WWDC 2003 keynote (Power Mac G5, Panther, iSight, iChat AV)

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1. 2002

   Macworld Expo New York 2002 (Jaguar, .Mac, iPod for Windows, 17-inch iMac)

   Jobs demoed Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar (iChat, Rendezvous, Mail junk filtering, Quartz Extreme), replaced the free iTools with the $99 .Mac, announced that from January 2003 new Macs would boot only Mac OS X, introduced iCal, iSync and iTunes 3, launched 10 and 20 GB iPods and the first Windows-compatible iPods, and a 17-inch iMac G4.

2. 2002

   Apple Expo Paris 2002 keynote

   Jobs reviewed the year’s software (Jaguar, iCal, iSync, iPhoto, iTunes 3), the iMac G4 and the iPod line for a European audience. Seybold San Francisco was held the same day, where Apple was represented without Jobs.

3. 2003

   Macworld Expo San Francisco 2003 (Safari, Keynote, 12- and 17-inch PowerBooks)

   Apple’s ‘year of the notebook’: Jobs introduced Safari (Apple’s own browser, built on KHTML), the Keynote presentation app he said was ‘built for me’, the iLife bundle, AirPort Extreme, Final Cut Express, and the 17-inch and 12-inch aluminium PowerBook G4s.

4. 2003

   60 Minutes profile of Pixar (Jobs interview)

   Jobs’ only known 60 Minutes interview: he discusses buying Lucas’s computer group in 1986, the Beatles as a model of teamwork (‘business works best as a team effort’), guarding against arrogance, and how Pixar would not exist had he not been fired from Apple. CBS re-ran it after his death in October 2011.

5. 2003

   iTunes Music Store introduction

   Jobs argued that piracy was a behaviour problem that could be beaten with a better product — ‘consumers don’t want to be treated like criminals’ — and launched the iTunes Music Store: 200,000 songs from all five majors at 99 cents each, no subscription, 30-second previews, with iTunes 4 and the third-generation iPod with its touch-sensitive buttons and dock connector.

6. 2003

   D1: All Things Digital interview with Walt Mossberg

   Jobs’s first appearance at Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher’s D conference, a month after the iTunes Music Store launched.

7. 2003

   WWDC 2003 keynote (Power Mac G5, Panther, iSight, iChat AV)

   At the first WWDC in San Francisco, Jobs unveiled the aluminium Power Mac G5 with IBM’s 64-bit PowerPC 970 — ‘the world’s fastest personal computer’, with a wind-tunnel-tested enclosure — previewed Mac OS X 10.3 Panther (Exposé, Fast User Switching), launched Safari 1.0 and Xcode, and gave every attendee an iSight camera for the new iChat AV.

8. 2003

   Apple Expo Paris 2003 keynote (new PowerBook G4 line; highlights)

   Jobs did keynote Apple Expo 2003: he recapped the Power Mac G5 and Panther, then introduced updated 12- and 17-inch PowerBooks, the first aluminium 15-inch PowerBook G4 (replacing the Titanium), and Apple’s first Bluetooth wireless keyboard and mouse.

9. 2003

   French TV interview on ‘Merci pour l’info’ (Emmanuel Chain)

   Jobs appears on Emmanuel Chain’s ‘Merci pour l’info’ the evening of his Apple Expo 2003 keynote, discussing the iPod, iTunes and Apple’s European plans.

10. 2003

    iTunes for Windows event (‘Hell froze over’)

    Under a slide reading ‘Hell froze over’, Jobs released iTunes and the iTunes Music Store for Windows, calling it ‘the best Windows app ever written’, reported 13 million songs sold, added audiobooks, and announced an AOL partnership and a Pepsi 100-million-song giveaway; Bono, Mick Jagger, Sarah McLachlan and Dr. Dre appeared in video and on stage.

11. 2004

    Macworld San Francisco 2004 keynote

    Jobs opens the Macintosh’s 20th-anniversary year by replaying the 1984 ad, introduces iLife ‘04 with the new GarageBand (demoed with John Mayer), the Xserve G5, and the $249 4GB iPod mini in five colors. The two-hour keynote also claimed 30 million iTunes Music Store songs sold and ~70% of the legal download market.

12. 2004

    Pixar Q4 2003 earnings call – Jobs on ending the Disney talks

    On the call Jobs says he feels ‘sick about’ Disney’s direct-to-video sequels, calls them ‘pretty embarrassing’, disputes Disney’s claim to own Pixar’s films, says Pixar has said no to Toy Story 3, and declares ‘no amount of marketing will turn a dud into a hit.’

13. 2004

    D2: All Things Digital interview

    Jobs’ second appearance at the D conference, a year into the iTunes Music Store. He reveals Apple had developed a PDA but chose not to ship it, says Apple is ‘not happy with iPods costing $300 and $400’ and wants to drive prices down, and says he is as proud of the products Apple has not made as of those it has.