
I was present at Apple's WWDC yesterday and witnessed one of the historical moments in Apple's history, the introduction of their 64-bit platform. Am I impressed? The answer is complicated. I was happy to see Apple moving on and deliver. But I would have expected nothing less from a 4 billion tech company who had the need to catch up with the "other" platform, the 32-bit PC. You all heard by now what's new in yesterday's press releases and news coverings. But here is a wrap up of the first day of the conference and a commentary on what Apple
really announced yesterday, underneath its surrounding distortion field.
I was even more impressed, though, with the USEFULLNESS of this feature
We'll see wether or not it's usable when we have used it. But until then, we can only speculate, nothing more. I remember the comments after Aqua was introduced for the first time and people were honestly convienced that Dock magnification (which is now turned off by default OS X) was a useful feature.