I do not see why everyone was so upset about macworld.I thought it was good. New iLife, iWork, drm free itunes, 17 inch macbook pro. I thought it was a decent showing. No it did not have any of the amazing new hardware people were expecting (hoping) for (iphone nano, new mac minis, mac tablet, new imacs etc.) However these were just rumours. If people did not hear these rumours, they probably wouldn't be so disappointed
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Macworld Rage Thread
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MacWorld 2006: Intel laptop/iMac
MacWorld 2007: iPhone
MacWorld 2008: ultraportable
MacWorld 2009: software
See a problem here?
Great new product:
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real size foam head of Steve, sit, hit or smack to your hearts content.
Just dont leave it next to your Dell, or you'll void its warranty.
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real size foam head of Steve, sit, hit or smack to your hearts content.
Just dont leave it next to your Dell, or you'll void its warranty.
Yes, I see the problem that you focus on the most unimportant part of the product, ie. the hardware. What could you possibly find exciting about a bunch of generic hardware in a box?
I also see the problem that Steve has been rambling on about hardware for 3 keynotes when he could have talked about something that matters.
Completely redesigned.
Macworld is no longer the be-all end-all of the Apple universe. We've gotten that message loud and clear. You might want to get used to it.
I'm troubled by this. What you're saying is: Apple could sell me computers that use nothing but single-core Atom processors, include 128MB of RAM, and have a 512MB SD card for system memory, but as long as the software looks cool, I don't care!
Try running good software on hardware that sucks. Then come back and tell me that hardware is unimportant.
I see your point, but it's an update few are going to find useful. From what I've seen, the Mac Pro outsells the 17" MacBook Pro by a fair margin. The most innovative part of the new 17" MBP is the larger, non-removable battery with a special chip in it.
Compare this to the computers running on completely new hardware in 2006, an entrance into the mobile phone industry in 2007, and Apple's (and apparently the world's) thinnest and lightest 13" notebook in 2008, and a bigger battery doesn't seem so flash.
It looks like we have no choice now
Whatever you say, it's still a redesigned hardware product. How many or few will "find it useful" is not for your or me to decide, nor is it particularly relevant. We went through the same nonsense when the MacBook Air came out. Lots of people here declared it dead on arrival because it wasn't something they were going to buy.
It looks like we have no choice now
Apple can now time the release of their products so they fit better with their business cycle. I'm still trying to figure out why this such a big problem for some.
All in all, it still sucked quite badly. It is what it is and I am not going to attempt to analyze it further nor put lipstick on a pig.
This redesign was actually debuted last year for the smaller laptops; a debut of the same redesign for a bigger laptop is hardly noteworthy. The only new aspect of this "redesigned hardware product" is the battery.
What irks me about the only hardware announced (17" MBP) was that it was completely expected. It's not like they pulled out a surprise new product, or even a "new" update (e.g. Mac Pro). While the non-removeable battery is a new "feature", that is really the only thing that was worth mentioning. Otherwise it could have been a silent update on the webpage. I think most users here see the announcement of the MBP 17" as a wasted opportunity that took up needless time.
that was the first macworld i have ever seen and i thought phil did an excellent job! When he was explaining the new iLife I was impressed and thinking Wow! This is great I need this. After watching the entire macworld I realized i didn't need any of and I was being brainwashed. It is nice to see someone as passionate about what they do as Phil though. All in all I walked away very impressed with apple... then my iMac crashed
I'm a Mac newbie but it seems, in my humble opinion, that any company pushing to 'Wow' their consumers once a year in the same month are eventually going to have to knock it on the head. This doesn't necessarily mean that Apple isn't having the ideas, but the constriction of a release date of January every year can't make sense. It isn't exactly peak purchasing period. As much as I'd have loved Apple to release iLife 09, Snow Leopard, iWork, a new iMac, a new Mac Mini and a MacNetbook all at the same time, it was never going to make business sense and therefore it hasn't happened.
This is really bad for the consumer though. We now no longer know when Apple are going to change their product line, and a lot of people are going to get burnt.
I WILL NOT GET USED TO IT!
RAAAAGGEEE!
That's just silly. Apple has been releasing products throughout the year for a long time. You can never get "burnt" if you buy what you need when you need it.