MacBook Wheel Introduced [Humor]

[Matthew Yohe]

http://img.skitch.com/20090106-kmpsm153fr8pjmcbmqhidp3dxs.png

The MacBook Wheel lets consumers accomplish everyday tasks like typing with just a few dozen spins and clicks of a wheel.

Link (http://www.theonion.com/content/video/apple_introduces_revolutionary)

[monke]

Gotta love the Onion! :p

[jmann]

:rolleyes: hmmm i don't know what to say about that...

[mkrishnan]

LOL The quality of Onion's videos is amazing. :)

[ChrisN]

Revolutionary! First for the iPod and now for the MacBook!

ChrisN

[r.j.s]

Fake.

[QuarterSwede]

Fake.
Really!? ;)

Predictive sentence technology.

Awesome. Hahaha.

It remains to be seen if the wheel will catch on in the business world, where people use computers for actual work and not just [fooling] around.
LOL!

This is one of the best Apple parodies I've seen in a long time.

[sporadicMotion]

I'll buy anything that's shiny and from apple.

[bruinsrme]

That was great

[Kwill]

I'm holding out for the next one that will be 4 oz lighter. :D

[IJ Reilly]

Brilliant. I want predictive sentence technology.

[RTiii320]

Saw this over on Engadget. http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/05/macbook-wheel-revealed-by-the-onion-news-network/
http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e236/lbcsk8r303/Picture3-2.png

Pretty Funny. Just a spoof obviously but I thought this was very amusing. Especially the part when they said " I'll buy almost any thing that's new and shiney made by Apple"
:D

[Tinknock71]

If that's coming out next, I'm switching back to Dell!:eek:

[r.j.s]

If that's coming out next, I'm switching back to Dell!:eek:

What are you talking about??? I've already ordered the 40GB model.

[Tinknock71]

What are you talking about??? I've already ordered the 40GB model.

I'm sure its going to be a real jem! :D

[cherry su]

Revolutionary!

ChrisN

Pun intended?? :P

[RTiii320]

What are you talking about??? I've already ordered the 40GB model.

that's the one a nearly $10,000 right?;)

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e236/lbcsk8r303/Picture6-2.png

[r.j.s]

that's the one a nearly $10,000 right?;)


That's the one.

[eplchamps0304]

link

http://www.theonion.com/content/video/apple_introduces_revolutionary

[sushi]

Everything is just a few hundred clicks away!

Spent 45 minutes typing an e-mail to his friend.

Funny!

Thanks for sharing!

[Macman756]

LMAO. Gotta love the Onion

[Lurchdubious]

link

http://www.theonion.com/content/video/apple_introduces_revolutionary

LOL. That's awesome. I can't wait to go buy one.

[thunderclap]

It looks so... shiny!

[velvetelvis]

"i will buy anything shiny that apple makes..." i love the onion.

[kastenbrust]

ROTFL "the next one will be 4lbs lighter due to its lack of hard drive, screen and wheel" hahahahahahaha
:D

[jlocalled]

ROTFL "the next one will be 4lbs lighter due to its lack of hard drive, screen and wheel" hahahahahahaha


I wonder what would that make? A MacBook that projects Holograms? Hmm...

[Small White Car]

I love how the Onion takes simple internet-jokes and blows them up into huge productions. Totally amazing.

And the attention to detail! Gotta love the $9,960 version. Brilliant.

[kastenbrust]

the way Apples going this wont be a joke in 4 years :p

[Shop]

:rolleyes: I wonder how good the viewing angles are.. What is the model of the display?

[VSMacOne]

Rev A... prolly not gonna buy it :p

"People who use keyboards are standing in the way of progress.." - Steve .. haha awesome!

[acfusion29]

It better have at least 1 USB so I can hook up a real freggin keyboard and not tyoe likr tjis.

:D

[r.j.s]

It better have at least 1 USB so I can hook up a real freggin keyboard and not tyoe likr tjis.

:D

Nope. Bluetooth.

It's on the product details card.

[acfusion29]

Nope. Bluetooth.

It's on the product details card.

Damn. Well the Pro better have USB then since Apple seems to remove the most useful things out of laptops ;)

(firewire)

[r.j.s]

Damn. Well the Pro better have USB then since Apple seems to remove the most useful things out of laptops ;)

(firewire)

Wait until they release the Apple Wireless Wheel ...

[acfusion29]

Wait until they release the Apple Wireless Wheel ...

PICS OR YOUR LYING! or link.

[ziggyonice]

Hmm... I'd really prefer the high-end model, but I'm not sure if I can afford it... Is it worth it, do you think?

[acfusion29]

Hmm... I'd really prefer the high-end model, but I'm not sure if I can afford it... Is it worth it, do you think?

Of course.

[staccato83]

haha

"the new humming bird battery, which lasts a full 19 minutes before needing to be charged"

[goldfronts]

What are you talking about??? I've already ordered the 40GB model.

i could only come up with enough for the 8gb :(

[likemyorbs]

classic video, i love it. i can see some fanboys getting offended right about now

[clancemasterj]

I would buy it.

[iParis]

Dude, I'm an Apple fanboy and finally got around to watching the video!
Even though I can contradict everything they say I find it HILARIOUS!
I suppose it has 0 USB ports and is going to need a recall do to malfunctioning clickwheels.
This thing is a like an oversized iPod class/iPod touch/MacBook Air.

[mrkgoo]

Hmm... I'd really prefer the high-end model, but I'm not sure if I can afford it... Is it worth it, do you think?

Don't be dim. It's 5x the storage for under 4x the cost. Do the math.

[tubbymac]

Hmm... I'd really prefer the high-end model, but I'm not sure if I can afford it... Is it worth it, do you think?

The high end model has a backlight for the wheel so you can find it in the dark. Totally worth it, imho.

[kastenbrust]

PICS OR YOUR LYING! or link.

he was joking

[kastenbrust]

the high end model was personally kissed and had the wheel rotated one time by steve jobs himself

[yayitsezekiel]

all of the high end models ALSO come with a free complimentary picture of steve himself, that way you can yell at his picture when it takes you an hour to type in a url on the internets :p

[acfusion29]

he was joking

ok wow, thanks. obviously he was joking as was i, and as is everyone posting in this entire thread saying they order/gonna bought/buy one.

[Michael CM1]

Oooh. I bet playing World of Warcraft on that is killer.

[goldfronts]

Oooh. I bet playing World of Warcraft on that is killer.

I'd suggest holding out until World of World of Warcraft is released

http://www.theonion.com/content/video/warcraft_sequel_lets_gamers_play

[sushi]

Hmm... I'd really prefer the high-end model, but I'm not sure if I can afford it... Is it worth it, do you think?
It's pretty steep if you ask me.

Then again, you get what you pay for. :p

[kastenbrust]

whist we're on the topic of joke devices, who'd like to see the Motorola iTunes phone make a comeback this Macworld? anyone? :p

[alexlovesmacs]

Which one is the better buy the macbook wheel,macbook air, or the macbook anyone?:p lol

[zer0tails]

hahahh :D hilarious.

On a more serious note though, the Onion did hit on several very real themes haha

[Cassie]

Watching the battery meter drop nearly killed me.:D

[sushi]

Watching the battery meter drop nearly killed me.:D
I'm glad someone else noticed that. Seeing it click down during the video was so cool.

Pretty good parody. The Onion rocks! :)

You know, just for the fun of it, I would love to have that model and go use it different places to see the faces people make. :D

[Moriarty]

It would be funny if something like this was actually introduced somewhere along the line...

...a sign of Apple's slow descent into Consumerism... in 20 years time, Windows will be the "niche", where people turn to if they want customisability, a better operating system, and matte screens.

[crazyxzer0]

the battery meter made me LOL.

[timestoby]

haha i thought the whole thing was well done and funny

[stuarthatto]

It doesn't have Firewire..... it's scandalous. Apple are abandoning the Pros again.

I won't buy it thats for sure.

Unless... is it shiny?

[Yvan256]

Another excellent video by The Onion. IMHO they can parody Apple even better than The Simpsons.

[Blazer24K]

does it come in black? if not, then no deal!

[IJ Reilly]

does it come in black? if not, then no deal!

That's the MacBook Wheel Pro. It also comes with a backlit wheel at no extra charge for $1,000.00.

[xUKHCx]

The Mac Wheel is so huge. I want a MacTini (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=noe3kR8KqJc)

[LoganT]

I think the funniest part was,

"And the computer is virtually unbreakable unless dropped or hit."

[Dejavu]

You know what's funny about the Onion — even though they lampoon and parody news, they tend to be right most of the time.

Apple is in fact coming out with a laptop with no keyboard, although instead of the scroll wheel, it will be touch. Perhaps this video showcased Apple's secret project.

Anyhow, I was in stitches the whole time watching the parody. FTW Onion! :D

[PhilW]

I think the predictive text could be quite usable. These are the kind of phrases I use almost every day...

http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa104/Interceptor_UK/Picture3.pnghttp://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa104/Interceptor_UK/Picture6.png

[macaddictann]

I love the suggested sentences in the dropdown.

Anyway, I'm not getting it until the Macbook Wheel Pro comes out.

[K3mp]

That was pretty funny. It was well made too.

[mac-er]

My favorite was the on-screen quote near the end:

"Jobs: People who use keyboards are standing in the way of human progress"

[Kilamite]

LOL.

The predictive texting was hilarious! Really well put together!

[croy]

Man, 3-15 month wait, lol....do you think I should hold off or..................:D

[Palliser]

this is hilarious.

[Andronicus]

I think the best part was at the very end. The "up next" about the sudoko killer. :D

[mynameisraj]

I bought a 8GB model...

The video was pretty well done though. Onion ROCKS

[MacRumors]

http://www.macrumors.com/images/macrumorsthreadlogo.gif (http://www.macrumors.com/2009/01/06/macbook-wheel-introduced/)

If you weren't impressed by today's announcements during the Macworld keynote (http://www.macrumors.com/2009/01/06/macworld-2009-keynote-stream-available/), perhaps you will be interested The Onion's report on the MacBook Wheel.

Note: The Onion is a satirical publication

[via Hulu (http://www.hulu.com/watch/51092/onion-news-network-apple-introduces-revolutionary-new-laptop-with-no-keyboard)]

Article Link: MacBook Wheel Introduced [Humor] (http://www.macrumors.com/2009/01/06/macbook-wheel-introduced/)

[Eidorian]

The Onion is always great. :D

[nickXedge]

I'm holding out for the next one that will be 4 oz lighter. :D

Small price to pay though, for the 4oz that is: No screen, hard drive, or wheel.

[DMann]

I wonder what would that make? A MacBook that projects Holograms? Hmm...

Fiber Optics my friend - driven by the cloud.

[hendot]

The wheel. Reinvented.

Awesome.

[iParis]

Small price to pay though, for the 4oz that is: No screen, hard drive, or wheel.

Isn't that awesome!
The OS is built into the logic bored and since there isn't screen to get around and do stuff you get to memorize every part of OS X (or OS X Wheel)!

[dpmusic]

Fake.

No kidding.. lol...

This is hilarious though.

[DMann]

I love the suggested sentences in the dropdown.

Anyway, I'm not getting it until the Macbook Wheel Pro comes out.

Wonder how it'll do running with a Humming Bird battery.

[iBookG4user]

I don't see the trackpad, I thought they only said they were getting rid of the keyboard! I'm hoping that rev B has a trackpad :D

[Foxglove9]

I can already see Dell and HP copying Apple right now.

awesome!

[NewSc2]

The aardvark admitted its fault.

- Sent via my MacBook Wheel

[JoshJosh117]

"Will ship in 3 to 15 months"

lol

[plinkoman]

I think I'll wait to buy until they sacrifice more usability in favor of shaving off an additional 3 microns in thickness.

[iParis]

The aardvark admitted its fault.

- Sent via my MacBook Wheel

OMG. You sent that from your MacBook Wheel?! That's so awesome!
Pretty cool knowing that everyone you send a message to knows you have one.
How long did it take you to type that post?

[DMann]

I don't see the trackpad, I thought they only said they were getting rid of the keyboard! I'm hoping that rev B has a trackpad :D

It seems the touch sensitive click wheel functions as a track pad. I'll be holding off five revisions or so until the glass touch-pad gets re-invented again.

[jmadlena]

The proof is in the elevator.

[Beric]

That was actually quite funny. :D

[Jeff321]

I LMAO'd at the predictive sentence technology and some of the sentences that popped up.

[Porco]

The Mac Wheel is so huge. I want a MacTini (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=noe3kR8KqJc)

Yes! So much funnier than the Wheel. :D

[winterspan]

HAAHAHHH! sentence completion!

"The Aardvark asked for a dagger"

[M.A.T.Macpro]

What da point havin a wheel on a MacBook,if it's da same size tht u can fit in da keybrd???and if is touch scrn thn u don't even gonna need tht wheel..come on..get real man..really don't think apple would think of something like tht..

[Digital Skunk]

I'll buy anything that's shiny and from apple.

This should be engraved on the back of every iPhone.

It should be the ring tone of every iPhone.

It should be on the voice mail when people call.

Lastly, it should be in every email sent from it, as well as every text and MMS... oh wait. :o

[TPALTony]

...funny as hell!

The last line cracked me up...

"It remains to be seen if the wheel will take off in the business world, where people use computers for actual work and not just dicking around"

Really funny!

[TuffLuffJimmy]

This should be engraved on the back of every iPhone.

It should be the ring tone of every iPhone.

It should be on the voice mail when people call.

Lastly, it should be in every email sent from it, as well as every text and MMS... oh wait. :o

You're stuck with Verizon aren't you? ;)

[Digital Skunk]

You're stuck with Verizon aren't you? ;)

Nope Sprint! :D The sinking ship. But they are giving this stuff away.

[mjstew33]

"It will be available in 3-15 months"

Made me laugh out loud... :D

[duffer]

What da point havin a wheel on a MacBook,if it's da same size tht u can fit in da keybrd???and if is touch scrn thn u don't even gonna need tht wheel..come on..get real man..really don't think apple would think of something like tht..

I thought the Brits spoke "proper" English? Or is this a joke I'm not getting?

[r.j.s]

No kidding.. lol...

This is hilarious though.

Whooooooooosshhh ....


That went WAY over your head, didn't it?

[Saladinos]

Just got off the phone! Sold my kids for medical research. Ordering one now!

[Ramashalanka]

What da point havin a wheel on a MacBook,if it's da same size tht u can fit in da keybrd???and if is touch scrn thn u don't even gonna need tht wheel..come on..get real man..really don't think apple would think of something like tht..

I get it, you "typed" that with the wheel, didn't you!

[alexlovesmacs]

This made my day yesterday.:p

EDIT: It's so real as well.

[drwatz0n]

Did any of you read the email the guy was typing?

"Dear Robber, You wont believe where I am# I)m at the Mac Expo ænd I am USING thep colic new Macwheel laptop. I'll BET YOU ARE JEAlouz"

[dvdhsu]

Wow.
I'm so mad at Apple for not introducing my shiny new iMac today, so I'm just going to get one of these.
Ahh- Imagine the joy of watching a movie on one of those guys.
Crisp screen.
Dedicated buttons to fast forward.
And I can launch it just by pressing two buttons and finding it in a list!!!

I hope it comes with 802.11n too!
Then I can stream my videos from my retired MacBook Air!

[k2spitfire88]

The Mac Wheel is so huge. I want a MacTini (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=noe3kR8KqJc)

Forget the Mac Wheel and the MacTini. I want an iToilet (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Ph79vPIiWbM&feature=related)

[pimentoLoaf]

Don't forget the iHam (http://www.ijam.es/). :D

[iBlue]

Hilarious! :D


Bonus: I like how the thread title has to indicate [humor] to suit those who are too thick to figure that out for themselves.

[jodelli]

3 to 15 months? Forget it! I can build my own Hack-in-Wheel faster than that...

[LiveForever]

Brilliant!

I love apple but you just have to laugh at this

Steve Jobs" People Who use keyboards are standing in the way of human progress"

The predictive sentances-eg "The Abortion went well."

Classic, definetly a keeper.

[donga]

great satire. pokes fun at all us apple fanboys/fangirls :p

[Dagless]

Completely ripped off a sketch from Peter Serafinowicz. For shame The Onion.

[vvebsta]

Thank you Onion! This video made my day! :):):)

After a pretty mellow Macworld keynote (no offense to Phil) I needed that!

[benlangdon]

What are you talking about??? I've already ordered the 40GB model.


pshh the 1.54436 gb solid state drive is so much better.
ya the rhino battery thats $2049 is such a good idea, i mean jesus 23 minutes of battery time is amazing
and the fact that it can never be removed saves on pollution

omg i can't wait only 15 months 5 days left :D
i can't wait for the thousands of clicks to come.

[severe]

"The aardvark asked for a ride."


Ha! :D

[bobsentell]

I like the part where the guy says "I'm buy anything that's shiny and made by Apple." LMAO

[themoonisdown09]

I'm getting one.

[SimonTheSoundMa]

Please change the OP to one we can all see. Anyone outside of the USA can't see it.

http://www.theonion.com/content/video/apple_introduces_revolutionary?utm_source=embedded_video

[iBlue]

Please change the OP to one we can all see. Anyone outside of the USA can't see it.

http://www.theonion.com/content/video/apple_introduces_revolutionary?utm_source=embedded_video

I saw it just fine and I'm in the UK. :confused:

[dnguyen]

one of my friends sent me this link and thought it was real hehe

[tMac85]

that was soooo funny.

and so real-ish.

love the small little things apple does that they blew up and over exaggerated. Fantastic.

[Hawkeye411]

Saw this over on Engadget. http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/05/macbook-wheel-revealed-by-the-onion-news-network/
http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e236/lbcsk8r303/Picture3-2.png

Pretty Funny. Just a spoof obviously but I thought this was very amusing. Especially the part when they said " I'll buy almost any thing that's new and shiney made by Apple"
:D

Thanks for the link. I couldn't view the link that MacRumors provided because the website said that the video could only be viewed within the USA.

Cheers.

[homeward]

Thanks for that picture of the iWheel in the elevator. It was so funny I cried.

[happydude]

very funny, gotta love the onion!!

[iAthena]

I like the part where the guy says "I'm buy anything that's shiny and made by Apple." LMAO

That's the line I laughed hardest at too. :)

[gkarris]

great satire. pokes fun at all us apple fanboys/fangirls :p

Where's the Firewire Port?

Does it come WITH the remote?

APPLE STORE IS DOWN!

I'm in line right now... :eek:

:D

[lazyrighteye]

So well done.
Spot. On.

"People who use keyboards standing in the way of human progress."

[bigjnyc]

LOL!! that was awesome. i loved it.

[chainprayer]

the high end model was personally kissed and had the wheel rotated one time by steve jobs himself

best post i have ever seen!

[autrefois]

that was soooo funny.

and so real-ish.

love the small little things apple does that they blew up and over exaggerated. Fantastic.

That's what's best about it. It's obviously fake and exaggerated, but there's a little element of truth in just about everything in that video. :D

[esquire360]

love this watched it 10 times..... "Virtually indestructible, unless dropped or hit"

[Hemingray]

This is the best Apple parody in a long time, in my opinion! Very well done! I especially liked all the random errors that were in the email to his friend. :D

[PowerFullMac]

Hilarious! :p

I even downloaded this into my HD! :D

[Gravity]

i CaN't sToP LaUgHINg!

[chakosticks]

I wonder if the Beijing Evening News will reprint this as fact like they did when the Onion ran a story about the US Congress threatening to leave Washington unless a new Capitol was built...including the Capitol being fitted with a retractable dome. "If we want to stay competitive, we need to upgrade."

The best thing was the Chinese paper's response...

Yu Bin, the editor in charge of international news...adamantly ruled out a correction and grew slightly obstreperous when pressed to comment on the article's lack of truth.

"How do you know whether or not we checked the source before we published the story?" Yu demanded in a phone interview. "How can you prove it's not correct?"

[manowarwi]

My favorite spoof is still the Apple iRaq:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukhw0388k3U

[aristotle]

What possessed you guys to link to HULU for an ONN video when HULU is only available in the US while ONN is available everywhere? Why? Bloody Yanks.
:mad:
Here is the original link on theonion.
http://www.theonion.com/content/video/apple_introduces_revolutionary?utm_source=embedded_video

[avediswolf]

I got windows in my house
I mean...
I got one wheel on my book
I mean...
I got one of the macbook wheels!
( It takes a while to get used to typing on this thing )

The aardvark admitted it was wrong.
nevermind. :) :)

[branjosef]

I aM aT THE Apple STore Demoing IT And... and I am TYPing On IT WrITE NOW !!! LuV ThE CliCK WhEeel!! Evrytime I 87^%


:cool::cool:

[jedidove]

Best part is the shortcut for searching displaying the hard drive contents. Pressing the two opposite sides of an apple click wheel at the same time is impossible lol!

[jojo13]

hahahahahah so funny hahahaha
the quality of the parodie is... awesome.

[broncopde]

Simply Genius! As The Onion always is.

[Small White Car]

Completely ripped off a sketch from Peter Serafinowicz. For shame The Onion.

They're both making fun of the same things about Apple, but they've done them in different ways.

Or do you think once someone has made a joke about a subject, that subject is off limits forever?

If so, Serafinowicz is stepping on "Saturday Night Live" since they made up the 'iPod Micro' a good 2 years before Serafinowicz made his video. Does that make Peter wrong? Of course not.

[leishan]

Gotta love the Onion!!

[MacAlpha]

Yay!!! I just ordered the 40GB model :D

[Dmac77]

Honestly, this wouldn't surprise me. If Ive decides that it looks better then a keyboard Jobs will say okay. Apple has decided that looks are more important then brains.

Don

[Loccy]

Can't we emulate the Macbook Wheel on our new multitouch mousepads?

C'mon, someone out there must have the kexts from a development Macbook Wheel, or a developer version of the OS that we can hack around with!
:D

[RedTomato]

I'm not buying it unless it has Firewire.

[iasky]

Laughed so hard it made me cry!

[sushi]

I'm not buying it unless it has Firewire.
But USB 2.0 is just as fast, according to some folks. :p

Just watched the video again. Very good. :)

[IgnatiusTheKing]

"The ass asked for a better absinthe."

[Sandie Lee]

Now if they could only make it a mini ... something that could fit in the palm of your hand, and maybe lose the whole "book" idea. The whole opening and closing of my MacBook just seems to waste time, ya know? :D

Thanks for posting the video. I laughed so hard [I think I even snorted].

[illegallydead]

LMAO. That was great.

I am totally gonna go into the nearest Apple store and ask for the Macbook Wheel (see if anyone of the "Geniuses" have a sense of humor) Better yet, load that as the Home screen on all the computers in there. See people's reactions. Lol.

[PowerFullMac]

LMAO. That was great.

I am totally gonna go into the nearest Apple store and ask for the Macbook Wheel (see if anyone of the "Geniuses" have a sense of humor) Better yet, load that as the Home screen on all the computers in there. See people's reactions. Lol.

Great idea, I'll do that next time I'm at the Apple Store, too, thanks for the idea! :D

[MacFly123]

Ok, ok, that was pretty funny I admit. :p

[kastenbrust]

I bet some really bored slightly cookoo programmer has already developed an App that you can install on your Macbook and use the gen 2 Ipod wheel to control it.

[PowerFullMac]

152038

Heres what the sentence guess thing said after they scrolled it a bit.

[BuzWeaver]

Just 45mins to type an email.

[broncopde]

"It remains to be seen if the wheel will catch on in the business world for actual work and not just dicking around."

Hysterical!

[r.j.s]

Just 45mins to type an email.

"It remains to be seen if the wheel will catch on in the business world for actual work and not just dicking around."

Hysterical!

It remains to be seen whether anyone will actually read this thread to see that some phrases from the video have been repeated a few dozen times already.

[branjosef]

152038

Heres what the sentence guess thing said after they scrolled it a bit.


When I tried to use it, anything I typed kept being corrected to ... "COME WITH ME IF YOU WANT TO LIVE!!"

[bobfitz14]

152038

Heres what the sentence guess thing said after they scrolled it a bit.

well whoever created the corrections thing for the iPhone/iPod Touch clearly was on vacation during the making of this corrections system..besides for that the thing itself is so ugly.

[Sesshi]

Bang on - treads the fine line between satire and reality - especially the bit about not dicking around ;)

[TuffLuffJimmy]

Bang on - treads the fine line between satire and reality - especially the bit about not dicking around ;)

That was the best part. I'd say a fair bit of the new OS X user base talks about how much more efficiently they can work on their new macs than they actually do. When compared to their windows counterparts who just sit down and finish their work.

[galstaph]

now we just need the macbook touch;)

[PowerFullMac]

Did anyone else notice this at the bottom?

152204

:D

[nagromme]

Onion New Network is great--the sets, the acting, everything perfect.

Pause and read the sentence predictions--too funny :D And at the end: the next model won't have a wheel or screen. (Shuffle?)

Also funny: the idea (common enough to make fun of) that Apple cranks out bad products which people buy just because they're from Apple. (Examples? People will always point to the Cube... but isn't that an example of a GOOD product that people did NOT buy?)

[branjosef]

To avoid news bias, the onion interviewed a devoted microsoft user who stated "I will buy anything thats dull and from microsoft"

Glad to see equal coverage of both companies
:rolleyes:

[Lurchdubious]

To avoid news bias, the onion interviewed a devoted microsoft user who stated "I will buy anything thats dull and from microsoft"

Glad to see equal coverage of both companies
:rolleyes:

Lol. Should've read, "...anything that's dull, overpriced, buggy, and from MS."

I'm gonna start checking out the Onion more often.

[TuffLuffJimmy]

To avoid news bias, the onion interviewed a devoted microsoft user who stated "I will buy anything thats dull and from microsoft"

Glad to see equal coverage of both companies
:rolleyes:

"It might be a buggy version 1.0 (don't even act like Apple isn't more guilty of releasing buggy products too early) but at least it gets the job done and doesn't cost an arm and a leg."

[Sesshi]

Onion New Network is great--the sets, the acting, everything perfect.

They're superb. I believe that one of their videos - the Make-A-Wish one - actually managed to bamboozle some idiots in the real press. My favourite is the Ninja parade.

Also funny: the idea (common enough to make fun of) that Apple cranks out bad products which people buy just because they're from Apple. (Examples? People will always point to the Cube... but isn't that an example of a GOOD product that people did NOT buy?)

It's funny? I've never found reality that amusing.

[Srai-W]

I love it. I had to watch it a couple of times. How much effort did they go to? :p

[tonyroberts09]

"Oh my god Becky, look at her butt, it is soo big."

[sushi]

I'm just wondering how long it will be until some company makes a gag gift that looks like this. Wouldn't that be fun. :)

Yes, I realize that it would be too expensive. But the whole concept just has me laughing. The Onion did such a good "job" with it. Ha ha!

[thebassoonist]

HAHAHAHAHAHA! I loved it! That is fantastic.

[iMaggot]

LMAO this is too funny:D

[WPeterson]

late to be here. the idea is so-so, not that funny as "mactini", right?

but the onion's video seems really cool.


:cool:

[luzcool]

I love when people take so many time and effort to make fun at anyone, great video by the way, I wonder if they do fun at Win Vista, they have tons of material to do fun at
:D

[PowerFullMac]

I had a dream last night where Apple made something very similar to this!

Yes, that's how sad I am :D

[little nin]

i need one now!!

[jackiecanev2]

Ah haha. That's one of the best spoofs I've seen in a long time.

[dvdhsu]

I get it, you "typed" that with the wheel, didn't you!

ohiget itnow,
:D

How about an iPod Touch Wheel. The iPod Touch, but also with a Revolutionary Click Wheel. :cool:

[mercedes]

I wonder if they do fun at Win Vista, they have tons of material to do fun at

The thing is Vista is THE joke. Loved it!

[Master Debater]

"If it's shiny and made by Apple, I'll buy it."

So true.

[Srai-W]

I had a dream last night where Apple made something very similar to this!

Yes, that's how sad I am :D

haha... don't worry I dreamt about MWSF and woke up (being in Singapore the keynote was at 1am my time) knowing the mini had not been updated... So sad!!!!! :o

[danpat]

Please don't post Hulu videos until they get their ****** together and allow non-US viewers to see their content.
The internet is international last time I checked.

[kastenbrust]

Please don't post Hulu videos until they get their ****** together and allow non-US viewers to see their content.
The internet is international last time I checked.

I dont live in the US and i can see it.

[stcanard]

I dont live in the US and i can see it.

I don't know about other countries, but instead of a video everyone in Canada sees a black box with the following:

We're sorry, currently our video library can only be streamed within the United States. For more info on Hulu's international availability, click here.

If you're inside the United States and believe you've received this message in error, please click here.


So I really have no idea how it is available in the UK, since their FAQ entry also says US only, maybe it is mis-guessing an IP, or maybe there is a deal they haven't updated their messages for yet.

But I agree -- if there is an internationally available source for the video, that would be infinitely preferable to link to instead of one that annoys users every time they look at the page.