So there might be a reason for the Macworld keynote being so anticlimactic: they’d have released more stuff if it weren’t for a shortage of Intel chips. But I wonder what could fit the bill as “much, much cooler” than the MacBook Pro — the only thing worth saying that would be a MacTablet, and I can’t seriously imagine Apple releasing one. Or could they?

A TUAW comment :

I had the same feeling when, at the end of the keynote, he said “if you want a new macbook in february, I suggest you order it now”.

They want people to commit to these new computers before they announce the uber-cool ones.

They were pushing the iMac G5’s with the built in webcam the same way. Now we know why.

Like I said, I wouldn’t like to have bought one of those. It’s really not good karma for Apple to treat their customers this way.

The latest OS X update apparently makes Front Row easier to install and more functional on all Macs. I’ll try this later.

Days after Logitech, Microsoft announces a keyboard and mouse designed for the Mac (how amazing is that?!) and the only thing everybody finds it interesting to comment upon is that it doesn’t have an Apple logo on the Command key. Just so you know, I own a Macally keyboard, and I was pretty much not surprised when I noticed it didn’t have an Apple symbol. Because it kind of makes sense for them not to want competitors to slap Apple’s corporate logo on their products, you see?

I think I remember being surprised that Logitech’s offering, however, did have the logo. Maybe they paid for it? (Which Microsoft would obviously had declined.)

As for the keyboard itself, I’m wary of buying a Microsoft keyboard for the Mac that requires drivers — although I haven’t had issues with my MS trackpad’s software. I love my Macally keyboard (I’ll publish a review someday), but had to uninstall its drivers (and therefore relinquish the volume keys) to stop my Mac from crashing.

Chandler is a cross-platform open-source iCal clone that might certainly be of some interest if it weren’t 180MB, didn’t take ages to load, and showed a particularly well-designed interface. It’s only version 0.6, but I fail to see the promise.

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