Steve Jobs started his keynote by announcing the new Intel-based Mac Pro that we all saw coming a mile away. Mine is only two years old and looks like a calculator by comparison to this new machine, what with its two dual core processors, etc. It’s a nice new machine, but I don’t need to upgrade to it. My G5 is working just fine, thanks. I’d rather spend that $2500 on a really nice HDTV.

And they’re just starting to talk about the next iteration of OS X, which is exciting. I’ll gladly shell out the money for that whenever it comes out.

But it makes me wonder: If they’re leading with these two items, what will Jobs’ “one more thing” be at the end? What big astonishing fantastic thing will he end the keynote with? Is it really time for the true video iPod? I doubt the cell phone will be showing up. . . Hmmm. . .

Update: Whoops, this post was supposed to go up about an hour ago. In the end, there was no “one more thing,” which seemed almost anti-climactic. Still, there’s a lot of great new features coming up in the next OS X update, due out in the Spring.

If you want to see the new Mac Pro, here it is.