Wall Street responded somewhat favorably to Jobs' announcements. By noon, Apple's troubled stock was up nearly 5 percent to 17.44 per share. Apple is almost predictable in its volatility, except for the timing. You never know when the euphoria will end. The euphoria continued as Jobs spent 90 minutes rolling out product after product to the crowd, starting with a new line of G4 towers that will run on the new operating system.
OS X incorporates new features and cartoon-like methods of opening and closing files.
Most new applications for Macs would likely appear on the market this spring and will peak in summer, Jobs said. He closed the show by lifting the curtain off the PowerBook G4 Titanium, which is one-inch thick and made of titanium. In a test against a PC with an Intel Pentium 4 processor, which runs at 1.5Ghz, Jobs and a coworker demonstrated the Apple beating the PC by running a variety of Photoshop functions. TechTV Inc. All rights reserved. We respect your privacy .