Mac Expo London

London's very own Mac Expo kicked off today at the Business Design Center in Islington.

My notes:

• Taking a peek at OS X 10.4 was the day's high light.
  
• The ‘FileMaker Business Solutions Village’ housed a number of FM related tools and developers. Very good idea.
  
• To many retailers selling anything even remotly Mac-related. It made the whole affair feel more like a fair than an expo.
• Andy Ihnatko is lined up as a speaker in the Macworld Expo part of the event. Brilliant!
  

It's unfair to compare the UK Mac Expo with Macworld Expo in San Francisco, I know. But I was still hoping for something better, more interesting than just the big names (of whom many were missing), magazine stalls and retailers. Where were all the small developers, the sessions on RSS, the buzz, the excitement?

Despite this, it's a very exciting Mac week here in London as Saturday sees the launch of Apple's first European store.


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