Year: 2005

iMovie HD to be offered separately for $10? [updated]

Posted by | Jan 17, 2005 | |

According to a page buried in Apple’s Web site, iMovie HD–part of the company’s new US$79 iLife ’05 suite–will be available separately for $10. iMovie HD allows users to capture and edit High Definition Video (HDV) from the new generation of HDV camcorders. It also includes Magic iMovie, which automatically imports your video into separate clips, adds titles, transitions and music, all in one step. In addition, iMovie HD offers speed enhancements, non-destructive trimming, more transitions and effects, and support for MPEG-4 video.

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Needham analyst: Mac mini to spur halo effect

Posted by | Jan 17, 2005 | |

Analysts say the new low-price Mac mini could incite more Windows users who own iPods to buy their first Mac, providing a boost to the so called “halo effect.” Charles Wolf, an analyst at Needham & Co., said that he now estimates 11 percent of Windows iPod users may switch to a Mac now that the Mac mini is coming to market. Before that, he assumed the rate would be closer to 4 percent. “The iPods only failure has been its inability to stimulate meaningful purchases of Macintoshes,” Wolf said.

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Mac mini to be hard nut to crack

Posted by | Jan 17, 2005 | |

Apple says that memory, AirPort Extreme and internal Bluetooth upgrades to its new Mac mini “must be performed by an Apple Authorized Service provider” (such as an Apple Store) and that “fees may apply.” However, according to Macintouch, doing upgrades yourself does not void the warranty unless you damage something. A Macintouch reader also provided details about the accessibility of the new machine.

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Orlando Sentinel columnist: ‘God bless Apple’

Posted by | Jan 17, 2005 | |

Orlando Sentinel columnist Mike Thomas has seen the light. “I wanted a computer that would obey me at least as well as my Labrador puppy. I spent most of my time with the old computer trying to figure out how to do stuff rather than actually doing it. God bless Apple,” writes Thomas. “Last night, in a very few minutes, I downloaded some pictures of my kids. Then I downloaded Janis Joplin’s greatest hits.

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