MacBreak Weekly 122 for 1.6.2009

Title: Macworld Expo
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, Don McAllister, Merlin Mann, Craig Syverson and Scott Bourne.

• 1:00 Introductions
• 3:00 iLife ‘09 & iWork ‘09
  demo discussions (iMovie focus of panel’s attention)
• 12:50 iPhoto improvements
• 17:40 Day one of Macworld – less crowded.  Why?  How’d Schiller do?
• 19:30 Tony Bennett reviews
• 21:00 Drobo commercial
• 22:20 Merlin’s nouns – Boxee, Drobo, Hazel, Cable Connection
• 24:36 iWork ‘09 discussion – Keynote 09 first.
• 26:30 Pages 09 covered.  And how Apple continues to “change the game.”
• 28:38 iWork and iLife pricing/bundles.
• 31:00 iPhoto – will new features filter UP to Aperture?  Puns galore.
• 31:30 iWork online.  Taking on Google Docs?
• 33:30 Merlin ditches iDisk and moves to DropBox
• 34:30 Apple entering services business?
• 38:00 Audible commercial (iWoz: Computer Geek to Cult Icon: How I Invented the Personal Computer, Co-Founded Apple, and Had Fun Doing It)
• 41:20 NEW 17″ Macbook Pro discussion.  Battery talk follows…
• 44:00 The return of the matte screen (kinda)
• 46:45 Andy Ihnatko arrives
• 47:00 The Future of Macworld townhall.  Importance of the conference and what it will look like in the future.
• 50:00 VMware Fusion gets on the mic (coupon code for 25% off – macbreak)
• 51:50 MostlyLisa.com says what she thinks about Macworld
• 57:00 Andy’s lead story.
• 58:30 Dropping DRM in iTunes store.
• 1:01:50 Liana Lehua (http://lianalehua.com) talks about her future plans now that she’s back in action.
• 1:04:40 TUAW Christina Warren (?) on mic
• 1:06:10 The sign off/plugs.

Listen/download the show here: http://thisweekintech.com/mbw122