Macworld Wishes & Expectations

Macworld is only 3 days away now and the rumor mill is running like mad. Like every other Mac addict I have my own expectations for this years Macworld, and already have a couple of purchases planned. These are all wishes, not a list of what I think will be released.

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iLife 07 is one product that I will be purchasing. I’m hoping for an update to iPhoto, to make it a little better for advanced editing of images (this will help me when I have the MacBook in the field). I’d also like iWeb to become a little more mainstream and make it easier to create professional looking sites, the current themes are a little lacking.

iWork 07 is a software suite I’ve just started to use in the past 6 months as Microsoft has been so slow to release a Universal version of Office. Pages has become my one and only text editing application, I love it to bits. Apple really knows how to take an application with an extensive tool-kit and make it super simple to use. I hope Apple will include the speculated spread-sheeting application in iWork 07.

iPhone. The rumors have been going around for years about a speculated “iPhone”. As much as I want this product, I want Apple to release it just so I can hear the end of all the rumors. If Apple came out with a phon at Macworld I wouldn’t care if it had an in-built iTunes. All I want out of a phone is something which syncs effortlessly with Address Book, iChat, Mail, and iCal.

Updated Cinema Displays. I am really hoping Apple will update the line of Cinema Displays at Macworld as part of my 07 shopping list is a Mac Pro and two 20″ Apple Cinema Displays. I would like to see a built-in iSight in the displays (much like the iMac), and new models in 17, 20, 24, and 30″ sizes.

What are you hoping for his Steve-ness to unveil at the Macworld 2007 keynote?