man, it seems like no one is happy. Just to remind some of us:
1. Expos are not the only release points, so don't sweat it about the Pmacs and ACC. ACC Will probably be a forth comming update to iTunes, or, it is hung up in the MPEG LA liscensing agreement. No one wants to pay for iTunes, so you may ahve to use QT PRo to re convert even if iTunes supports the files. Given the end of the current rebate programs, you can probably expect new hardware by August 13th, or maybe the 24th to release with Jaguar.
2. Apple has obviously been working overtime to provide us with a very nice OS update. Even with the price, this is probably a loss per unit product, hence the other charge services.
3. Freebies have been dead for a while now, try getting free shipping ofr out post on most of their items. Free stuff was a hallmark of the .com boom, and while those were great times for everybody at the time, we are suffering the pain now. That will probably get worse before it gets better. (see stock market)
4. I think part of the problem around here is the high number of very young people who are Mac crazy. Thats cool that young people like Macs, I loved them as a kid from my Mac Plus on up. However, people seem to have a real strek of entitlement syndrome going on, which is wierd, since a lot of these people have not shelled out dime one for apple.
5. You spend more for the hardware because its well built and it does what you want. The hardware will continue to improve, and anyone who thinks a wintell box is better because it has some highly modified numbers tacked to it is fooling thmeselves. What's speed without real functionality.
6. An intelligent person would rather drive a well built Benz at a slower speed than a slapped together miata thirty miles an hour faster (this goes for Hardware and OS)
