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I gotta chime in here...as a long time apple (and specifically tibook user--I've had the 500, 667 and 800) I've got to say that I've just decided that the cost is WAY to high for what you're getting. I've just sold my last tibook and just received my new thinkpad 1.8Ghz A31 for less than $2300. And it's quite a bit faster than even my Dual 1Ghz desktop.
So, Apple, if you're listening...my 5 steps to market domination:
1. Drop the prices
2. Increase the speeds
3. Create incentives to move machines to corporate server rooms and desktops...Hint: Software alone won't do this.
4. Stop focusing on new home movie and mp3 gadgets and get us some software we can use to make $money$ with. Consultants recommend what they can use (Another hint: you already own WEBOBJECTS which IS GOOD ENTERPRISE SOFTWARE AND IS BEING USED BY SOME VERY LARGE ORGANIZATIONS, how about some marketing, support and decent pricing for large orders and licenses?)
5. STOP THE RUMOR PROBLEM, start giving us a road map so we (and our customers) can see where they're going!!!!!
Ok, first of all I'm sure there are other posts that will reply to this better than I will. So, your new thinkpad is faster at what? 1. If you look at the link on the front page to Think Secret they are hinting at a $200 price drop across the line on iBooks. 2. They are increasing the speeds, but at the same time making sure that they can give battery life that is worth the computer being portable. 3. Have you looked at XServer? Read any reviews by national magazines about how it works, and how successful it would be in the enterprise? 4. The software is out there, and as a software developer yourself, you should understand the hours involved in writing major software like that. You can't afford to just give that away, and I know of no other computer company on the planet that is aggressively looking for good software companies and bringing them into the fold to provide software that will support what they are building that well. 5. There will always be rumors no matter who, what, or when any company does something.
BTW, as others have alluded to in other posts, how many hours of battery use do you have with your thinkpad, and how quick is it when running only on battery power? Just some thoughts that I have.
I gotta chime in here...as a long time apple (and specifically tibook user--I've had the 500, 667 and 800) I've got to say that I've just decided that the cost is WAY to high for what you're getting. I've just sold my last tibook and just received my new thinkpad 1.8Ghz A31 for less than $2300. And it's quite a bit faster than even my Dual 1Ghz desktop.
So, Apple, if you're listening...my 5 steps to market domination:
1. Drop the prices
2. Increase the speeds
3. Create incentives to move machines to corporate server rooms and desktops...Hint: Software alone won't do this.
4. Stop focusing on new home movie and mp3 gadgets and get us some software we can use to make $money$ with. Consultants recommend what they can use (Another hint: you already own WEBOBJECTS which IS GOOD ENTERPRISE SOFTWARE AND IS BEING USED BY SOME VERY LARGE ORGANIZATIONS, how about some marketing, support and decent pricing for large orders and licenses?)
5. STOP THE RUMOR PROBLEM, start giving us a road map so we (and our customers) can see where they're going!!!!!
Ok, first of all I'm sure there are other posts that will reply to this better than I will. So, your new thinkpad is faster at what? 1. If you look at the link on the front page to Think Secret they are hinting at a $200 price drop across the line on iBooks. 2. They are increasing the speeds, but at the same time making sure that they can give battery life that is worth the computer being portable. 3. Have you looked at XServer? Read any reviews by national magazines about how it works, and how successful it would be in the enterprise? 4. The software is out there, and as a software developer yourself, you should understand the hours involved in writing major software like that. You can't afford to just give that away, and I know of no other computer company on the planet that is aggressively looking for good software companies and bringing them into the fold to provide software that will support what they are building that well. 5. There will always be rumors no matter who, what, or when any company does something.
BTW, as others have alluded to in other posts, how many hours of battery use do you have with your thinkpad, and how quick is it when running only on battery power? Just some thoughts that I have.