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Has Steve, Woz or any other Apple related person ever visited/posted on macrumors?
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BornAgainMac
macrumors 604
I was curious so I looked at the member list and I could find a Steve Jobs but not a Woz. The Steve Jobs person is a newbie and only made one post. That member said the iWalk rumor was not going to happen.
I forgot what iWalk was suppose to be about. I am sure they would enjoy reading the feedback on products and possible product ideas.
If it was a fake Steve Jobs. It was a waste of a member name since it was only a single post from that person.
I forgot what iWalk was suppose to be about. I am sure they would enjoy reading the feedback on products and possible product ideas.
If it was a fake Steve Jobs. It was a waste of a member name since it was only a single post from that person.
Unorthodox
macrumors 65816
I know I'm so mad.BornAgainMac said:
That username should be deleted. So someone else can have it.
Unorthodox
macrumors 65816
I know for a fact that we've had at least one employee as a regular here. Doubt it was anyone very high up though.
Ironically he got banned for some comments he made in the Political forum.
Ironically he got banned for some comments he made in the Political forum.
Unorthodox said:
How do we know that Apple management types read the rumor sites?
Well, at that time the buzz in the air was of the Intel transition and low and behold one of Steve's first comments was "Yes, it's true!" complete with Keynote slide where the "e" was slightly dropped below the baseline of "tru" in an Intel stylee.
There you have it, somebody at Apple reads the rumor sites!! 😉
OutThere
macrumors 603
I'm sure that, while the 'big ones' probably haven't been here, Apple does have some people who regularly visit major mac-discussion forums, simply for market research sake.
It's simply good business to keep tabs on what your most dedicated customers have to say to each other.
It's simply good business to keep tabs on what your most dedicated customers have to say to each other.
kalisphoenix
macrumors 65816
Wrong question.
Not "Does Apple visit...." but "Does Apple listen?" -- it'd be staggeringly stupid for a company like Apple, with such a clearly-defined and fanatical fanbase, to disregard the free and uninhibited advice of their customers.
For the most part, though, they take us with a grain of salt. Remember the reaction to the iPod? To the Intel switch? Both have been massive successes, at least in my opinion, but if Apple made decisions based on the recommendations of their customers, well, we would never have seen either of those. (Of course, we might have also been fortunate to miss that iPod speaker thing, the leather case, iPod socks, and my VESA mount-less iMac)
Not "Does Apple visit...." but "Does Apple listen?" -- it'd be staggeringly stupid for a company like Apple, with such a clearly-defined and fanatical fanbase, to disregard the free and uninhibited advice of their customers.
For the most part, though, they take us with a grain of salt. Remember the reaction to the iPod? To the Intel switch? Both have been massive successes, at least in my opinion, but if Apple made decisions based on the recommendations of their customers, well, we would never have seen either of those. (Of course, we might have also been fortunate to miss that iPod speaker thing, the leather case, iPod socks, and my VESA mount-less iMac)
G5Unit said:
If Steve Jobs has the problems iGary had with his equipment and getting it replaced, we're all in trouble...
