No Leopard. Not good IMHO. Yes the iPhone is sweet. However Leopard is what will be going up against Vista over the next year and beyond. How about those "top secret" features Steve?
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Live Macworld 2007 Keynote Coverage
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YES! Thats the idea of capitalism. Companies are supposed to make products that consumers want. A lot of people want innovation in computers but they arent giving it. You know why, cause Apple knows that the OS X is so good no one can switch back to XP, so they rather let their computers lag, since no one is going to leave, a few just might not switch. No big deal when you can reel in a cash cow like a phone.
Great. Its better for Apple. But not for me, they are just going to put that money into accesories not computers, its no longer Apple Computers. Unfortuantely there are still alot of people who love OS X but think the hardware is way too limited, innovative, and expensive. Its like Gates said, which I think was actually a very wise statement, he couldnt concede that Vista was better than OS X but he said we've got flexibility that Apple doesn't. They have 19" touch screen. Laptops with wi-fi finders. Laptop that are less than 3 pounds. Ones with spill-proof keyboards. Tablets. UMPCs. The hardware on the Windows side kills Apple's Hardware. The only problem is the software. Its obvious this shift in strategy is going to be long term just look at their website.
The tabs are:
Apple
Store
iPhone
iPod
.Mac
Quicktime
Support
Mac OS X
They are focusing on the iPhone and iPod, the hardware doesnt even have its own TAB for christ's sake. Yet of course there is one for the OS X to nicely show off.
Abosultely ridiculsous.
What's the point of Apple tipping their hand on Leopard's secret features so soon, rather than waiting til after Vista has launched to consumers, etc.?
Woohoo at least something other than the damn PHONE AND TV thingy
But doesnt stream iTunes... kinda sucks man
I didnt say it was terrible they made a phone. What I said mostly was it would be terrible if they DIDNT throw this into a tablet. It would show extreme lack of care for their computer sector.
Not even iLife'07. I'm extremely disappointed. I was going to go out and get a new iMac bundled with iLife'07 but now...
But doesnt stream iTunes... kinda sucks man
I guess they had to do it. Or else what about the Express?
And a lot of that Windows-based hardware is crap or poorly implemented (seriously, have you tried using the UMPC's from Samsung, Sony, etc?).
Part of the idea of capitalism is also to make products that as many people as possible want.
It would be awesome if Apple made some crazy tablet Mac, but I think the big reason they haven't yet is that the tech just isn't there, and a lot of tablets that are out there don't sell all that well.
But as much as you seem to hate Apple for focusing on this new phone, I would again venture to say that what they've accomplished with the new tech in this phone will find its way into new types of Mac that wouldn't even have been conceivable before.
I think Apple is doing plenty of cool stuff on the hardware side, and I expect more things unveiled over the year. Everything doesn't have to be released during Steve's keynote, especially not when it is dedicated to a completely new Apple product.
Just noticed that as well - what a crock of crap. Replace the tab for the ENTIRE line of computers with info on a not-even-available cell phone? Give me a break. At least with the switch to Intel, even if Apple royal farks up OSX and stops selling computers we can run Vista along with our old 10.4/5 apps.
EDIT: Even .Mac, a worthless product and Quicktime, which is now/should be more a part of iTunes than a stand alone product have their own tabs! They should have just bundled .Mac with all iPhones and lumped the .Mac info into the iPhone tab so that Hardware would still be up there.
A lot of it is crap I agree. But a lot of it is better than Mac. The fact is you have a choice. And a lot of the crap is cheap too. So some people care more about price than quality. Choice is a very nice thing. I mean if Apple's hardware is crap I have no choice but take it. Yet other places I can look all around for whatever I want.
What!!!??? No computer upgrades, like Mac Pro, Leopard info, or iLife 07? I'm disappointed. I thought more stuff would happen. Sure the iPhone is awesome, but I have verizon...
Umm because for all intents and puposes MS was finished with code development in Vista back in November. There is a negative percent chance of MS releasing ANYTHING demoed by Apple at this point.
What if Jobs introduced a new laptop that only blue eyed left handers could use? You'd wonder why Apple would do such a thing?
Apple has just introduced a great phone/iPod that only Cingular customers who reside in the U.S. can use -- and not until June.
Cingular has a thirty percent marketshare in the U.S. Why is Apple dissing sevently percent of cellphone users? Do they plan on doing the same with future iPod introductions, or laptops? Of course not.
EDIT: One last point. It scares me when someone says that all they need to do is capture "1 percent" of the market. If the iPhone ends up capturing numbers this low (just as Macs do) investors will be screaming. Did Apple just introduce the equivalent of the Mac for phones? If so, will Microsoft come in and introduce a phone that can be used with Sprint and Verizon? If so, Jobs will be crucified for doing to the iPhone what Apple did many years ago when they didn't license their OS.
Okay, so, it all started great, salivating at all the cool features of this new Apple gadget called iPhone for nearly an hour...
Then the bad news:
* $500-$600 WITH a contract.
* Cingular only (so phone will be locked and you get crappy service).
* Not available until June. WTF???
* Partnering with Yahoo for email. Why???
* Only 8GB on the most expensive unit??? Not enough for all the media.
Bah Humbug! Looks like the curse of Newton is back. All this buildup for an overpriced, crippled product that is still 5+ months away. Disappointing.
Then the bad news:
* $500-$600 WITH a contract.
* Cingular only (so phone will be locked and you get crappy service).
* Not available until June. WTF???
* Partnering with Yahoo for email. Why???
* Only 8GB on the most expensive unit??? Not enough for all the media.
Bah Humbug! Looks like the curse of Newton is back. All this buildup for an overpriced, crippled product that is still 5+ months away. Disappointing.
I hope you are right. My rant is slight premature since Apple could easily announce a Tablet in a month with this technology and I would be delighted. It just stymied me a bit how the Keynote was dedicated.
On another not its nice to see the New Airport Extreme being $180. That way in line with products form other manufacturers which makes me want to buy one. Since I was looking into a n, and have always wanted the Aiport since its easy to configure, yet the price was a huge turn off. Might be interested, wonder whats the price in Canada and for students.
Right, I'm not talking about Apple worrying about MS lifting anything at this point, just that there isn't a whole lot of need for them to spill the beans on Leopard yet, since it won't be out til May or so. I would think that a special event would be more appropriate, same with new hardware (i.e. new Santa Rosa-based MBP's, etc.).
Adding a USB drive to your airport extreme will make Time Machine very easy to deploy. I like that idea a lot.
Does anyone know if the USB slot on the Apple TV does has the same functionality?
I guess we'll be on high media-event-alert for the next month or two awaiting Leopard/iLife/iWork news. I'm disappointed not to be ordering at least iLife and iWork tonight but I am excited to think they may be enhanced by Leopard.
Does anyone know if the USB slot on the Apple TV does has the same functionality?
I guess we'll be on high media-event-alert for the next month or two awaiting Leopard/iLife/iWork news. I'm disappointed not to be ordering at least iLife and iWork tonight but I am excited to think they may be enhanced by Leopard.
Since the Mini is not listed, I still expect a bump within the next 3 months then. No point in buying a new Mini in the meantime.