Where was the aluminum iPod? The glossy MacBook? Tabbed Finder? Windows Virtualization? Didn’t Scobel say there was too many surprises to let slip ’cause Jobs would have his head? (Leo said this on Episode 64 of TWiT.) I don’t know, I like Time Machine a ton, and the Mac Pro does look hot, but, did this meet the hype? For me? No.

I think Wall Street agreed as Apple’s stock (AAPL) fell when all the guys that dress better than Steve Jobs cast their votes of “unimpressed” after the Cupertino CEO finished his keynote speech from the Moscone Center in San Francisco, Monday morning. Biz Journals had the headline “Apple stock down on no Jobs’ surprises” which Microsoft’s MSN Money site was more than happy to run. The business world wasn’t moved.

In all, the day ended with no bang. No great stunning new gizmo that no one even thought of but rather, everything — for the most part — that everyone anticipated: a PowerMac replacement running Intel chips with some Leopard highlights. That’s it. Wow, is Jobs losing his touch?

This is one of the problems with past events where hype was the lead horse in the parade of what is Apple and now too many expect too much. Truth is, Leopard isn’t that impressive when compared to other OS X releases and the Mac Pro is a great unit, but not as great as when the PowerMac was first revealed. Yes, on their own in a vacuum of no other previous amazing Apple shows, these would have impressed most, but today, nada. Hope Macworld ‘08 doesn’t leave us with this same sick feeling…

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