It's been a long day, but it wouldn't be right to go without making comments about today's Apple announcements. Here is my short list of highlights: Like everyone else, I was impressed with what I heard about the MacBook Air. Some people have quibbled about the fact that the battery is built into the machine and not easily accessible, but I don't see this as a deal breaker. Some will surely also see difficulty with the lack of ports, the built in speakers, etc. But I find the machine intriguing for its light weight and relative computing power. My wife is likely to get one later this year to replace her aging iBook G4. The Time Capsule is confusing to me. I can do automatic wireless backups by connecting a hard drive to my Airport Extreme base station and schedule nightly backups using SuperDuper and get more flexibility than the Time Capsule offers. Still, the 1TB version looks interesting, and it does work with Time Machine - a program that I still haven't even tried simply because I don't sit around with my MacBook Pro connected to an external hard drive all of the time. I will have to give the new movie rentals through the iTunes Store a try soon. I currently subscribe to NetFlix, and this may be the ticket to get rid of that monthly bill. But it is too early to tell what the movie selection will look like through the new online rental service compared to the variety I can see through NetFlix. My only disappointment of the keynote address was the relative lack of updates for the iPhone. Yes, there is a software update, but I was hoping for a memory boost for the iPhone before buying one in March. No luck yet, but there are a few weeks left before I will buy...

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