Yesterday at WWDC Apple announced that the DVD/CD-RW “combo drive” edition ofthe new iBook Dual USB would be available from resellers, instead of only beingavailable from the Apple Store. Apple is also planning to remove the iBook CD-RWconfiguration from the the price list.

The other announcements include:

Mac OS X Preinstalled on All Machines Built Starting May 21, 2001
Effective May 21, 2001, all Apple CPUs are manufactured with Mac OS Xpreinstalled. There is no part number change; the configuration label indicatesthat Mac OS X (10.0.3) and Mac OS 9.1 are both preinstalled. Apple has preparedan NFR of Mac OS X which has been inserted into boxes already in inventory. A”blue dot” on the box indicates that the NFR is inside. Additional NFRs havebeen shipped to Apple Specialists, Direct Marketers, and the retail Apple Storein accordance with known inventory levels.

Apple Introduces 17-inch Apple Studio Display
Featuring a screen resolution of 1280 by 1024 pixels, the new 17-inch AppleStudio Display (ADC) completes Apple’s flat-panel product line between the15-inch and 22-inch models.

iBook “Combo Drive” SKU Introduced to Channel
Effective Monday, May 21, 2001, the iBook “Combo Drive” (DVD/CD-RW in a single,combined drive), previously a configure-to-order (CTO) option only is now astandard SKU and the CD-RW drive is now CTO option only. See the May 21, 2001price list addendum for this update.

Apple Introduces WebObjects 5
WebObjects 5 provides a comprehensive suite of tools and object-orientedframeworks that allow quick development and deployment of scalable, reusable weband Java applications.

Apple Introduces Mac OS X Server (10.0)
Mac OS X Server is now based on Mac OS X (10.0), adding professional-classIP-based file sharing, print sharing services, web serving, networking andworkgroup management services, and integrated remote administration, management,and logging.

Apple Introduces New Macintosh Server G4
The Macintosh Server G4 is now faster as a result of the following performanceenhancements: Single or dual processor running at 533 MHz, faster system busrunning at 133 MHz, industry-standard PC133 memory, PCI throughput of up to215MB per second, and Gigabit Ethernet standard on all systems.