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Apple - QuickTime - WWDC 2006 Keynote video

Apple opened its keynote with a gag version of its standard PC-guy and Mac-guy ads.

The PC-guy is really pretty endearing, despite all of his faults.

Steve Jobs has pointed out he as 3/4 million registered developers for the Mac. Sun prided itself on two million developers for Java and that turned out pretty well for Java. It bodes pretty well for Apple.

Jobs said half of the people buying Macs now are first-time Mac buyers. Last quarter alone, Apple sold 1.3 million Macintoshes. Their growth rate is faster than the rest of the industry. Apple market share is growing.

I expected Apple's sales to stutter for a couple quarters while the market slowly accepted the change to Intel processors. No. The sales actually increased significantly.

With the release of the successor to the PowerMac yesterday, Apple completed its conversion to an all-Intel based computer line.

As usual, a riveting keynote.

Apple - QuickTime - WWDC 2006 Keynote:

Watch Apple CEO Steve Jobs kick off the company%u2019s annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) with a keynote preview of Mac OS X %u201CLeopard%u201D from San Francisco's Moscone West.

posted by John Collins @ 8:09 AM