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The Media's Crush on Apple

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the well-their-laptops-are-very-shiny dept.

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."

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  1. Yeah, the AP is a lot different the Slashdot by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    At Slashdot, anytime Apple farts it makes the main page.

  2. Inane by TheDoctorWho · · Score: -1, Troll

    This is considered 'stuff that matters'??

    Please, stop it.

  3. What am I missing? by klubar · · Score: -1, Troll

    Apple announced a new processor in an old case? Is this news? Perhaps to the faithful. Other than being technologically interesting (but no more so than going from the 68XXX to the PowerPC) what's new? Essentially the same operating system, same applications, same box.

    Does any appreciate the humor of Apple going from a lagging processor to another laggard? If anyone cares about processor innovation (but not market leadership), look to AMD.

    How do all those people with shiny powerbook feel about owning a computer that is four times SLOWER than what's available on the desktop Window machines.

  4. mod 3oWn by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    playing so it's troubl3d OS. Now We Need to address

  5. Re:Trial begins for 5 Democratic workers by Bozdune · · Score: -1, Troll

    This may be a first -- a troll confessing to trolling, and then apologizing! Why, next thing you know, Bush will apologize for lying to the country and embroiling us in a foreign conflict we can't win!

    Wait a minute, oops, I'm trolling! Sorry!!

  6. Re:Last week? by PFI_Optix · · Score: -1, Troll

    OS X: A niche OS that is as much flash as it is substance. Garage Band: What? (Google...) Oh. A mixer. Whoopee. FastTracker, anyone? iTunes: Crap that only got marketshare because it's packaged with the overpriced trendwhore magnet called iPod. Spotlight: Again, what? (Google...) An indexing search agent? That's special? I bet my Google Desktop can do a much better job.

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  7. Re:Well, by drinkypoo · · Score: 1, Troll
    Me! Although I consider myself a geek.

    Who would give a fuck about intel-based mac laptops except an apple fanboy? They're not the only dual-processor laptops around, and I would prefer to go AMD than intel. Eventually OSX will be hacked to run on other x86-based laptops, so arguably even software compatibility is not a reason to buy one.

    I would be excited if they had gone AMD, which would have been cheaper and faster. They didn't. I don't care.

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