Steve Jobs also announced that both Intel and Apple are ready to begin shipping the Intel powered Macs. They begin taking orders today. One thing that caught my attention was that the PowerBook has been redesigned and renamed to the MacBook Pro. It includes a built-in iSight, the Intel Core Duo processor (2 processors in 1) with speeds up to 4X faster, and a magnetic power adapter cleverly named MagSafe. The price tag is a little steep at $1999, but as always with Apple, the quality of the product won’t let you down. They begin shipping in February.
View: Apple – MacBook Pro
Today, at the MacWorld Expo, Steve Jobs announced that Mac OS X 10.4.4 would be released today. I will post more here when the download becomes available.
In the meantime, check out Engadget’s coverage of his keynote: Steve Jobs keynote live from Macworld 2006.
Update: It appears as if Quicktime 7.0.4 and iTunes 6.0.2 were also released today.
The 10.4.4 Update delivers overall improved reliability and compatibility for Mac OS X v10.4 and is recommended for all users.
It includes fixes for:
- SMB/CIFS and NFS network file services
- Bluetooth wireless access
- Core Graphics, Core Audio, Core Image, RAW camera support, including updated ATI and NVIDIA graphics drivers
- Spotlight indexing and searching
- AppleScript, iChat, DVD Player, and Safari applications
- Dashboard widgets: Calendar and Stocks
- Software Update and Sync Services
- compatibility with USB and FireWire devices and third party applications
- previous standalone security updates
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From an internal e-mail from our CEO, Dan Warmenhoven:
For the fourth year in a row, NetApp has been recognized by FORTUNE Magazine as among the “100 Best Companies to Work For” in 2005. This year we are ranked #27, vs. last year’s rank of #24.
Wow, it shows us as having only 2,712 U.S. employees. This survey had to be taken in early 2005, because I know we don’t have ~1500 overseas employees. I guess that’s what happens when you’re growing like crazy and hiring ~300 new employees per quarter.
View: Fortune: 100 Best Companies to Work For
Update: The Fortune site shows that we have 1,191 employees outside the U.S., so I guess I was wrong. 
