Instantaneously Platinum Turkeynized
A young boy has begun to wait outside to be the first in line for Macworld Expo '09. Why? Steve Jobs will not be there, apparently, and this kid is going to wait almost 27 hours for Apple's table scraps regardless if Jobs made an appearance. It makes little sense. People should be used to the Apple game. The idea is that first Apple files a bunch of random patents, then they deny any new technology, the rumors begin to sizzle, forums become infected with guesswork, and their stock orbits.
After the expo, of course, their stock goes back to normal, or even lower than normal. Why? Because Apple rarely shows any new technology. Better yet, they rarely show any useful technology. I've known one person with Apple TV and the iPhone was a major Mongolian cluster gang bang. Apple is too busy failing in a one sided battle with hackers to truly come up with the next best idea.
If it weren't for the ability to install iPodLinux on my 5th Generation iPod, I would not own one. Aside from that, the only reason I would want an iPod Touch or iPhone is for Field Runners. Definitely not for the very odd, and pricey, ringer creation software or the process in uploading files. Aside from that, they have Mac OS X and their costly Service Packs released every so often when they should be free like everyone else.
I feel sorry for everyone paying big money for OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard. You want speed? Google some freeware and shareware to cut the fat on a Mac. There is nothing wrong with any previous version of OS X, but if Apple says it's 12% faster, everyone will flock. So, the desktop environment looks a tad bit better to make everyone forget about multiple ancient exploits Apple has yet to fix. So what? As long as it looks marginally better, we don't have to worry all that much.
I have been using 10.4 Tiger for a while and it runs great on piss poor hardware. How? By turning off the resource sucking eye candy. 10.5 Leopard contained "300 changes and enhancements". What do you think Apple considers a change or enhancement? You still receive critical updates regardless if you update, so what is the big deal in updating? Why do we need to buy the next service pack from Apple when all it does is make the menu bar semitransparent .
The Expo will undoubtedly feature a little demo of Snow Leopard, but will probably feature a possible iPhone firmware upgrade, new screens for last year's models, and maybe a slight update for Apple TV. If anything "new" is revealed during this years expo, it will be exciting for a minute, but when the product is released, no one will buy it. Platinum Turkeynized. Like always, keep those think tanks working around the clock, Apple. You've been brilliant with stock scandals, forced retail updates, an obnoxious, monopolistic, unhealthy competitive spirit, and an absolute lack of philanthropic activities.
Steve Jobs thinks that Apple products and educational discounts are enough of a contribution to the world. What a poor way to look down at everyone while they raise the stakes for Christmas and let down millions of kids because a cheap 8GB iPod nano costs almost as much as my 30GB 5th Gen iPod Classic. Way to pork Christmas for good. Though, the fault does not lie entirely on Apple for porking Christmas, it's these materialistic kids who think that they need a scene MP3 player when everything else aside from a Zune would make a respectable purchase. Zunes will never be respectable.
Speaking of MP3s, the big news that dropped earlier is that iTunes is going legit. I mean, DRM free music. You can convert your entire library of music into a non-DRM library for $.30 per song. That would be over $150 for someone with a measly catalog of at least 500 songs. Apple tried to make it right, but had to charge people for product that they've already purchased before. The songs are all the same, of course, as in the actual content. Nothing is being upgraded. Not to mention that this is all digital, so why do we have to pay to remove DRM from our tracks when we have already purchased the same songs for $.99?
With bad business practices all around, it's amazing that such a snobby company can attract such a horde of snobby sheep. Who knew sheep could be cultured and classy? This message goes to the mass of meat that swear they cannot perform on any other system, not to the typical run of the mill Mac users like myself. To the elitist group that swear nothing can hold a candle to their choice of operating system. Enjoy your close minded, self-righteous train of thought while I use several other Unix based operating systems with Wine creating an almost limitless choice of software, customization, and design.
