Today's Apple News (or lack thereof)...
Ok, so by now you have heard, seen, read or whatever about Apple's new toys announced today. In order to maintain everyone's sanity, I'll skip the "review" and just get to the point. Am I the only one out there who seems to be disappointed...hell, lets just say it like it is - PISSED OFF?
<rant> I mean come on Apple, a new mini - we all expected that and has some spunk that makes it a really attractive buy. I don't think anyone will argue that. But what I WILL be vocal about is the lack of a "real" media center device. I want something like a damn Sony VAIO running Media Center edition of Tiger in my living room. Who the flip is hard of hearing, riding the "special" bus, or just simply an idiot that they aren't getting the message over there?
OOOMPA LOOOMPAS AT THE MOTHERSHIP....WTF is going on over there? Who the bunk is going to kick a home stereo to the curb for a boom box with an iPod dock? I'm sure it sounds great, no arguments there, but I am hardly dumping my $10,000 worth of home theater audio gear over this thing. This is like a great box for the park, a picnic, the beach or going camping. Maybe if you live in a dorm or a shoe-box it might be a good thing too. This thing is priced WAY to high for what I would have bought it for, which is a nice set of speakers for my OFFICE. Instead I just ordered a kick-ass set of speakers from Logitech for my office and it cost me $50, and trust me - they sound GREAT. Hooked up to my G5 running iTunes at work, and it's all I need. How the hell loud do you think people are going to crank up that iPod in the office anyways? I don't need a $350 speaker-box for that thank you. And WTF is up with the overpriced "leather" cases. SOMEBODY BETTER GET OFF THE DAMN CRACK PIPE AT CUPERTINO!
Seriously my digerati peeps. I am really down with today's announcements. I swear on my dead poodle that I would have gone out and bought that damn video iPod TODAY if it had come out and had at least 100GB hard drive. Let me say that again...APPLE PAY ATTENTION: the next video iPod HAS to have AT LEAST 100GB drive for me (and many others I know) to even consider it. I already have 80GB of music and would really like to see a 120GB iPod, especially with all this new video content.
I'm not even going to get into the desire for a Treo 650 killer, tablet or a myriad of the other things we Mac nerds have been begging for. I'm just over it. How many people does it take to blog about something before a company LISTENS and just makes the damn thing? Ok - enough. And that's all I have to say about that.
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Comments
You hit the nail on the head. Yesterday, at best was lackluster. I have this love - hate relationship with Apple. I love the products that they come out with, and I hate the fact that they don't come out with the products we want. I give Apple until April Fool's day. If nothing with a touch screen comes out, I will invest in a Microsoft Origami! And that is a fact!
Posted by: James Ernestine | March 1, 2006 7:30 AM
I wouldn't go that far.
But hey, if you're a good little boy, maybe I'll throw some of my elves on the factory floor so you can get your o.r.i.f.l.a.m.y thingamajiggy out for Christmas. NOT LIKE THAT 360 ON TIME FOR CHRISTMAS JOKE!! Thanks for the memories Bill.
And Frank, you get nothing for Christmas this year...you too Mr. Jobs (no tablet making mother-#@&*$@# so called innovator...phfffst)!!
Posted by: Santa Claus | March 1, 2006 8:40 AM
God I love comments. :-) It's comments like these that make blogging worth while. I needed that laugh today Santa. As far as xmas, you can kiss my happy ass - you haven't given me anything nice since that 6 million dollar man action figure when I was 5. Where the flip was my 360 this year Santa? Better yet, how about an early xmas and you get my a BMW you fat bastard? ;-P
Posted by: Frank Bisono | March 1, 2006 10:56 AM
Hehehe,
Steve Jobs has been too busy being a media celebrity than a CEO.
The success of apple can mostly be attributed to the blind herds of macophiles who will repeatedly buy products with tiny incremental improvements. No one else does shit like that... oh hang on GM and Ford do.
Posted by: Rob Barac | March 2, 2006 8:37 AM
Owwwww, comeon now Rob. Don't be hatin' on the Steveness. The guy has done a spectacular job bringing the company back to what it is now. I am sure Apple is working on the things we all want, but we just won't know if it ever makes it to the public, or if it does, when that will be. So peeps like me have to vent in the meantime because we want those goodies so bad it hurts.
Your assesment of the Macophiles is not accurate. I consider myself one of those and I certainly don't buy any little item that has a minor improvement or I would have bought a new iPod video and Quad G5 a long time ago. I typically wait until the 2nd or 3rd gen. of an Apple product before I buy. But when you buy an Apple product, you can rest assured that it will outlast ANY other product in it's class by a significant factor. I can't tell you how many schools and businesses are still running on 10 year old Bondi Blue iMac G3's....
Posted by: Frank Bisono | March 2, 2006 10:03 AM