 411 on tethering and MMS delays from AT&T.
• A $200 premium to upgrade early to the 3GS? No thanks.
• iPhone 3GS complete feature list from Apple
• The new Macbook Pro family

One of the shittier things I noticed on the bottom of the Mac OS X Snow Leopard page was that Snow Leopard will require an Intel-based Mac. That sucks for people like me who still use a G5-based machine. Oh well. That’s what my Macbook is for.

So. Today was Apple’s WWDC keynote. Phil Schiller delivered it without Jobs. Let’s cut the commentary bullshit out and go straight to the announcements:

iPhone 3GS announced – faster 3G, faster processor, 3-megapixel camera – $199 for 16GB, $299 for a 32GB model. Drops June 19th.

15-inch Macbook Pro line gets SD card slot, built-in battery

Snow Leopard – $29 to upgrade (WOW!) for existing users, $49 family pack, countless UI upgrades, Quicktime X with better editing features, faster, lightweight, concentration on 64-bit apps

TomTom app for GPS. Additional car kit available soon

iPhone OS 3.0 coming soon – free update, features MMS, copy and paste and everything previously discussed

iPhone tethering for everyone except AT&T customers, which is bullshit

P2P file transfer with iPhones

That’s the essentially all the big stuff that got announced today. If you want to know every last goddamned detail, hit up the boys at Gizmodo for their play-by-play.

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You’re running out of hard drive space. You need to install the latest Blizzard title, so you frantically start dragging all your shit to the Trash. All of a sudden, you realize your mother got you an external hard drive for your last birthday and that you need not delete all those pictures of your first cat. In the next incarnation of Mac OS X, you’ll be able to click a button that lets you “put back” the files to their original position. A welcome feature to us lazy Mac users for sure.

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