Year: 2005

Apple announces iWork ’05 productivity software

Posted by | Jan 11, 2005 | |

As expected, Apple today introduced iWork ’05, a productivity package designed to take advantage of both Mac OS X and iLife ’05. iWork ’05 bundles Pages, an innovative new word processor that was introduced today, with Keynote 2, a major new version of Apple’s presentation software. Pages gives users the tools to create letters, newsletters, reports, brochures and resumes with advanced typography, multiple columns, footnotes, tables of contents and styles.

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Bare Bones offers 20% discount MWSF special

Posted by | Jan 11, 2005 | |

Bare Bones Software today announced its Macworld Expo Show Special with a 20% discount available on all end-user orders for attendees and non-attendees alike. Bare Bones Software also today began its t-shirt upgrade exclusively for Macworld Expo San Francisco 2005 attendees. The special discount is valid on any order made directly from Bare Bones Software, including BBEdit, Mailsmith, Super Get Info, Bare Bones Software shirts, and software site licenses. Offer extends through January 21, 2005.

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Jobs unveils the new Mac mini

Posted by | Jan 11, 2005 | |

Apple today introduced the much-rumored Mac mini, a new system the company calls “the most affordable and compact Mac ever.” Starting at US$499, the Mac mini comes with either a 1.25 GHz or 1.42 GHz G4 processor and ATI Radeon 9200 graphics with 32MB of dedicated DDR memory. Both models come with a slot-load Combo drive (DVD/CD-R).

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Apple introduces iPod shuffle

Posted by | Jan 11, 2005 | |

Apple today unveiled the much-rumored iPod shuffle, a new compact digital audio player based on the iPod’s shuffle feature, which randomly selects songs from the user’s music library or playlists. As widely expected, the new iPod model is built with flash memory. It comes in sizes of 512MB (120 songs) for $99 and 1GB (240 songs) for $149.

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