No, I’m not talking about the next season of new cars. For one thing, I wouldn’t call 95% of the cars out there “worth it”, mostly because their gas mileage would make any non-American laugh with their fingers pointing, and for another thing, I really don’t care about cars anyway. Nevertheless, yesterday, Apple released iLife and iWork ‘08 (along with some other new stuff, which aren’t the focus of this article), which Steve Jobs claims to be their biggest updates ever to both releases. But after spending a couple of hours today following the announcements through Engadget’s live coverage, rubbing my eyes all over the Apple.com website, watching demo videos and tutorials, and all that stuff, I’m ready to judge for myself if iLife and iWork ‘08 are really that substantial, and if they’re each worth their respective $80 upgrade price.
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Well, let’s face it. Tomorrow is a special event-style Steve Jobs keynote, and for like the first time since Apple has started doing these special events, they’re actually planning to talk about the Mac, instead of music. We didn’t do a PreviewCast this weekend because I was busy doing something else. But, I guess I shouldn’t let the day come without expressing some opinion of what I’d like to see be announced, particularly with the rumor websites going crazy again. You know what? I think I’m getting sick of rumor websites. Maybe I should stop subscribing to them. Oh wait, I’m a Mac podcaster. Damn.

Now, let’s get one thing clear: this is not a rumor list. The stuff that I’m talking about or speculating on here has absolutely no source backing it other than my wild imagination. I’m not even calling this rumors, I’m calling it a wishlist, because it’s stuff that I’d like to see (or not see) relating to the aging Mac lineup.
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