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Apple Wins the 2002 Technical Grammy Award

Posted by pudge on from the win-an-oscar-and-we-can-talk dept.

Therlin writes "For the first time the first technical Grammy given to a PC Company, and that company is Apple. From the original Macintosh with its built in recording capabilities to iTunes and iPod, Apple has stayed ahead of the game." See Apple's Press Release for the official spin.

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  1. No built in mic or recording program by cappadocius · · Score: 0, Troll
    That's great and all, but doesn't this just highlight the fact that the new G4s don't come with any built in sound recording?

    I remember having loads of fun with an old powerbook recording all sorts of neat stuff. I miss this on my new computer.

    Okay, that's just me up on a soapbox. I think Apple getting the award is pretty cool though.

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  2. My heavens... by JMZero · · Score: 0, Troll

    This isn't news, it's a press release. Written by Apple. An advertisement you might say. And not a very interesting one.

    Far as I know, more release quality music is done on an Atari ST's than is done on a Mac. Why not give them a Mac? They were revolutionary. But oh yeah, they're not cool.

    Why not give a grammy to Moog, or someone else who really advanced digital music? Hell, Roland and Creative Labs both did more for digital music than Apple.

    iPod? A useful device, but it hasn't exactly changed the world. There's nothing it does that hasn't been done before (by a number of devices sometimes, but whatever).

    Why not give Sony a grammy for the Clie with an integrated MP3 player? Or to the other companies that actually innovated music, digital or otherwise?

    But they're not cool enough. The hundreds of important technical innovations were ignored, because their creators just weren't as kewl as Apple.

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    1. Re:My heavens... by JMZero · · Score: 0, Troll

      OK, I'm stupid.

      Still, it seems wierd to put Apple in the same company as a Moog and Les... And even among companies, Apple still seems an odd choice.

      Have a good day.

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  3. Why is this here??? by Microsift · · Score: 0, Troll

    The subtitle of slashdot is "News for Nerds. Stuff that matters." This story fails on both counts. It was announced weeks ago that Apple would win a Grammy, so this is not news. And I think it's obvious that it doesn't matter(as the headline says, it's just a Grammy, not an Oscar!).

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