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The Media's Crush on Apple
conq writes "BusinessWeek reports: "It's the first time in my memory that a product announcement by Steve Jobs has caused the AP to send an alert -- especially since this development was fully expected. And it says a lot about the intensity of media attention Apple generates. When is the last time a NewsAlert went out based on the words of Michael Dell or Bill Gates? Clearly, the AP's editors determined this news was important enough to warrant such action."
and his tears cure cancer.
Neo: Hmm. Upgrades.
-Rob
Biblical fiscal responsibility
I think the bias is warranted. I mean, how many OSes do you know that can interface with and take down an alien ship's computer using a virus?
Modern copyright is theft of culture from everyone and it retards the progress of the useful arts and sciences.
Bill Gates is the Nostradamus of our lifetime.
In his own words he has eliminated spam, brought speech and handwriting recognition to everyday computing, and has a solid foothold in our livingroom with their useful windows media center PCs.
Our potential truly is their passion.
Apple on the other hand just keeps releasing products that we can do nothing else with but use them...
OS X, Garage Band, iTunes, Spotlight...
If you don't know what AltaVista is (was), get off my lawn.
At Slashdot, anytime Apple farts it makes the main page.
By the looks of it, Apple ate at Taco Bell last night.
I thought it was Linus that floated one inch above the ground.
Take the cheese to sickbay, the doctor should see it as soon as possible - B'Elanna Torres, "Learning Curve"
...His expertise is reliability and customer support ... thank you for praising Dell, please wait while your praise is rerouted to New Delhi...
To err is human, to really foul up requires a computer
Because Google hasn't done so much as fart (though you'd see it on the front page if they did) since Friday.
"I'd rather be a lightning rod than a seismometer." -Ken Kesey
I have no problem with the media picking this up, but what the heck is up with appledot.org?
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Sorry, slashdot.org. Typo.
I just invaded Grammar Czechoslovakia and duped Grammar Neville Chamberlain; now it's on to Grammar Poland.
You must be new here - Welcome! We've been fascinated with Apple for a long time.
I have to thank Bill Gates, since his intervention 2? years back I can gratefully say that my spam rate has dropped to 1/1000th of its previous level. I'm not sure what he did, but whatever it was, it worked great!
"Who is the Journal of Quantum Physics going to believe?" --Stephen Hawking
Of course not.. the fact that the majority of media workers use apples does NOT make them biased.. of course not...
Well, it cuts both ways. I remember back in the early 90s reading over the shoulder of a sub at PC Format magazine (one of the more entertaining UK titles). He spent a few paragraphs dissing Marathon as a loser game and Bungie as an inept developer for 'something called the Macintosh', which he claimed he had never heard of, despite the fact that he was typing all of this on a Quadra 900.
So, ignoring "sequel" products, what has Apple released? The personal computer, the ipod, the one-button mouse, and the compatibility-challenged UNIX. Is that really so impressive?
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why? forty-two.
If they'd been here a while they'd recall that once upon a time Apple couldn't get a single positive article on here. Even the iPod got slammed around here./ 1816257&tid=107
.78" thick 6.5 ounces. 5 GB HDD, 10 hr battery life, charged via FireWire. Works as a firewire drive as well. Works in conjunctions with iTunes 2. Here are Live updates". No wireless. Less space than a nomad. Lame.
http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/10/23
Apple releases iPod
Posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday October 23, @10:20
from the well-thats-not-very-exciting dept.
The BrownFury writes "At an invitation only event Apple has released their new MP3 player called the iPod. iPod is the size of a deck of cards. 2.4" wide by 4" tall by
Strange, everyone I know has DIY computers, and none of them freeze. Dells don't freeze either. They just have periodic random hardware failures, forcing frequent use of their quality Indian support. I think Dell's big secret is in eliminating quality control from their manufacturing process myself, though I think Packard Bell pioneered the technique.
Need help with that BSOD?
I think that [Bill & Melinda Gates being named People of the Year] constitutes some affection by the media.
Only if you believe that old imaginary phrase "As the editors of Time Magazine go, so goes the entire media industry." One story covering the Gateses (and the ensuing stories about the story) don't really carry the same weight of newsworthiness as an Associated Press NewsAlert.
[Michael Dell's] expertise is reliability and customer support.
You'd think some of that expertise would rub off on the desktop computer business he heads. Dell is so well known for its cheap components and poor support practices that it earned the nickname 'Dell Hell'.
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All I know is that I've forwarded that email from Bill Gates at least 1,200 times, and I still haven't gotten a check. Bill Gates is a dirty liar.
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Cheese it! It's the FEDS!
If the internet is a world without walls or fences, why do we need windows or gates?