Best of Macworld Expo 2006

A booth on the show floor--presumably Apple's--remains covered ahead of Jobs' Macworld Expo Tuesday keynote speech.

Ina Fried

During his Macworld keynote, Apple CEO Steve Jobs shows off the MacBook Pro, an Intel-based laptop that Jobs said is four to five times faster than the Powerbook G4.

Daniel Terdiman

The MacBook comes with a breakaway magnetic power cord, pictured here during Jobs' address.

Daniel Terdiman

When Jobs started discussing the transition to Intel chips, Intel CEO Paul Otellini jumped onstage in a chipmaker's "bunny suit." "Steve, I want to report that Intel is ready," Otellini said, handing over a silicon wafer.

Daniel Terdiman

Jobs touts Apple's switch to Intel chips.

Daniel Terdiman

Apple sold 14 million iPods in the holiday quarter, "and it still wasn't enough," Jobs said during his Macworld keynote. "More iPods are on the way."

Daniel Terdiman

This year, Apple Computer celebrates 30 years, a fact that Jobs (pictured right, with Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak) noted in his Macworld keynote.

Daniel Terdiman

The new iMacs will go on sale on Tuesday, Jobs said. He also said that Apple will transition its entire product line to Intel chips during this calendar year.

Daniel Terdiman

Jobs announced a new accessory for the fifth-generation iPod that acts as both remote control and an FM radio tuner. The product sells for $49 and is available now.

Daniel Terdiman

The company has sold 850 million songs, Jobs told the crowd.

Daniel Terdiman

Jobs talks about updates to iMovie, another component of iLife '06. Among the new features are exporting projects to the iPod, video podcasting and the ability to have more than one project open at a time.

Daniel Terdiman

The newly unveiled MacBook Pro is an inch thick and weighs 5.6 pounds.

Daniel Terdiman

The MacBook Pro is the first Mac notebook built on the new Intel Core Duo, which is actually two processors (up to 1.83GHz) engineered onto a single chip.

Daniel Terdiman

During his Macworld keynote, Job flashed specs for the new 17-inch iMac on a giant screen.

Daniel Terdiman

The audience at Jobs' Macworld address views the specs for the new 20-inch iMac on a giant screen.

Daniel Terdiman

The audience was seated at Macworld Expo 2006 in San Francisco just before 9 a.m., when Apple CEO Steve Jobs took the stage to announce the company's new products.

Daniel Terdiman

A view from within Adobe's Lightroom photo editing software. The program is now a free beta, with a final version expected late this year.

Adobe

As the iPod continues its popularity surge, more and more companies are jumping onto the accessory bandwagon. At Macworld, JBL showed off its "JBL On Time," a $300 gadget that serves as iPod charging base, speaker and dual alarm clock.

CNET Networks

Start-ups continue to eye the iPod accessory market, including Atlanta-based Case-ari, which showed off a line of leather cases at this year's show.

Ina Fried

Once-small accessory makers have a big presence at this year's Macworld Expo. XtremeMac, for example, has a huge, 1,600-square-foot spot right near the entrance to the show floor. It is a stone's throw from the well trafficked Apple booth.

Ina Fried