Today MacWorld Expo began in California. Apple introduced lots of products with most of the attention going to the Intel iMac and MacBook Pro. While both of these new computers have me interested, I’m more interested in Apple’s update to the iLife suit of programs. They have updated the software to include a cool new application that will build websites for you. It’s call iWeb. Of course the information says it’s best to have a dot mac account but I wonder if you’ll be able to do it all with your existing web hosting service. I’ll have to look into that. It’s got a blogging section that has me very interested. But I just migrated all my blog entries from Blogger to Tangelo and don’t feel like doing the whole thing again. I went ahead and ordered the new version of iLife and it will be here in a week or so.

The iLife program also includes updates to iPhoto, iTunes, iMovie, iDVD, and most notably Garageband. The new Garageband includes a podcast studio. I watched the demo on the streaming keynote address today and I’m very interested in seeing how you can integrate different pieces of artwork or photos in your podcast. It’s almost like the enhanced podcasts they’ve talked about before. Not many people do the enhanced podcasts and I’ve never done one but this update to Garageband makes it look too easy to create one. Again, we’ll see just how easy it works.

My problem with getting excited about the new Intel Macs is that unless your software is Universal, it will have to run under Rosetta, which is a program that makes the software run correctly. Of course this means that eventually I’ll have to buy all new software that will run natively on the new Intel Macs. I don’t plan to upgrade to one of the new Intel Macs for quite awhile. Maybe next fall. We’ll see.