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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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no one cares, apple makes crap products, some people like shiny things, so they survive, those of us who care about utility would never go for an apple.
just go away already!
I'm surprised you suspended your meth fueled gay orgy long enough to post this gay song by a gay band. You are a real Apple user.
he's going to probably be pulling his dick while watching fag pr0n. he probably gets off by watching men take a 2 liter bottle up their ass.
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!
...Our Ipod touches are not ours, never ours, and never will be ...
Our toasters are not ours, never ours, and never will be. iPods and toasters are both appliances. One plays music and another browns bread slices. One can be programmed and one cannot. If you had a programmable toaster, would you also badmouth the toaster manufacturer, saying they had an iron grip and you did not really own that toaster you bought at the appliance store?
All theory is gray
"trade shows have become a very minor part of how Apple reaches its customers."
If Apple wants to shoot itself in the foot, be my guest. I have disliked Apple for a long time. The only reason they're so popular is that their marketing (aka "reality distortion field") is so strong. Personally, I have rarely bought Apple product and for the last 20 years I've regretted every purchase from them. The marketing hype about their products being "stylish" and "just working" is just bunk and it irritates me that intelligent people fall for it hook, line and sinker. If they want to do something that weakens the nonsense (which will result in them actually competing on merit), I give it the thumbs up.
Go on Apple fans, mod me into oblivion. It ain't trolling if it's how you really feel.
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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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