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I agree with Lessard. It was the launch of an innovative new professional app. It was held at a photo convention for God's sake. This won't be written up in Time or anything. It didn't make the front page of CNN.com or USAtoday.com because it shouldn't. But it does need to make the cover of American Photographer and Shutterbug (or whatever pros read!). That's why they held a press event. The only way it gets overhyped is if you are geek like me who reads all the tech sites. And the hardware was introduced here for two reasons: 1) Did you see the requirement specs for Aperture? The software is tied into these updates. And 2) Why not introduce pro machines at a pro event. You want them reviewed in the photo mags, too. As for Apple/PowerBook market share climbing, it will continue to climb. Again, the general public doesn't even know that Apple is planning to switch chip suppliers. They wouldn't care much if it happened today, they certainly don't give a crap that it is happening next year. So my opinion is that switchers continue to buy PowerBooks now and increase market share, and geeks and power users wait to refresh until the changeover and sales boom... somewhat. Mac geeks and power users are still a small base. That's my 3¢.