APPLE KEYNOTE: Compromised

I’m sure by now I’m not the only one who feels that exact same way. At Macworld, Apple really didn’t have much to show
off, really didn’t have much to deliver, so they gave us a few
things to say it was worth the price of admission.

A Unibody 17inch Mac Book Pro that is at the fastest a
laptop can be (2.93ghz Intel Core 2 Duo), but that has
hands down the worst idea of Battery replacement ever
(ie. YOU CAN’T!) ; a ho-hum iLife update that leaves iWeb users
in the cold ( why didn’t you listen to us iWeb users Apple?);
An even more lackluster iWork ’09 update ( hint Apple,
sell it off to Adobe and let them incorporate it as a CS Lite Suite)
and Apple’s bending over to give a little to the Record Labels
to get variable pricing structure in iTunes Music Store.
( which I haven’t used in months thanks to Amazon.)

I hope the next Apple Only Invite Event is spectacular,
otherwise this is strong signs of Apple being affected
by the downturn economy.