Macworld Expo San Francisco 2008
January 13th, 2008

As founder and editor of maccrazy, I have always wanted to attend a Macworld Expo. This year I will be there, bringing you the latest updates, tracking down new products and providing general coverage of everything Macworld, including the keynote. For those that don’t know, Macworld San Fransisco is Apple’s annual US conference and expo and is expected to attract more than 50,000 attendees this year. In previous years the expo has taken place at the same time as the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, with the release of the iPhone at Macworld last year taking much of the attention away from CES. This year the expo will be running from January 15th through to January 18th, with some conference sessions beginning on the 14th. Next year it will run January 5th to January 9th again.

Steve Jobs’ keynote speech is a big attraction each year and this year will be no different. After talking with those who have attended previous keynotes (with non-priority seating) and a representative from Macworld Conference and Expo, the general conclusion is that if you want to get into the keynote, you should being queuing between 4:00 am and 5:00 am. While this won’t guarentee you a seat, your chances are apparently good, though to get a good seat, it appears you will need to start queuing even earlier. Those who don’t get in are apparently sent to overflow rooms where they will be able to watch a live feed.

Photos and commentary will be posted right here throughout the event, so be sure to stop by daily. The flight time from Auckland to San Francisco is approximately 13 hours. Over that time I hope to put together a full rundown of expo predictions, especially those relating to Steve Jobs keynote announcements. As always, there is a lot of speculation in the lead up to the keynote. With the help of our own sources and analysis of industry trends, we hope to provide an accurate analysis of what can be expected on Tuesday 15th.

If your company is releasing a product at Macworld that you’d like us to publish a brief review of, by all means send an email to info@maccrazy.net and I’ll try and stop by your booth for a demo.

Many Mac users, like myself, are attending Macworld for the first time. Macworld Bound a valuable resource, even for those that have been before. It has a vast number of articles containing travel tips, suggestions and a general overview of how the event runs. Be sure to check it out.

Below are some photos provided by IDG World Expo taken at Macworld 2007:

While we will have our own photos this year, as with previous years, please feel free to send your own photos to photos@maccrazy.net and we’ll add them to the collection.

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