Apple Had Long Planned to Leave Macworld

[pubwvj]

I'm not too surprised. With the web who needs trade shows? The Internet has replaced what shows used to do, besides the carousing and partying. It is much more efficient and environmentally friendly to skip the shows and use online resources. In-person meetings and travel are so passé.

Our company dumped trade shows over ten years ago. I stopped going to them too. Live is now less stressful, more pleasant and we still have the sales thanks to the web.

Apple's just getting with the times.

 

[VicMacs]

shows save a lot of research time

I think shows do save up time for us resellers and distributors, you get to meet the top people of a company and chances are that you will do business with them and meeting is just better than sending an online applicaton, they know youre for real and it vanishes the hassles of modern day fraud and skepticism.

And also you get to see products you wouldnt have had the chance to see because there are just so many out there that it is very hard to reaearch and find the best products among the rest. After my first MacWorld my sales have skyrocketed and I believe it is majorly due to the new products and pricing I brought back from macworld. I dont know if its a good trip for normal consumers but for resellers and distributors its a must.

 

[pubwvj]

And also you get to see products you wouldnt have had the chance to see because there are just so many out there that it is very hard to reaearch and find the best products among the rest. After my first MacWorld my sales have skyrocketed and I believe it is majorly due to the new products and pricing I brought back from macworld. I dont know if its a good trip for normal consumers but for resellers and distributors its a must.

Interesting thought. I have only thought about it from the consumer angle and the producer angle. But if the resellers and distributors are benefiting so much from the trade shows then perhaps they should fund the trade shows. We sell direct to consumers and businesses, thus cutting out the distributors. The web has made this even easier for us.

 

[numediaman]

The same thing all the IDG conferences are for.

To make money for IDG.

And why is that bad?

I guess someone has to defend the media, so here goes: someone has to deliver news and information, and without a way to make profits there is no way writers can do their jobs.

I know that MacWorld profits from Apple, but it also profits from every other company that profits from Apple. In other words, if no one profits from Apple no one will support Apple. This was the basic lesson exploited by Microsoft many years ago.

MacWorld has probably gone on long enough, but I really can't blame IDG here. The real problem is that trade shows, in general, are getting a bad reputation because of ridiculous fees for things like in-booth Internet, waste basket dumping and other stupid fees that are out of control. No one likes the fees associated with trade shows (I received a notice that it will cost my company almost a thousand dollars for an internet connection at a show where we spend less than two thousand for the booth space itself).

 

[AidenShaw]

No one likes the fees associated with trade shows (I received a notice that it will cost my company almost a thousand dollars for an internet connection at a show where we spend less than two thousand for the booth space itself).

Bring your own.... (3G to WiFi router)

http://www.kyocera-wireless.com/kr1-router/

 

[chatin]

Silent politics coming Apple's way?

Definitly the wrong time to drop this bomb on the opinion leaders that float this company. I heard on Mac OS Ken D6 that there may be a silent protest at the keynote. (No applause please!)