The Real Story on Apple TV

awright07 · Mar 15, 2007, 12:13 PM

It's the exact middle of March and I find myself STILL waiting for the release of Apple TV. For a product originally slated to ship in February, I have to ask Apple, what's the hold up?

MacBoobsPro · Mar 15, 2007, 12:26 PM

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Originally Posted by awright07

It's the exact middle of March and I find myself STILL waiting for the release of Apple TV. For a product originally slated to ship in February, I have to ask Apple, what's the hold up?

You need to ask yourself would you want a rushed out product thats not finished and likely has bugs in it?

GimmeSlack12 · Mar 15, 2007, 12:29 PM

Dude they said they'd ship in February and should rightfully be a bit upset that it isn't in your house yet.

Rushed product is not the point, the point is why is it late. People would still have bought it if the ship date was March.

roland.g · Mar 15, 2007, 12:57 PM

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Originally Posted by GimmeSlack12

Dude they said they'd ship in February and should rightfully be a bit upset that it isn't in your house yet.

Rushed product is not the point, the point is why is it late. People would still have bought it if the ship date was March.

Yeah, ok. Hmm. It's a month or so behind. So PC users, Vista, I mean Longhorn took how long. But a month, that's unforgivable. The problem isn't that it's not here yet, the problem is...

Cult Follower · Mar 15, 2007, 01:05 PM

I would prefer a flawless product, and maybe the chance of an unannounced feature. Being a month late doesn't bother me.

Dagless · Mar 15, 2007, 01:38 PM

Give me a perfect, delayed product over a buggy box in the living room.

ijimk · Mar 15, 2007, 01:46 PM

added feature of playing itunes downloaded games? a months hell 2 months isn't that bad IMO

Danksi · Mar 15, 2007, 01:48 PM

It'll be interesting just to see it try to live up to everyone's expectations.

(it's just another iPod after all)

slu · Mar 15, 2007, 03:16 PM

Who cares? It will come out when it comes out. You have been living without one for this long.

And if it was buggy, the amount of "AppleTV SUCKS!" threads would probably make me quit this site for a while.

jsw · Mar 15, 2007, 03:24 PM

Yeah, the latest rumors and card chargings suggest it might be - gasp - three weeks late.

Oh no. End of the world, blah blah blah.

Although, I must confess I envy those for whom the late arrival of the Apple TV is important enough to even notice, much less worry about and grow angry over. I wish my troubles were so minor.

roland.g · Mar 15, 2007, 03:28 PM

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Originally Posted by slu

Who cares? It will come out when it comes out. You have been living without one for this long.

And if it was buggy, the amount of "AppleTV SUCKS!" threads would probably make me quit this site for a while.

Somehow I don't think a lack of bugs will stop those threads. People have been complaining since Sept about the features it doesn't have: games, DVR with 2-way syncing of recorded content, 1080p, and 5.1 audio to name a few.

GimmeSlack12 · Mar 15, 2007, 04:27 PM

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Originally Posted by raggedjimmi

Give me a perfect, delayed product over a buggy box in the living room.

Give me an ontime product that works perfectly and serves fresh beer and I'll be happy. Otherwise I'm the impossible to please consumer

With no money mind you, so I don't totally count.

ftaok · Mar 16, 2007, 01:15 PM

I want to start off saying that I have no stake in whether

TV sells or not. I just thought it was funny that there are people defending Apple on a delayed product.

Back during the Motorola days (I can hear the moans...), Apple got grushed when the G4 got off to that horrid start. Moto got their share of boos as well.

Personally, I won't worry about the

TV unless they are shipped with smaller than promised hard drives or something.

GimmeSlack12 · Mar 16, 2007, 02:26 PM

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Originally Posted by ftaok

Back during the Motorola days (I can hear the moans...), Apple got grushed when the G4 got off to that horrid start. Moto got their share of boos as well.

You realize that Motorola had nothing to do with the G4 or PowerPC chips right? Either you meant IBM or the 68040 chip.

Anyway, I am curious to watch how the Apple TV is received needless to say I will jump on the bandwagon if it turns out to be a great product (like the iPod). Hopefully this becomes the turning point for bringing computer based media to the living room, but ultimately I'm skeptical.

Krevnik · Mar 16, 2007, 02:53 PM

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Originally Posted by GimmeSlack12

You realize that Motorola had nothing to do with the G4 or PowerPC chips right? Either you meant IBM or the 68040 chip.

Whuuuuuuh? Do you not remember the AIM alliance or something?

Apple, IBM and Motorola jointly developed the PowerPC chip back in the early 90s. IBM and Motorola produced their own variants of the PowerPC chip all the way until shortly before the 970 rumors/announcement started circulating, about the time Motorola spun off its semiconductors into Freescale.

The PPC 7400 (G4) was Motorola's baby, as was the 604. The 603 and 750 (G3) were IBM's. IBM was contracted to make some G4s for Apple towards the end of its lifespan when Motorola decided that Apple wasn't a good customer anymore.

In fact, Freescale still makes PPC chips, with a slant towards embedded PPC designs.

nateDEEZY · Mar 16, 2007, 03:03 PM

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Originally Posted by jsw

Although, I must confess I envy those for whom the late arrival of the Apple TV is important enough to even notice, much less worry about and grow angry over. I wish my troubles were so minor.

Werd.

Really though, chill.

GimmeSlack12 · Mar 16, 2007, 03:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Krevnik

Whuuuuuuh? Do you not remember the AIM alliance or something?

The PPC 7400 (G4) was Motorola's baby, as was the 604.

I was doing a lot of drugs during those years

so excuse my retardedness.

Aegelward · Mar 16, 2007, 03:35 PM

could be more to do with apple intending to roll out the itunes movie store internationally, or at least in europe + canada.

negotiations for these things can be pretty horrible i bet, and may be the major cause in the delay

Krevnik · Mar 16, 2007, 03:56 PM

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Originally Posted by GimmeSlack12

I was doing a lot of drugs during those years

so excuse my retardedness.

Must have been some /powerful/ stuff. :P

Mar 15, 2007, 12:13 PM	#1
awright07 macrumors newbie Join Date: Mar 2007	The Real Story on Apple TV It's the exact middle of March and I find myself STILL waiting for the release of Apple TV. For a product originally slated to ship in February, I have to ask Apple, what's the hold up?
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Mar 15, 2007, 12:29 PM	#3
GimmeSlack12 macrumors 603 Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: San Francisco	Dude they said they'd ship in February and should rightfully be a bit upset that it isn't in your house yet. Rushed product is not the point, the point is why is it late. People would still have bought it if the ship date was March. __________________ iMac 24" iBook G4 iPhone 4 iPod 80Gb
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Cult Follower macrumors 6502a Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: North Dakota	I would prefer a flawless product, and maybe the chance of an unannounced feature. Being a month late doesn't bother me. __________________ If you live each day as if it was your last, someday you'll most certainly be right. - Steve Jobs
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Dagless macrumors Core Join Date: Jan 2005	Give me a perfect, delayed product over a buggy box in the living room. __________________ Maybe if everyone who'd ever been close to you had died, you'd be sarcastic, too. Also come join us Steam users!
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ijimk macrumors 6502a Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Here	added feature of playing itunes downloaded games? a months hell 2 months isn't that bad IMO __________________ ijimk
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Mar 15, 2007, 01:48 PM	#8
Danksi macrumors 68000 Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Nelson, BC. Canada	It'll be interesting just to see it try to live up to everyone's expectations. (it's just another iPod after all) __________________ Kootenay Mountain Biking
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Mar 15, 2007, 03:16 PM	#9
slu macrumors 65816 Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Buffalo	Who cares? It will come out when it comes out. You have been living without one for this long. And if it was buggy, the amount of "AppleTV SUCKS!" threads would probably make me quit this site for a while. __________________ Macbook 2.4 C2D / Nexus 4 / iPod classic 160 GB / iPad 2 / AppleTV2&3
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Mar 15, 2007, 03:24 PM	#10
jsw Demi-God (Moderator emeritus) Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Andover, MA	Yeah, the latest rumors and card chargings suggest it might be - gasp - three weeks late. Oh no. End of the world, blah blah blah. Although, I must confess I envy those for whom the late arrival of the Apple TV is important enough to even notice, much less worry about and grow angry over. I wish my troubles were so minor. __________________ You'll be the one moaning for me to give you some. - THC(taken out of context)
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Mar 16, 2007, 01:15 PM	#13
ftaok macrumors 601 Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: East Coast	Apple customers getting soft??? I want to start off saying that I have no stake in whether TV sells or not. I just thought it was funny that there are people defending Apple on a delayed product. Back during the Motorola days (I can hear the moans...), Apple got grushed when the G4 got off to that horrid start. Moto got their share of boos as well. Personally, I won't worry about the TV unless they are shipped with smaller than promised hard drives or something.
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Mar 16, 2007, 03:35 PM	#18
Aegelward macrumors 6502 Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: UK	could be more to do with apple intending to roll out the itunes movie store internationally, or at least in europe + canada. negotiations for these things can be pretty horrible i bet, and may be the major cause in the delay
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