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It’s been a while since the WWDC 2006, but thought I’d still share a few thoughts about my experience. WWDC is Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference, which was held in San Franciso, CA between from 8/7-8/11 at Moscone Center. Overall, the conference was great and it was nice to be a part of the hype, announcements, and technical overviews. From the people to which I spoke there seemed to be two primary camps and attitudes: a) those that were ecstatic about the enterprise updates to Xserve and MacPro, and b) those that were slightly let down that a “new Apple device” (e.g., something like a cell phone) wasn’t announced.

What was the hidden major accomplishment in my opinion? Well, maybe not hidden, but it didn’t seem to garner as much attention: Apple’s complete transition to Intel processors from PowerPC processors between the two WWDC conferences. I think that’s a pretty remarkable achivement for a company. I know that the groundwork was probably there for a while, but a lot could have faltered along the way, and, well, nothing did.

The atmosphere was set with various banners at the conference. For example one proclaimed, “Hasta la vista, Vista.” Another read, “Redmond has a cat, too. A copycat.” One even heralded, “Introducing Vista 2.0.” The accompanying pictures are below.

The week was sure to bring some interesting twists…more in future posts.

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