It was intresting following the Keynote on the Blogs, and through a Pirate stream as there was no official Apple Audio or video Stream.
While there were no major show stoppers, there were a few interesting hardware upgrades
Macbook Pro -
Moving the 13" to the Pro line was pretty well expected, and the drop in price was Nice.
While the Firewire was a great addition (Which they should never have taken off) , I actually wished they had added an Express card slot as I wanted to be able to add additional suppot for things like Esata.
That Brings us to the 15". Dropping the Express card ? Ok while most people did not use it that regularly, for those who need additional expandability it was a must. And just dropping in a SD slot and not even a Multicard reader ?
Finally the Battery. OK Long battery life, but non replaceable. and Keeping in mind what the usual half life of battery's is,expect to pay to upgrade 2-3 years down the line.
Overall wile its a nice upgrade, there are a few decisions that have me scratching my head.
Still with me being on the market for a new Computer, I'm looking between the new 13" Pro or one of the older 15" ones which should probably be available at reduced prices.
Macbook -
The upgrade a few days ago, bough its specs in line with most newer notebooks, so not much to tell.
Macbook Air -
Spec boost and a drop in Price, has bought this down to reasonably affordable level, once you take out the Apple Tax
for those people who want the lightest Mac notebook,
Iphone 3Gs -
While its a nice Upgrade performance wise (Probably Faster Processor and more RAM) and some Nicce hardware upgrades such as the Camera, Nike+, compass, etc Its not that major an upgrade that I expect a large number of existing 3G uses to upgrade untill their current contracts expire, next year in most cases.
Thats the reason they probably left the 3G in the Portfolio, to cater to the people who don't need all the wizzbang features or performance boost of the 3Gs.
Overall an Evolutionary Upgrade rather then something revolutionary.