Apple’s Macworld 2009 Keynote

All of you know what Phil Schiller announced at the keynote, so I won’t go too much into it.

- New 17″ Macbook Pro
- iLife 2009
- iWork 2009
- iTunes DRM Free

More after the jump.

This was a very unique keynote in that it was the first one without any appearance at all by Steve Jobs. Earlier this week, he released a letter explaining his absence.

 

Dear Apple Community,

For the first time in a decade, I’m getting to spend the holiday season with my family, rather than intensely preparing for a Macworld keynote.

Unfortunately, my decision to have Phil deliver the Macworld keynote set off another flurry of rumors about my health, with some even publishing stories of me on my deathbed.

I’ve decided to share something very personal with the Apple community so that we can all relax and enjoy the show tomorrow.

As many of you know, I have been losing weight throughout 2008. The reason has been a mystery to me and my doctors. A few weeks ago, I decided that getting to the root cause of this and reversing it needed to become my #1 priority.

Fortunately, after further testing, my doctors think they have found the cause—a hormone imbalance that has been “robbing” me of the proteins my body needs to be healthy. Sophisticated blood tests have confirmed this diagnosis.

The remedy for this nutritional problem is relatively simple and straightforward, and I’ve already begun treatment. But, just like I didn’t lose this much weight and body mass in a week or a month, my doctors expect it will take me until late this Spring to regain it. I will continue as Apple’s CEO during my recovery.

I have given more than my all to Apple for the past 11 years now. I will be the first one to step up and tell our Board of Directors if I can no longer continue to fulfill my duties as Apple’s CEO. I hope the Apple community will support me in my recovery and know that I will always put what is best for Apple first.

So now I’ve said more than I wanted to say, and all that I am going to say, about this.

Steve

So, rightfully so, Steve stayed home. The whole world was breathlessly awaiting the Philnote, and greeted him extremely warm when he walked on stage. As spectacted, nothing interesting was released.

17″ MacBook Pro
Simply stated, who would buy this at this price? Someone who loves way overpriced machines with larger screens. This was not exciting at all.

iWork and iLife ‘09
Did anyone not think they would release this? I mean, some features of it are cool, but, whatever.

iTunes went DRM-free
This is probably the only intersting thing out of this keynote, in my opinion. It was fully unexpected, and fully needed. There has been some problems, though, with the price of upgrading all of your music to “iTunes Plus,” the DRM-Free versions of the songs.

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This is very suprising that I am not excited about what came out of this keynote. Usually, everytime Apple sneezes, I get fanboy giggles; but not this time. It really underwhelmed me, and I was left wanting something new and inventive. Phill Schiller did a very good job, and I expect to see more of him over time.

In other news, Apple releases a keyboardless notebook.