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No mention of Power Mac in introduction.

Starts talking about the iPod - 125,000 sold

Mac Os X - number of applications up 40% since 10.1 came out

Adobe representatives come on stage - give Photoshoop for OS X demo. Adobe claim to be the 'poster child' for OS X - tongue-in-cheek reference to Jobs' reference to Microsoft Office as the 'poster child'

Palm demo Palm Desktop for OS X.

Apple demo Final Cut Pro 3 for OS X

Mathematica: 'Everything looks better in Os X - even Math.'

Aspyr - the number one Mac game developer - shows Harry Potter and The Sorcerer's Stone adventure game and announces Star Wars Galactic Battleground.

Lucas Film demonstrate how Mac OS X is being used on Star Wars Episode II with Maya and After Effects.

ALL NEW MACS BOOT INTO OS X FROM TODAY

'We will complete our [OS X] transition in that 12 month window' - Jobs

Starts talking about the digital hub - demos software such as

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iMovie, iDVD, iTunes.

Apple has sold over 1 million blank DVD-R disks

iPod sync with iTunes doesn't work

NEW APPLICATION - iPhoto: 1 button to import, store, catalogue and build thumbnails of images from camera; precise cropping tool; special print panel - simplifies all the options into one interface for all printers. Slogan: 'save, organise, share'

Features include:

ðAlbums - the iPhoto equivalent of iTunes' Playlists.

ðCan link to other image editing apps to launch images into for editing.

ðgenerates slide show with cross-dissolve and soundtrack

ðautomatically creates iTools Web page from images

ðautomatic creation of printed contact sheets

ðorder Kodak prints of Albums up to poster size (not clear whether this is US only)

ðcreate hard bound book of photos - utilising with built-in page layout tools - order bound book from Apple (roughly A4 size)

ð$29.99 for up to 10 pages, $3 per extra page

Free, runs on OS X, available now

Macuser verdict: very impressive must-have application

NEW iBook

14-INCH screen 600MHz 256RAM Combo drive same thickness as existing iBook, six hour battery $1799, under 6lbs

NEW iMac

'the ultimate digital hub'

ð15" flat screen same viewing area as 17" CRT across the range

ðG4 700 and 800MHz

ðnVidia GeForec MX 2 graphics with 32MB RAM

ð5 USB ports

ðSuperDrive in top model

ð10.5 inch dome base with screen on swivel arm

Top model: 800MHz with 60GB HD and SuperDrive just $1799