Yep, that completely destroyed all the respect I had for them. Which wasn't much, admittedly, but they were neck-and-neck with Engadget. What an idiotic thing to do...
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Apple Announces MacBook Air Shipping, Apple TV Update Delayed
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Yep, that completely destroyed all the respect I had for them. Which wasn't much, admittedly, but they were neck-and-neck with Engadget. What an idiotic thing to do...
this seems like an awful long delay just to fix flickr integration. in my opinion that is.
everything seems to work great in the guided tour on apple's page
haMy two cents is that Apple may not have the talent on board to pull off whatever they have been trying to do with Apple TV. It has been a confusing product launch, limited capability with the original (especially in the HD era), very limited library of movies given the time this has been bouncing around, and now this delay.
DRM and multiple studio negotiations have, no doubt, made this the most complicated offering Apple has had to sort through.
DRM and multiple studio negotiations have, no doubt, made this the most complicated offering Apple has had to sort through.
See my edit above. Also, why should I feel stupid for not trusting Gizmodo until someone cited the Apple press release.
It's not like I'm saying there's no possibility of a delay or that Apple's own statement is incorrect.
Unless you believe in psychic powers (and if you do, you should go on Jon Edwards' show and get ripped off by him) I don't see how I'm any less intelligent for not possessing (imaginary) powers of prediction.
I think that was related to Flickr's servers, not the actual Apple TV software. I know I was watching Flickr feeds of people taking pictures during the keynote, and Flickr's Web site slowed to a crawl half-way through.
never mind 'get it right is better than rushed but buggy'. If it wasn't going to be available 'in two weeks', then Steve Jobs shouldn't have announced that at Macworld. 'in two weeks' suggests its basically ready apart from a few minor checks. If that wasn't the case, then he should have said 'this quarter' or something similarly vague.
My Compressor that hasn't worked since June of last year says Apple doesn't know how to handle anything other than the iPhone and iPod, software problem wise....!
Actually it's more than just the user interface.
They're moving it from Tiger (10.4) to Leopard (10.5) also.
The download itself should be quite large, which might be a part of the problem with the eminent release of 10.5.2. I'm not sure if the two releases are connected, but I wouldn't be surprised in the lease.
Expect it to be closer to one week than two, depending on 10.5.2 (it will be after that release).
Thats gonna help the shareprice...
I guess they have not quite ironed out that flickr bug!
I'm just waiting for the other shoe to drop.. iphone SDK delayed!
My theory is this "Key Leak" actually came from Apple and they are going to use it as an excuse to delay the SDK.
I guess they have not quite ironed out that flickr bug!
I'm just waiting for the other shoe to drop.. iphone SDK delayed!
My theory is this "Key Leak" actually came from Apple and they are going to use it as an excuse to delay the SDK.
Everyday, and sometimes twice a day, I have checked for the Apple TV software update. I bought mine right after THE keynote thinking that it was already shipping with the update. Yeah, so I missed that whole "in 2 weeks thing." As if that wasn't disheartening enough, now I've gotta wait another 2 weeks or so.
Sigh.
Sigh.
Bingo.
I'm betting this has NOTHING to do with programers and everything to do with lawyers arguing over the tiny details of the movie rental model. The sort of details that you'd never even see in the fine print on apple.com they're so small.
That's the kind of stuff that takes forever to work out and can keep changing up to the last minute. (Or longer, apparently!)
Which will come out first,TV software update or new MBP???
I'd say it'll be a 16core Mac Pro before a
TV update
Your right - however we dont know what is holding it up. I have several guesses though and I think it could be all off them combined:
- Software bugs
- Based on OSX 10.5.2 - not ready yet - just a guess
- Studio negotiations (NBC)
I'd rather it be delayed than not up to par
i would agree except rentals are already here in itunes!?
The only difference between itunes on a computer and Apple TV is the HD content..
What are you talking about? Do you have an Apple TV. Even the current version of it is really cool.
Once the Rental Store is over I for one will never use OnDemand to rent a movie again. Talk about a poor and slow user interface.
As far as the library goes, at launch it will be much larger than many cable companies OnDemand (I'm referring to the movie rental portion) service.
In my opinion Apple as mastered the art of video DRM.
the delay doesn't completely surprise me, given the new rental model. i'm sure they're having bugs getting everything tweaked.
3 points:
1. At least they are waiting until it's right, instead of giving in to fanboy pressure and releasing a half-a$$ed patch.
2. At least they told us about it and acknowledged the delay. Unlike many other companies who would pretend they never gave a time frame...
3. Sounds to me like they are saying "2 weeks" just to be REALLY safe, so they don't have to push it back again. I bet it gets released before the next 2-week mark. I hope. And pray. Please...
1. At least they are waiting until it's right, instead of giving in to fanboy pressure and releasing a half-a$$ed patch.
2. At least they told us about it and acknowledged the delay. Unlike many other companies who would pretend they never gave a time frame...
3. Sounds to me like they are saying "2 weeks" just to be REALLY safe, so they don't have to push it back again. I bet it gets released before the next 2-week mark. I hope. And pray. Please...
Agreed. Now we can all relax and enjoy our ATV for what it can do now. Which is quite a bit already in its current revision.
I would rather the AppleTV update to be delayed, then the iPhone SDK
But hey, 2 weeks isn't too bad. Better then, delayed 2 months
But hey, 2 weeks isn't too bad. Better then, delayed 2 months