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Apple to Unveil .Mac Today
Steve Mason writes "Apple has put up a .Mac FAQ up here proving that .Mac will indeed be introduced at Mac World New York. .Mac will cost $100 a year as previous rumors had reported." Yes, this means that if you don't pay Apple, your mac.com URL and email address will stop working. Some have suggested that the "switch" in Apple's new ad campaign stands for the unfortunate part of a "bait and switch." Someone should mirror that URL, it might be taken down any second now.
Wow the aggregate of all these supposed services would cost $250.00 per year...such arrogance! I get all that Apple talks about today for FREE! What audacity! It must be that providing email and the like is too hard for Apple to do effectively. This can only mean that Steve Jobs BlowsGoats(tm). It can mean nothing else. Yes, the above poster is correct, only five percent of the market. Let Apple and it's users die a peaceful death. Cease running Apple stories. It is NOT news. Pure and simple.
"Yes, this means that if you don't pay Apple, your mac.com URL and email address will stop working.
I though this would of been logical. Example: If i don't pay my cable bill, i won't have any more cable. Or am i missing something?
Think nothing is impossible? Try slamming a revolving door.
: Why is Apple charging for iTools?
Providing email and storage solutions for millions of customers comes at a considerable cost. In addition, using the Internet today requires more storage space, better ways to share, and new ways to protect your important files. To continue providing iTools services as well as a new set of must-haves for computing on the Internet, Apple is charging an annual fee.
Bought individually, comparable products would cost you an estimated $250 If you're stupid:
Anti-virus: $50 If you're stupid
Backup: $40 If you're stupid
100MB of online storage: $60 If you're stupid
15MB of email storage, forwarding and POP/IMAP access: $40+ If you're stupid
Home page creation and hosting: $60 If you're stupid