My Favorite Part Of The Keynote

While I do not own a mac (yet), I always get excited when Steve Jobs delivers the keynote speech at MacWorld. Wow. Am I jazzed this year. Movie rentals. Okay, so a lot of us suspected he was going to announce it. To see it in action, today, right now. A.W.E.S.O.M.E.

Apple Inc (AAPL.O) unveiled a lightweight laptop about three-quarters of an inch thick on Tuesday and said it would start renting movies over the Internet, moving the iPhone and iPod maker into a very competitive market.

…

With Web movie rentals, Apple takes on DVD-by-mail rental service Netflix, which also allows online viewing, as well as a host of others eager to make it possible to watch movies easily and instantly over the Web.

According to Jobs, movies will be $2.99 or $3.99 depending on the film, and that rocks, cuz sometimes I just wanna sit and watch a movie, and I don’t want to deal with Netflix, or Blockbuster, or any of that crap. I just want to choose it, and have it on my iPod to watch. Apple does that for me.

Thanks Steve!