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Article: Apple TV gets updated.(Mac Beat)
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- Macworld
- Article date:
- March 1, 2008
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During his keynote, Jobs showed a remarkable amount of humility about the Apple TV's first iteration, though he did suggest that Apple was not alone in having failed to solve the issue of providing digital downloads to the living room. But that should change with a free software update--and a reduced price--for the company's set-top box. Here's what has changed.
Price Apple has shaved $70 from the price tags of both the 40GB Apple TV, which went from $299 to $229, and the 160GB Apple TV, which dropped from $399 to $329.
Content It used to be that if you wanted to play music inyour iTunes library, you had to either copy or stream it from a computer on ...