First, a quick summary of what Apple announced today:

- Mac OS 10.2 (Jaguar) - $129 for normal people, $69 for us academics, currently listed as shipping in August

- A new iMac with a 17" wide aspect screen

- A new iPod (20GB), plus iPod support in Windows
- plus PIM synchronization functionality

And, various new software things:

- iTunes 3, which includes a bunch of nifty features including normalization

- Quicktime 6, including MPEG-4 (but, strangely, not MPEG-2)

Among the random new Jaguar features:

- chat client for AOL

- anti-spam support in the e-mail client

- an address book and calendar
- plus Bluetooth synchronization for SonyEricsson cel phones (!)


The thing that has me the most excited is the Bluetooth and synchronization support; this was one of the original killer annoyances for me when I first checked into switching from Windows to Mac. Apple has finally addresed it.