These are just my cryptic notes from listening to the 1.5 hour streaming launch announcements from Apple® today.  No guarantees.

 Old Stuff

self kudos from CEO for  previous releases iPhone  5c
itunes radio on phone
app store – huge
developers make money big money
clear vision of where apple is going

New Stuff

 OPERATING SYSTEM

OS 10   (10 . 10) Mavericks

power efficiency extends even the best hardware they offer            extends
compressed memory  6 gigs data in 4 gigs of ram                              increases
graphics – variable memory allocation dependent on graphics        accelerates
safari shared links
response from some apps
multiple display increase utility on all
maps
ibooks & textbooks (demo  3, 2, 1, )  topical tags capability
message notifications within apps   logins enabled across devices
new calendar app includes location weather travel time send to specific device (iPhone)
$ new era   –    Free  – single step update    runs on iMacs all the the way back to 2007
available today!!!
 

COMPUTERS

MacBook

air new version this summer

MacBook Pro

with retina
13 in or 11 inch
now 3.46 lbs for MacBook Pro  Intel Haswell Core  – Iris  – 9 hours productivity  flash storage   802.11ac  Thunderbolt 2    $1299 start price ($200.00 lower than pref. version)  ships today.
15
intel crystal well can get nvidia
quadcore 7
up to 8 hrs
PCI based
802.11ac
Thunderbot storeage
1 fan
unified thermal core
$1999 (starts at)
environmentally friendly
 

MacPro

columnar
new design
cooling system
Intel Xeon E5
Quad 6, 8…
Fastest ECC memory
dual workstation graphics
teraflops
next generation Flash Drive
Thunderbolt 2
up to 3 4k video displays
IO build for expansion
Final Cut Pro 10 – professionals – it will change the way I make movies
cuts edit of pics exponential
music fast quiet perfect for the studio
$2999
available in December
environmentally friendly
70% les energy usage
12 db at idle
assembled here in the U.S.

APPS

Updates

iLife

iPhoto

all new version
all 64 bit
iCloud
iphoto
browsing smooth
clean beautiful

iMovie

much easier to share iMovie
photobooks – i photo on iPad
totally works on iPhone
garage band
32 tracs (on iphone or ipad!)
iCloud enabled switching between devices
example/demo of Drummer
Free with purchase of new mac or iOS device

iWork

biggest updates ever

Pages

full file compatibility
fast
new UI    easier and more powerful  cleaner scree
Numbers
interactivity

Keynote

object based-animation
more realistic and newer physics
NEW Featured Feature
styles for every kind of object
sharing is easy
opens in iWork for iCloud beta
Safari – allows collaboration on iWork for iCloud
Free with Mac purchase running iOS

TABLETS

iPad

November 1st release date
170 million iPads sold
iPad used 4x more than other tablets put together
#1 in customer satisfaction
475,000 apps for ipad (not stretched out app)
new vision for mobile computing
thinner lighter more powerful
NEW NAME

iPad Air

9.7 in display
bezel 43 percent smaller
7.5 cm
1 lb.
lightest full size table
A7 chip desktop class architecture
over 1 billion transisters
8x faster
7 x better performance
MIMO tech for connectivity
expanded LTE coverage
10 hour bat life still
silver and white
space gray and black
MIMO
$499 16 gig for iPad Air
ipad2 $399

ipad mini

7.9 in retina display added
A7 64 bit architecture
faster
10 hr
expanded LT
$399  (later iPad mini)
iPad 2 mini at $299
all in time for Holidays