I am hoping for the most impressive keynote ever. But then reality set in.

Let's hope it is the "most anticipated event of the week" this year.

The iPhone and iPod Touch are now here, which means that it should be a lot more Mac-specific than last year. I was a bit disappointed that last year's keynote was solely about the iPhone and nothing else.

Just give me MacPro. I am tired of waiting!

But I think AppleTV 2.0, same iPhone with new apps and 16gig version and finally the ultra-portable. That's all.

As a Mac user and long-time poster to sites like this, I must reveal my credentials to one and all . . . and avow my disappointment with everything Apple has ever done. Ever. Truly. The hardware products aren't good enough or cheap enough. The software products aren't comprehensive enough or updated fast enough. Steve's keynote addresses aren't focused enough or broad enough. The stock price is not high enough or low enough.

There. Am I one of the great unwashed Mac Masses now? Gawd, but I hope so, 'cause every time I have a positive thought about AAPL or the company's future, I feel SO VERY DIRTY. Mea culpa. Mea culpa.

Breaking news! Steve Jobs at MacWorld.

Slow news day?

Surely Steve will demo some apps for the iPhone built with the yet-to-be SDK.

I wonder what he will wear???????????

There's really nothing I'm looking forward to at this year's MWSF - I'm sad to say.

iPhone - Steve'll probably talk about the SDK and show off some apps. *shrug* While good for "the industry", it's just not a product niche I care about. Is it time for a new product iteration?

Macs - Faster Intel chips. Yay. Yawn. It's nice if you need a new machine, but it's just the steady march of CPU speed. I don't know of any "breakthrough" things on the CPU side. New Mac mini?

Portables - the ultra-portable may be cool for some. I just bought a MacBook and got a MacBook Pro from work. I'm out of that market for a few years.

Keeping in mind that MWSF tends to be very "consumer" oriented, I doubt we'll hear much about Apple's pro level apps.

OS - I'm sure Steve will crow about Leopard, how well it's selling, and all the new features. I'm hoping he shows off a few more "deeper" features - like Core Animation. Something along the lines of "Leopard has this great technology under the hood and is letting developers write amazing software like this..."

But there's just nothing I know of now that I'm eagerly anticipating.

- Jasen.