Macworld’s Philip Micheals has compiled a list of what he thinks are the year’s biggest stories to happen in the world of Apple. It’s his own compilation and not the entire staff of Macworld. The stories are:
- The iPhone’s debut
- Leopard ships
- Record Mac sales
- Adobe delivers a new Creative Suite
- A Mac-targeting trojan horse
- A little competition for iTunes
- High profile software delays
- The death of DRM
- Apple’s green policies
- Media companies take aim at iTunes
It’s been quite an interesting year for the world of Apple. A lot of things have happened and some of then are really significant that their effects will be carried over to 2008 and possibly beyond.
As for my own personal opinion from the list compiled the most important stories for me are, the iPhone’s debut, Adobe’s release of the Creative Suite and Leopard ships. Here’s why.
The iPhone is a revolutionary product. It’s not just a great product but it’s something that sent waves through the mobile phone industry. It changed the way we looked at smart phones. It’s interface and mobile browsing capabilities were just unheard of. While it’s not completely the best smartphone out of the box, the coming software updates are slowly improving on its shortcomings.
The Creative Suite made a huge impact on the “creative world”. This allowed creative professionals to finally leverage the power of the Intel processor with the native binaries of Adobe’s pro apps. With a lot of Mac users in the creative field this is definitely a big thing.
Apple’s latest iteration of its operating system also saw the light of day this year. With some great new features such as Time Machine, OS X is cementing its place as the benchmark for operating systems.
What are your biggest Apple stories this year? It might not be in the list provided by Macworld. Leave me a comment bellow.
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