Apple announced a 17″ MacBook Pro, offered at $2799 and up with a non-replaceable battery. Gizmodo’s just published a hands-on of the big book, in which Christopher Mascari says it’s beautiful and very thin indeed.

There’ll be wireless iTunes downloads direct to your iPhone, and Apple’s finally giving rights management a proper kick in the ass: also announced was a new deal with the labels to take iTunes more substantially DRM-free.

There was a revamp of iLife, including facial recognition in iPhoto. Sting, finally imprisoned for good inside Garage Band, will also teach you to play guitar.

For more, read Harry McKracken’s liveblog coverage and Technologizer.