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iTMS Named Fortune's Product Of The Year

Posted by pudge on from the i-wanna-be-product-of-the-year-too dept.

Demolition writes "To go along with Time Magazine calling the iTunes Music Store the Invention Of The Year, Fortune Magazine has come along and proclaimed iTunes Music Store as the Product Of The Year. As it says in the article, 'With the success of its iTunes Music Store, Apple is almost single-handedly dragging the music industry, kicking and screaming, toward a better future.'" Also, Fortune named the G5 one of the 25 Best Products of the Year for Design.

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  1. What in the hell? by DAldredge · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    From one of the linked pages.

    "PAPER SHREDDER (right)
    Designer Michael Graves for Target
    Why it's so cool It's the best-looking shredder we've ever seen. While it's slow, it looks so friendly you won't mind the wait. Bonus: A built-in pencil sharpener."

    So it is slow, but it looks pretty? Shouldn't the design work nicely and look good?

  2. G5 Design - noise? practicality? by Steve+Cowan · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    There is no doubt that Apple pays really close attention to function and aesthetics in their product design. The G5 enclosure and internal layout is simply awesome - one only needs to look at the Bill Noll G5 photo gallery (posted a few months ago on slashdot) to realize that this is simply one of the most beautiful personal computers ever to exist.

    Still, I wonder about a few things -- most specifically the large number of fans and the 3-zone cooling. I don't personally own a G5 and have never seen one outside of a store so I can't really vouch for how loud or quiet it is, so G5 owners -- how are you finding the noise level? Do you find that the fans ramp up very often, and if they do, do you notice a big difference in volume?

    Also, I'd like to see some real rationality about that 3-zone cooling system... obviously the PPC 970 runs hot, but how hot does it run compared to a modern Pentium / Xeon / Athlon processor? Would the x86 boxes benefit from that kind of enclosure as well? Are we likely to see the "multiple zone" principle copied into cheap Wintel enclosures?

    I'm not doubting Apple, but I wonder about the validity of the G5 cooling design. I'd like to read some /. opinions as to whether it's overkill, or if it's truly revolutionary, or if perhaps there might be a better approach.

    Thoughts??

  3. fortune names $20 us bill a product of the year by g-to-the-o-to-the-g · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Fortune called the US $20 bill a product of the year. I think this is kinda silly, especially considering in Canada we've had unique money for several years now. Our money is more advanced, including a no-two-bills-the-same idea (which can be seen when held under UV light). Our $10 and $5 bills are like this. Sure, it may be an american magazine, but i still think that the note is not very special.

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    Hi there

  4. Only on /. by DAldredge · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Only on /. can commenting about one of the linked articles get you 2 down mods for being off topic.

    What is wrong with the mod system?

  5. Re:Time Time Time by Methuseus · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    This isn't may day, it's December!

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    Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity, though I'm not yet sure about the universe. - A Einstein