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Apple kicked off WWDC in a big way with 5,200 attendees who snagged all the tickets in a mere two hours. Unlike previous years, Jobs dove right into Mac OS X Lion without his traditional summary of the amazing things Apple has done. We watched the live stream like a hawk and gleaned out the pertinent stats that show how well Apple is performing across its product groups. Here's what we learned from Jobs and company:

54 million Mac users worldwide

Mac grew 28% while PC market shrank 1%

Mac sales are 73% notebooks, 27% desktops.

Mac App Store is now the #1 PC software channel over Best Buy and Walmart

Pixelmator made $1 million in its first 20 days, quadrupling its revenue.

over 200 million iOS devices sold

more than 44% of installed mobile user base

25 million iPads in first 14 months

15 billion songs sold in the iTunes store

#1 music retailer in the world

iBookstore downloads topped 130 million; six publishers on board

425,000 apps in the App Store; 90,00 are for the iPad

14 billion apps downloaded from the App Store

Apple paid out more than US$2.5 billion to devs

225 million iTunes accounts

50 million Game Center users

iPhone 4 is number two camera, not just smartphone camera, but camera on Flickr

Not too shabby for a company long considered the underdog.

WWDC by the numbers (Updated) originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Mon, 06 Jun 2011 13:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Doing the Math: At $29.99, Mac OS X Lion was WWDC's most expensive product

2011-06-07T11:00:00.000-05:00

Doing the Math: At $29.99, Mac OS X Lion was WWDC's most expensive product: "

Our own Dave Caolo pointed out something that took the rest of the TUAW team aback: at US$29.99, Mac OS X Lion was the most expensive product discussed at WWDC today. It's not as though the next version of the Mac's operating system had a lot of pricing competition at the keynote. iOS 5 will be a free upgrade to users with supported hardware, and iCloud's services -- which used to cost $99/year under MobileMe -- are all completely free. In fact, other than Lion itself, the only thing Apple announced at WWDC that costs anything at all was iTunes Match at $25 a year.

One of the major anti-Apple memes over the lifetime of the Mac has been that Apple's products are far more expensive than those of its competitors. While there are arguments both for and against that line of thinking for Macs and equivalently-configured PCs, the iPad's pricing compared to other tablets' blows that argument out of the water, and Apple's software prices undercut those of Windows by an astonishing margin, as demonstrated in the graphic above.

Windows 7 comes in a spread of flavors, while Mac OS X Lion comes in only two: the standard $29.99 user edition and an upgraded server edition that costs $50 more. Both will be downloads from the Mac App Store, and while there's no official word yet, based on a cursory reading of the current terms and conditions, it seems that both Lion and Lion Server Edition will be installable on up to 10 machines associated with a user's iTunes account.

So our graphic is wrong in one sense: while you could buy multiple copies of Lion for the same price as the equivalent Windows software, you don't actually have to. If anything, this makes Lion an even more economical prospect than Windows. Even if you want to make the argument that it'd take a Server Edition upgrade to put Lion's feature set on parity with Windows 7 Ultimate Edition (an assessment with which we'd politely disagree), Windows 7 is still only installable on one machine. Therefore, even with 'Lion Server Edition' costing a total of $80, that's $80 for a 10-machine license under the current terms and conditions versus $220 to install Windows 7 Ultimate Edition on one.

Put another way: for the amount of money you'd pay for a single-machine license for Windows 7 Ultimate Edition, you could install Mac OS X Lion and its server tools on 20 machines and still have 60 bucks left over. If you're like us and you think Lion doesn't need the server tools to be on parity with Windows 7 Ultimate, you could install Lion on 70 machines and buy yourself a six-pack for the same price as one Windows 7 Ultimate license.

Apple charged $129 for Mac OS X Leopard and older iterations of its operating system, which were still considered bargains against the pricing of equivalent Windows packages. But Lion's incredibly low cost compared to that of Windows merely demonstrates what we've known all along: Apple is, at its heart, a hardware company. It makes money off of its hardware, but the only purpose of the software is to make the hardware sing. iTunes? Free. iCloud? Free. iOS? Free. Mac OS X? 30 bucks.

Microsoft, on the other hand, is primarily a software company dependent on hardware makers to run its software. Xbox 360 and some minor pilot projects aside, Microsoft makes an overwhelming majority of its money off licenses of Windows and Office editions. With that in mind, it's little wonder that Microsoft's software costs so much more... or that Apple is currently cleaning Microsoft's clock financially.

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PRINCE - Welcome 2 America LIVE

2011-04-07T18:48:00.003-05:00

Blackopps Entertainment - March 2011 Edition - The Dawn Experience

Run Across America with Dean Karnazes

2011-04-03T09:41:00.004-05:00

Here is the link to the official blog post about our 5K run with Dean Karnazes in Goddard, KS on March 31, 2011. You can spot Cherie and I in some of the pictures, especially the group shot that I have included here. It was a great time, and a great joy to get the opportunity to run side-by-side with Dean! Relentless Forward Motion, Dean! Go Karno!

Oh My Goddard! 5K

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Don't U Wanna Come...?

2011-04-03T09:06:00.001-05:00

Steamboat Mountain View

2011-03-24T22:52:00.004-05:00

Another beautiful day on the mountain. Today is our last day of skiing.
Tomorrow we rest up for the long drive back home.

Back on top...

2011-03-24T12:33:00.000-05:00

That's Trey in this picture about to go over the edge! A little icy this morning but the day is still young.

BEARS!!

2011-03-23T19:14:00.001-05:00

BEAR!

2011-03-23T17:16:00.001-05:00

We are ripping it!

2011-03-23T14:15:00.000-05:00

Road to Steamboat

2011-03-22T21:47:00.001-05:00

Steamboat Ski For All

2011-03-22T17:15:00.002-05:00

Today the kids were in ski school while Cherie and I hit the mountain. Much cooler today. The top of the mountain was in the clouds. This kids loved skiing. Trey has already mastered it and is a level 3. And Ashley is doing great at Level 2. Cherie and I are at level "sore". :)

Tomorrow we plan to take the kids up in the Gondola and ski down the mountain. Should be a hoot!

We are having a blast and loving every minute of it!! More tomorrow.

Signing out from the top of the world.

Steamboat Skiing

2011-03-21T19:50:00.000-05:00

Hard day on the top of the mountain with Brett and Heyden Smith. 13 runs total! I think we may have over done it, of course. I wouldn't be happy with anything less.

Top of the World!

2011-03-21T11:58:00.001-05:00

Steamboat Vacation Day 2

2011-03-20T19:58:00.000-05:00

Day 2, Denver to Steamboat. Started with a good breakfast. And the scenery was much better today. Lots of snow. More pictures soon...

Steamboat Vacation Day 1 - Recap

2011-03-19T22:50:00.001-05:00

Steamboat Vacation Day 1

2011-03-19T21:16:00.001-05:00

We finally made it to Denver. Fairly uneventful, but that is the way we like it. A great ending to a great travel day. WIth the most excitement yet to come! Stay tuned...

Steamboat Vacation Day 1

2011-03-19T16:02:00.000-05:00

I don't see any mountains yet. About to cross over 4000 feet altitude though.

Steamboat Vacation Day 1

2011-03-19T15:15:00.001-05:00

Beginng of day 1. Everyone is still relatively happy! I'm sure that will change soon. Many miles to go! Steamboat or Bust!

5000K! Thanks Mr. Lewis!

2010-11-02T21:01:00.003-05:00

I've reached the top level (black) on Nike+ after running over 3107 miles.

2010 Titus Task 5K

2010-10-21T09:07:00.000-05:00

2010 Titus Task 5K by harleymcfadin at Garmin Connect - Details

First Day of School 2010

2010-08-19T08:55:00.001-05:00

Trey 6th Grade
Ashley 4th Grade
Cherie 36th Grade

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iPhone 4

2010-06-23T20:25:00.006-05:00

Ebony July Cover

2010-06-03T18:47:00.000-05:00

Ebony July Cover: "

Ebony Exclusive: PRINCE Talks Religion, His Love Life & Much More

Never-before-seen photos and the musical genius in his own words are featured

In a rare interview, the incomparable Prince grants Ebony unprecedented access within the inner courts of the famed Paisley Park, just outside of Minneapolis. During this 12-hour encounter, the musical genius opens up in his own way about topics ranging from his experience going door-to-door as a Jehovah’s Witness to his priorities regarding his relationship with Bria Valente. As the pop star approaches 52, fans can celebrate his life and music with this keepsake July issue featuring him in his own words and signature never-before-seen photos.

http://ebonymagazine.com/ebony/

25 Insanely Useful iPad Apps Available Now

2010-04-19T20:57:00.001-05:00

http://iphone.appstorm.net/roundups/design/25-insanely-useful-ipad-apps-avail...

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Kuo Design: All your Steve Jobs magazine covers are belong to us

2010-01-07T20:54:00.002-06:00

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Apple tops "Best of" 2009 lists

2010-01-04T10:47:00.001-06:00

Filed under: Steve Jobs, Apple
Apple tops "Best of" 2009 lists
by Michael Grothaus (RSS feed) on Jan 4th 2010 at 9:00AM
The end of the year brings the inevitable "best/worst of" lists, and 2009 was no different. We reported earlier that Apple nabbed four of Engadget's "10 Gadgets of the Decade" list, but what may be surprising is just how many other "best of" lists Apple was part of. Philip Elmer-DeWitt over at Apple 2.0 has compiled a list (surprise!) of all the "best of" lists Apple made in 2009. The lists that he found Apple or Steve Jobs on included:

Steve Jobs: CEO of the Decade. Fortune magazine.

Steve Jobs: Best Performing CEO in the World. Harvard Business Review.

Steve Jobs: Person of the Decade. Wall Street Journal.

Apple: Brand of the Decade. Adweek's Best of the 2000s.

Steve Jobs: Marketer of the Decade. Adweek's Best of the 2000s.

"Get a Mac": Campaign of the Decade. Adweek's Best of the 2000s.

Apple Releases iPhone: Top 10 Tech Stories of the Decade. CNN.com.

Apple: Company of the Decade. Om Malik.

There's more in the complete list over at Apple 2.0. Oddly enough, Apple's "There's an app for that" iPhone ad campaign slogan also made it into the 2009 edition of The Yale Book of Quotations, which, Yale states, "is the most complete, up-to-date, and authoritative quotation dictionary ever compiled."

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Great Start to a Great Year with a 10K.

2010-01-01T16:28:00.002-06:00

Cherie and I ran the "Twenty 10K" this morning at 10am in Fayetteville. This is going to be a fun year of fun runs. Lace 'em up and get moving! Happy New Year!

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Happy New Year!! It's gonna be a good one!

2010-01-01T00:08:00.001-06:00

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1000 Mile Goal Complete! [pic]

2009-12-15T20:03:00.002-06:00

1000 miles in 2009. 182 runs (all runs over 5 miles). 121,508 calories burned. It's been a good year. Relentless Forward Motion...

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McFadin Family Christmas Videos!

2009-12-13T20:14:00.001-06:00

Check out our McFadin Family Christmas videos... very funny! http://cherie.mcfadin.net

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Last Run of the Season!

2009-12-13T20:08:00.001-06:00

Last run of the Liartsport.com 2009 Trail Running Series at Devil's Den. It was a little chilly, but fun! 9th place overall for the series, not bad.

Check out the smokin' head video here... http://cheriesparade.blogspot.com/2009/12/so-cold.html

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Steve Jobs Named Fortune's 'CEO of the Decade'

2009-11-05T20:19:00.001-06:00

Steve Jobs Named Fortune's 'CEO of the Decade'

via MacRumors : Mac News and Rumors on 11/5/09

Fortune today named Apple CEO Steve Jobs "CEO of the Decade", highlighting his role in the remaking of multiple industries and propelling Apple to continued success despite difficult economic conditions. As part of the feature, Fortune profil...

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USA Wins NYC Marathon

2009-11-01T20:58:00.001-06:00

Congratulations to Meb Keflizighi (USA) for winning the 2009 New York Marathon. http://www.nycmarathon.org/ First time an American has won since 1982.

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A storm is a brewin'

2009-10-06T12:41:00.001-05:00

Download now or watch on posterous

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Running Wisdom

2009-10-06T00:16:00.001-05:00

"Running is elementary. It is elegant in its simplicity."

- John Bingham, The Courage to Start

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Bejing Noodle No. 9 Video

2009-10-04T21:15:00.001-05:00

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Bejing Noodle No. 9

2009-10-04T21:11:00.001-05:00

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Postrio

2009-10-03T22:12:00.001-05:00

Great food and great company. Perfect!

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Godiva Chocolates

2009-10-03T14:28:00.001-05:00

Cherie's indulgence knows no bounds.

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Paris

2009-10-02T20:39:00.001-05:00

We are eating Japanese in Paris. The Paris hotel that is.

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Las Vegas Baby!

2009-10-02T00:53:00.001-05:00

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Liberty Bike

2009-09-26T17:48:00.000-05:00

Running Superfans - Nipple Stand

2009-09-12T10:59:00.002-05:00

Locomotion JACKPOT!!

2009-09-08T17:10:00.000-05:00

Playin' at the crick!

2009-09-07T18:50:00.001-05:00

Playin' at the crick! http://tiny12.tv/BHK8Q
Original Tweet: http://twitter.com/Harley44/status/3828249021

Crick Pics Take 2

2009-09-07T18:42:00.001-05:00

Crick Pics

2009-09-07T18:31:00.000-05:00

All photos taken and edited on my iPhone.

Cherie's 40th Birthday video montage...

2009-08-30T11:42:00.001-05:00

It's getting cold in here...

2009-08-29T10:48:00.004-05:00

Snow Leopard: Complete Coverage

ENDURANCE is...

2009-08-25T21:02:00.001-05:00

Trey's latest Origami

2009-08-20T18:32:00.001-05:00

Here comes the rain again...

2009-08-10T16:53:00.000-05:00

2009 Grape Festival

2009-08-08T17:24:00.000-05:00

Harley's Kindle

2009-08-07T21:13:00.002-05:00

Paper is overrated...

Hi Mom!!!!

2009-08-01T19:01:00.002-05:00

Mommy-Free Fun

2009-08-01T14:03:00.000-05:00

Diamond Hunting in Murfreesboro

2009-07-25T20:41:00.000-05:00

NOTE: There are no diamonds, we looked.

2009 Badwater Ultramarathon

2009-07-17T18:44:00.000-05:00

2000 Miles and Counting...

2009-07-12T22:10:00.002-05:00

Dinner & Sites in Downtown Richmond, VA

2009-07-07T19:02:00.000-05:00

Weekend Grillin'

2009-07-05T20:26:00.004-05:00

Fire it up!

Can you guess which side is mine? :)

Cherie "Bobby Flay" McFadin

Geocaching in Siloam

2009-06-28T16:02:00.003-05:00

Nice day for Geocaching.

R.I.P. Michael Jackson

2009-06-25T19:48:00.003-05:00

1958 - 2009

Happy Father's Day!

2009-06-21T09:57:00.001-05:00

- Trey made me this awesome origami Dragon.
- Ashley made me the biggest card in the world.
- And Cherie has enabled my chocolate habit by getting me all of my
favorites.

Love you guys!

Twitter Message

2009-06-14T16:51:00.003-05:00

http://twitter.com/harley44

from twitter tees

World Traveler

2009-06-13T17:27:00.000-05:00

Disney World 2009

2009-06-12T15:31:00.001-05:00

Have a magical day!

Disney Face Painting

2009-06-09T15:32:00.000-05:00

Face painting. The highlight of the trip!

National Running Day 2009

2009-06-03T19:21:00.001-05:00

Hope you had a great run on National Running Day!

Wolfgang Puck

2009-05-18T21:16:00.000-05:00

Protein/Carb loading...

LuckyFish

2009-05-18T14:33:00.000-05:00

Sushi on a conveyor! Novel.

Pink's in Hollywood

2009-05-18T13:11:00.000-05:00

Yummy!

Griffith Observatory

2009-05-18T11:55:00.000-05:00

Great view!

La Brae Tar Pits

2009-05-17T16:58:00.000-05:00

Greystone Mansion

2009-05-17T14:56:00.000-05:00

It would make a nice second home.

Buca di Beppo Aftermath

2009-05-16T21:03:00.000-05:00

Hollywood Hills View

2009-05-15T21:09:00.001-05:00

View from our Hilton Universal hotel room.

LA Night Life

2009-05-15T00:09:00.000-05:00

The Congo Room

2009-05-15T00:00:00.000-05:00

Cherie and I just Congo'd at The Congo Room in downtown LA! Crazy but
fun!!

View from Takami

2009-05-14T21:39:00.000-05:00

Takami Japanese

2009-05-14T21:37:00.000-05:00

One word... WOW!

In-N-Out Burger

2009-05-12T20:53:00.000-05:00

West Hollywood, Yummy!!!!!

Rave Run

2009-03-28T19:47:00.003-05:00

Just had a Rave Run in the snow!

(Thank goodness the treadmill was broke.)

Rave Run from Harley McFadin on Vimeo.

Prince - 3 CD Set @ Target 3/29 $11.98

2009-03-27T19:14:00.004-05:00

Or you can become a member of lotusflow3r and download them now!

Congratulations Siloam Springs OM!

2009-03-07T21:18:00.002-06:00

Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss

2009-03-02T19:23:00.002-06:00

Macworld 2008 Collage

2009-02-25T20:06:00.002-06:00

3 of My Favorite Things

2009-02-13T20:58:00.002-06:00

Happy Valentine's Day!

I Love You, Cherie, Trey & Ashley

Daddy/Daughter Dance 2009

2009-02-07T14:47:00.006-06:00

Another successful Daddy/Daughter Dance! A good time was had by all.

Daddy/Daughter Dance Gallery

Ice Storm 2009 - Day 3

2009-01-29T08:40:00.001-06:00

UPDATE: More Ice and Fog

Icey Evergreen

2009-01-28T11:01:00.000-06:00

Ice Storm = Nice Cup of Tea

2009-01-27T16:18:00.000-06:00

Today is a perfect day to enjoy a cup of Genmai Cha tea. Genmai Cha is an exotic green tea from Japan. Find out more here... adagio.com

A little ice here...

2009-01-27T15:42:00.001-06:00

Happy 25th Birthday Mac!

2009-01-24T09:57:00.008-06:00

In 1984, during Super Bowl XVIII, Apple introduced the Macintosh...

Here are pictures of my Macintosh Plus 1MB...

Macintosh Plus 1MB

Manufacturer: Apple Computer
Introduced: January 16, 1986
Price: US$2599
CPU: Motorola 68000, 8 MHz
RAM: 1 MB, expandable to 4 MB, 150 ns 30-pin SIMM
OS: 3.0–6.0.8, 7.0-7.5.5
Model number: M0001A

And this is why 1984, was not like 1984.