By freeing itself from the yoke of having to make earth-shattering announcements each January, Apple can roll out products and announcements throughout the year. The company can launch consumer products timed for the holiday shopping season, not after it. Products don't have to be rushed to market in time for a MacWorld keynote, but instead, wait until they are really ready for prime time. But no pundit mentioned this.

Don't be surprised to see announcements of significant improvements in professional desktops to coincide with equal enhancements that can properly demo the upcoming 10.6 Snow Leopard Mac OS update. By having the flexibility of time, Apple can act more strategically.

This points to how short-sighted the pundits really are. Time should bear out the Warren Buffett quip that you don't know who is swimming naked until the tide goes out. I think that as the year progresses, some very self-important pundits could be shown to have their pants around their ankles.

Did anyone bother reading that joke of a tech review over at another mag? Seriously with comments like "How bad was it? Let me put this as politely as possible. It was awful. Almost unbearable" and if you can seriously print this statement, you have problems "This is a company that has run out of gas".

Apart from removal of DRM, new iLife and iWork and a new 17"Macbook, nah nothing really happened did it?