Originally posted by G4scott
There was just a complaint in abother thread about how we never know about what Apple's doing ahead of time. Would you rather know that these programs will be available later on, or would you rather wait until the day before they're released to find out that Apple's making them?
It depends. The market Apple is in can be different from other markets, such as games. I've known Doom 3 has been in the works for awhile, but it doesn't make me want to go and buy Doom 2 and feel I got the same use out of it. Sort of like movies, even. Just because I saw Superman I, doesn't mean it will be the same as Superman II.
With hardware and software, though, if they announce a new product TOO early, it might kill their sales for the time being. If Apple announces a great new Powermac, but it is still 3 months down the line, I just might wait 3 months so I can get even more power for a similar price to what I could pay now.
But if a company comes out with a great new Killer App X, and no one else has made or seen anything like it, then it might be of some interest to announce it a little before it has come out, but not too far ahead, or someone else might steal the idea and make their own hacked version of the product (not like we know any company who would do such a thing, mind you, *cough, cough*).
I fully support Apple into working more in the software field...hey, look how rich it made Microsoft. BUT, my biggest complaint is that they need to make sure they don't spread themselves too thin, or they will not be able to put the proper amount of energy and focus into each of their products. Look at Microsoft...I wouldn't really consider any of their apps as the leader in their field for innovation or just because they are that good...Microsoft has spread itself out way too thinly, trying to make an OS, a browser, an Office suite, a game console, a news network, an ISP, an IM, a server....need I continue? They just can't be everything to everyone, as much as they would love to snatch up that last fleeting 10% (or so) of the market who has deviated away from them. So, as long as Apple can make a few, but amazing, software products, and not try and kill the third parties in the process, I'm up for that.
I also noticed how the eye seems to have that Photoshop 7 feel to it, but I especially liked the little color-wheel representation they did. Kind of clever. Sort of. A bit...a bit....but she has got a wart....
