P.S. Apple stock DROPPED after today's presentation.
Interestingly, if you were to look back over history, you'll find that the stock drops after almost all presentations and a fair number of those "the store is down" moments.
Why? Simple. Because the blogs and the analysts build up a ton of hype over what could be going on and they are at least partially (if not completely) wrong with their 'facts'. So people are expecting something other than what they got and the drop reflects their disappointment.
This time it was likely
1. the lack of mention of the iphone 5 hardware which many sites still insisted would be talked about even though Apple was pushing out the notion of software, software, software.
2. the lack of a every song, movie, tv show ever created streaming package for $10 a year that several places have hyped up as a given.
3. That none of the mentioned software is available right now
4. a combo of these things
He did NOT look healthy to me.
The man had pancreatic cancer and a liver transplant. There is no getting over those. They screw with your hormones and digestive system. You won't ever be fat and jolly looking again, not even close. Everyone needs to figure that out and stop analyzing his appearance. If he's not up there with a walker or a wheelchair because he can't hold himself up, he's in good shape for someone in his lifelong condition.
What was on display was more of the naked arrogance that is keeping Blu-Ray off the Mac. Specifically when describing iCloud and discussing music that the user ripped himself -- Buy it again in iTunes or deal with it, were his words. (I will pull a quote from the video).
Those two things have nothing to do with each other. Also blu-ray on a Mac is a hardware issue, not software. For all you know, they have finally worked out the licensing issues etc and are going to put blu-ray drives in the next run of all macs. And will issue an appropriate software update at that time. They didn't mention it as coming for the same reason they didn't talk about any computers, the 'new time capsule' or the iphone 5. THey are taking WWDC back to its intended software purpose and leaving the hardware for another time and place
But download-only from the Apple-controlled app-store is what the cadaver-like turtlenecked overlord wants for you.
Perhaps what you need is a firm reminder that Apple is a business and is about making money. They will make their decisions based on how best to do that.
When it comes to Mac OS, making money is about attracting new users. That means appealing to those that are on PCs that are afraid it will be too hard to learn a new program, install stuff etc. So they have their 'we do all the hard work' MAS and the 'well you are already using an iphone' UI options (which you oh great and genius one have the option not to use).
And then there is the issue of all the folks that figured out real fast that you didn't have to buy the $129 upgrade box to get Snow Leopard. Using the store means they can at least get an extra $29 in "licensing" out of folks that are still on Tiger or Leopard. Which is still cheaper than the days when it was $129 every go around.
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