Macworld Day 2

So we're back in the Microsoft Blogger Lounge and oh so glad to be here. We've decided that this Macworld in a lot of ways was really a yawn. (Not to the dopes who drove the stock up 12 points in two days) There IS the iPhone and the Apple TV, but we knew those were coming. No really surprises or anything that amazing. Although I guess the Apple TV is pretty cool.

Just spoke to the guys standing around the new Airport Extreme base station. It DOES route appletalk wirelessly, so that's a good thing. I'm sure I'll be using that.

Dinner with the guys was fun last nice and we enjoyed some great sushi. So now it's time to hop on I-5 and head on home.

Maybe this will get me blogging a little more often. So stay tuned.

Macworld Baby

This place is huge!!! So there we are (me and Bill) walking around; our dogs barking when I spy the Microsoft Blogger Lounge (be sure to genuflect when you say that). So here we sit, checking our email, sipping free soda and generally relaxing safely behind curtained rods all in exchange for these entertaining words.

So what have we seen?.....

Obviously the iPhone is a big hit here. It's nice. It's really nice. It's so nice that one could easily dub it the greatest, most beautiful, multi-functional mobile phone the world has ever known. I on the other hand have a crappy old Nokia phone that makes and receives phone calls. The iPhone is $500. Need I say more?

The AppleTV is pretty darn cool. It's a device that actually SOLVES a problem. How do I get all this video content that lives on my Mac and put it on my TV? Answer: AppleTV. It's $299 and probably well worth it. We'll be looking at that some more tomorrow.

For Manco, I think Les might be interested in this website http://fastmac.com/ipodfaqs.php. Full instructions for changing the batteries and screens on different model iPods.

Well, that's it for now. I guess I'll blog some more the next time we need to take a little break.

See ya.