iPhone, new MacBookPro and Bill and Steve together

First of all, the iPhone Ads. Nicely done, to the point. Probably better than a Hello, I am an iPhone. And I am a Motorola or something. The blokes at TUAW think the Mac ads should be that way, too, and I agree.

While the Mac vs PC ads are nice for people who already are Mac users, I am not sure how many people would feel the urge to change from a PC to a Mac after seeing one of these ads. Just show them Exposé and some of the iLife/iWork tools maybe, like they do on the iPhone ads.

I am sure all of you Mac users have been in the situation when a PC user tells you: Hey! can you do that cube rotation thing?

Anyway, we now have an official launch date (at least for the US): June 29th.

There was a rumor about a new brushed metal iMac being launched. It was a fake, but a really nice one. Build it, Apple.

We have, however, an updated MacBook Pro, with a much awaited Santa Rosa processor, mercury-free LED displays, better graphics card, and comes standard with 2GB of RAM with support for up to 4GB of RAM.

They claim 6 hours of battery life for the 15" model, which is probably about an hour more than the last models.

That is quite a lot more than roughly 2 hours and 30 minutes I get with my 1-year-old MacBook Pro, with 271 load cycles and 79% remaining capacity, and not so bad as Lucian, whose 1 year and a couple of months MacBook Pro had its battery already replaced ( almost exploded at CERN ;) ), and the new one lasting less than an hour (with only 92 cycles).

And finally, a Steve Jobs and Bill Gates interview at D5 Conference. Together! Zusammen! I still haven't seen it, but I've been told it's interesting.