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Jobs Not Giving This Year's Macworld Keynote
Many readers including thermopile wrote in about Apple withdrawing from Macworld Expo after this year. The other bad news for Apple fans is that Steve Jobs won't be delivering the keynote in 3 weeks — we may have seen his last "one more thing." Apple VP Phil Schiller will be doing the honors. He's "an Apple executive notably lacking in Jobs's showmanship and star power," according to the Fortune blogger. Apple's press release states that "trade shows have become a very minor part of how Apple reaches its customers." While this may be true, the keynote addresses have been a critical venue for major new product announcements. Apple's stock is taking a 6% hit in after-hours trading, possibly on concerns about Jobs's health. Reader Harry has gathered together YouTube clips from most of the Macworld keynotes Jobs given since 1997.
the only revolution apple has ever pulled off is a marketing revolution. the ipod, macbook and iphone do nothing other gadgets haven't before. indeed on many technical levels they are inferior, especially the ipod.
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Cue the fan boys. Put them all in a room and let the circle jerk begin. Why doesn't Dell have a new show when a product that is overpriced and largely similar (except some wax) to other available computers? Have Micheal Dell tell use that this new processor is so wonderful in terms a 6 year old would understand. The point? Even if Steve dies, there are plenty of showmen that can take his place like Ron Popeil. Trouble is that then people would realize it is nothing but glitz, and Macs would have to be sold in pairs if you call in the next 10 minutes. Clap now fan monkeys!
wtf would i be sour about? i don't own anything made by apple. care to explain exact why i'm so wrong?
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I've been a mac fan since the very first Mac and an apple fan since the Apple ][. I sold apple computers for years. I was a NeXT developer. I've got two macs now.
Good bye Steve. I hope that you have a few years left but get the heck out of Apple please.
Apple could have crushed Microsoft by selling MacOSX for generic PCs when Microcrap was down on their luck with Vista! Now with Windows 7 promising to be better than Vista (aka Windows 98) Apple has missed the boat.
Get out and enjoy a few years of retirement Steve, assuming that you have that long.
The only thing the iPod is really lacking is the ability to play more file types (ie ogg) and the ability to something other than iTunes without having to worry about something breaking.
For me, it's the simple act of leaving out an FM radio that has prevented me from buying an iPod. Virtually every other competitor includes one, and it boggles my mind why most iPods haven't had them from the start. It's not like including a radio adds to the expense or makes the unit bulkier. My Sandisk Sansa has one, and is no bigger than comparible iPods. Lots of people still listen to the radio, you know. Yes, I know you can buy add-on equipment to give it radio capability, but you shouldn't have to.
Maybe Steve just doesn't find radio fashionable.
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