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This is an old page, but its still relevant:
http://www.misterbg.org/AppleProductCycle/

Sooner or later, all sought after consumer electronics have a nerd porn thread where the device gets undressed down to the bare components. This is /. where nerds congregate so you should not only accept these types of stories but also expect them.

Heck, It'd be news if there wasn't someone taking apart the Wii.

The term "nerd porn" taken from the Apple Product Cycle although it may have originated elsewhere.

It just never seems to get old.

The headline reminded me of the (in?)famous lifecycle

I can't believe noone has posted The Apple Product Cycle in such a fitting article.

"If you want to see where the computer industry is going, you often have to watch the computer component manufacturers"

Well we knew that

Your comment actually makes the most sense out here. After all, the apple product cyle website may be a joke, but as every joke it's based on at least some truth, in this case that the enthusiasm of apple buyers starts with 'leaked' information. So normally, when a new ipod is on the release, apple can only be happy with these 'leaks'. But since this ibm/intel switch would likely refrain apple costumers from buying machines until it is sure that they can use them in the future, and apple probably didn't want to give ibm/motorola too much info on what they were planning (if it would have failed with intel, and ibm would have retracted before, what would they do?), it's clear that apple didn't want to get this big fish out. Now after this happened, they can let the little fish swim again...

A minor, rarely occurring flaw in the device begins to be discussed in the Apple support forums. Whiny, artistic types post lengthy diatribes about how this terrible design flaw has made the device unusable and scarred them emotionally. Electronic petitions are created demanding that Apple replace the devices for free, plus pay for counseling to help traumatized users overcome their emotional distress.

What, no one's posted a link to the famous Apple Product Cycle yet?

First thing that came to my mind. Not that I agree with the article (pretty far from it, actually), but it seemed an obvious link to post here.

You are unlikely to have dual-7800 Ultra cards running SLI with an AMD X2 with Cool-N-Quiet, and Raid 0 in a laptop.

The obligatory "I'm waiting for Rev. B" discussion appears in the Mac forums. People who've been burned by first-generation Apple products open up their old wounds and bleed their tales of woe.

Remember that funny (and accurate) web page that shows the Apple product cycle?

You mean this one?

-Grey

clicky

sounds kinda like this:

http://www.misterbg.org/AppleProductCycle/

Ladies and gentlemen, we've now reached the "I'm waiting for Rev. B" stage in the Apple Product Cycle.

The obligatory "I'm waiting for Rev. B" discussion appears in the Mac forums. People who've been burned by first-generation Apple products open up their old wounds and bleed their tales of woe. Unsympathetic technophiles fire back with, "if you can't handle the heat, stay out of the kitchen. pussy." Everyone has this stupid argument for the twenty-third time.

http://www.misterbg.org/AppleProductCycle/

Hooray! We have now entered the nerd porn phase of the Apple Product Cycle.

Sigh... if only the cached site wasn't so slow.

I was referring to an old rumour where a bluetooth ipod broadcasts whatever you're listening to the people around you so you can have you're own private ipod-based mini-radio station. It was just one of those crazy rumours that appear every year in late december and early january... ditto for the mac mini tivo thing, that was a rumour last year too.

This site: http://www.misterbg.org/AppleProductCycle/ ...does a much better job making the joke that I was trying for...

Yep, it looks like the Apple Product Cycle is operating 100% according to spec on this one.


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"Threads pop up around feature wish lists, favorite colors, and likely retail price points..."

A minor, rarely occurring flaw in the device begins to be discussed in the Apple support forums. Whiny, artistic types post lengthy diatribes about how this terrible design flaw has made the device unusable and scarred them emotionally. Electronic petitions are created demanding that Apple replace the devices for free, plus pay for counseling to help traumatized users overcome their emotional distress.

We're now just over halfway through the Apple Product Cycle!

"Nerd porn threads appear in the Mac forums. Some lunatic with too much time and money on his hands disassembles the new device down to the bare, soldered components and posts pictures."

Possible Slashdot poll: what will be the "minor, rarely occurring flaw" that affects the video-playing iPod?
o Bad battery life
o E-Z-Scratch screen
o Doesn't play video
o Causes every molecule in your body to explode at the speed of light
o CowboyNeal

A minor, rarely occurring flaw in the device begins to be discussed in the Apple support forums. Whiny, artistic types post lengthy diatribes about how this terrible design flaw has made the device unusable and scarred them emotionally. Electronic petitions are created demanding that Apple replace the devices for free, plus pay for counseling to help traumatized users overcome their emotional distress.

Apple Product Life Cycle
Rarely occuring flaw causes uproar(scratches/cracks whatever): check
Link to previous slashdot post lead to comment section where first comment was "wait for next revision": check

-Reed

The obligatory "I'm waiting for Rev. B" discussion appears in the Mac forums. People who've been burned by first-generation Apple products open up their old wounds and bleed their tales of woe. Unsympathetic technophiles fire back with, "if you can't handle the heat, stay out of the kitchen. pussy." Everyone has this stupid argument for the twenty-third time.

I wonder if this is to counter FUD or if it's just another step in the Apple Product Cycle: http://www.misterbg.org/AppleProductCycle/

Upcoming Events: What features would you like in the of the MacIntel?

And so another Apple rumour begins...

And that site has the best picture ever
  Boo Hoo

Article on the new iGadget being a failure? Check.
Apple g33k pr0n? Check.

Wow, this guy really DOES have Apple pegged... I mean, at first it was funny, but now it's just creepy...

http://www.misterbg.org/AppleProductCycle/

This is actually Step 2 in the The Apple Product Cycle

Saw funny run-down of the Apple product cycle in someone's sig today. This cracked me up.

The Apple Product Life Cycle, which a Mac developer friend told me about.

for more information, see The Apple Product Cycle. i certainly think i understand much more about the inner workings of Apple for this.

Well, it relies on another technology which is also very slow to adapt: HDTV. People aren't going to be interested in Blu-ray until they get a better TV, though I would love the storage space for backups - the general public probably doesn't care enough about that yet.

The only reasons DVD was so quick to adapt was because of its ability to be manufactured for dirt cheap and the huge quality jump that is to be expected when you come from media that had disappointing quality even 20 years ago.

And as for the Apple thing, you guys saw that Apple Product Cycle link a couple days ago, right? A bunch of people wearing black turtlenecks speculating is no fun, either.

Honestly this seems to be little more than drumming up even more buzz over up-in-coming products. Yeah, they probably were going to keep it a secret for a while longer but now that it's out why not milk it a bit and get the word out?

This is all part of Apple's Product Cycle. Surprised it's even news. ;-)

-Aaron

I got a good laugh out of this when I first saw it.

Apple Product Life Cycle

Apple's product hype cycle can be found here.

Apple Product Cycle

Fantastic, good job!