Everyone else on the ‘net has reported this already, but hey, I’ve got visitors — I’m allowed to be a bit slow.

Steve Jobs announced the usual slew of goodies during his WWDC keynote speech. To sum up:

  • A ‘sneak preview’ of Panther, the next major update to Mac OS X, due to be released before the end of the year. Some parts look brilliant (Exposé), some I’m not sold on yet (the new Finder).
  • Safari updates to v1.0. All the previous Safari goodness, plus it finally renders Kirsten’s site correctly. Yay!
  • iChat becomes iChat AV, with audio and video conferencing in addition to text chat. Looks nifty, I just don’t have a camera for my mac.
  • Good thing Apple also introduced the iSight camera! Again, looks nifty, but I don’t have the $150 to drop on that at the moment.
  • PowerMac G5: God, I need more money. 1.6Ghz G5 at the low end, 1.8Ghz G5 for the midrange, and dual 2.0Ghz G5 for the high end.

[See also: New toy: iSight | I’m everywhere! | iSight issues | ToySight | iChat just went bye-bye ]

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