Will Apple Disappoint on 30th Anniversary? 321
An anonymous reader writes "We've seen the media get over-excited about an Apple launch before, but one CNET columnist is 'threatening suicide' if Apple don't announce something for their 30th Anniversary this Saturday. CNET is concerned at the lack of any news from Apple: 'You'd guess that Steve Jobs will at least have to walk out onto the lawn in Cupertino, light a few fireworks and make some whooping noises. It's that or risk an international incident.' Is Apple going to keep a low profile for their 30th?"
Suicide Note? (Score:5, Funny)
I hope Chris Stevens and his wife don't have any anniversaries coming up. I guess she could always 'forget one' after taking out a lucrative life insurance policy on him.
Re:Suicide Note? (Score:2)
But seriously- why threaten suicide if you aren't going to follow through with it- Apple is a company. Say it with me. A Business They would be dumb maybe not to capitalize on their anniversary with a hot product, but still, we aren;'t talking about Brad and Angelina here.
Stephens is
Re:Suicide Note? (Score:3, Funny)
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vi.
Re:Suicide Note? (Score:3, Interesting)
Also check out the Multi-Touch Interaction Research [nyu.edu] website
Re:Suicide Note? (Score:4, Funny)
http://www.faculty.english.ttu.edu/barker/4367/im
Re:Suicide Note? (Score:4, Funny)
Would you like help in:
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Choosing a weapon of choice?
Open the suicide letter template gallery.
Re:Suicide Note? (Score:2, Insightful)
Pages of course! (Score:2)
Re:Whatever. (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Suicide Note? (Score:2)
What will Apple announce? (Score:2)
If they announce a Bluetooth Mighty Mouse, [wikipedia.org] I'll be satisfied. Anyone know what's taking so long?
I think (Score:2)
Re:What will Apple announce? (Score:3, Funny)
Two buttons on laptops do not work (Score:5, Informative)
On a laptop, where your fingers controlling the trackpad are right by the keyboard, chording keys to get to the second button is much, much better because you get the second button exactly when you want it.
I've been using a Powerbook at home for years now and it's the only laptop I've ever used that I do not ever use an external mouse for. There simply is no need.
I do use a three button Logitech mouse on my desktop, which I could not be without. But in the laptop a single button that you chord to activate other features is the way to go.
Re:Two buttons on laptops do not work (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:Two buttons on laptops do not work (Score:3, Informative)
Re:Two buttons on laptops do not work (Score:3, Informative)
Re:Two buttons on laptops do not work (Score:3, Interesting)
You have to move your thumb to click on the right button. With the PowerBook, I don't have to move my thumb. One stays on the button and the other is near the control key all of the time. When I am using the trackpad, my left thumb migrates to the control key in case I need to right click. Remember, on a re
Re:What will Apple announce? (Score:2)
A capacitive sensor under the button that could tell the OS
Re:What will Apple announce? (Score:2)
Re:What will Apple announce? (Score:3, Interesting)
On the other hand, how often do you really use the right click? I hardly ever use it and I think it is a sign of poor UI design when you need to use it.
I believe there are a few things in the Finder context menus that you can't do from the
Oh, cry me a river. (Score:2, Interesting)
Re:Oh, cry me a river. (Score:5, Funny)
I hope so (Score:2, Funny)
Wait (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:Wait (Score:2, Funny)
Right (Score:3, Insightful)
I couldnt possibly care less that Apple celebrates their 30th with a big news or not. When they DO announce something, then we can talk.
Speculation is not why i come on this site
Re:Right (Score:2)
Re:Wait (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Wait (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Wait (Score:5, Funny)
Just wait till the dupe comes out
Didn't you know? (Score:5, Funny)
Said Steve Jobs, "It has been a good 30 year run and, unlike most companies, we want to close the doors while we are still profitable"
Not Quite... (Score:5, Funny)
Don't shoot the messenger, the voices told me this, they really did.
Re:Not Quite... (Score:2)
I heard differently. (Score:5, Funny)
That's right: the Apple \/, the latest successor to the wildly successful Apple ][ line, is on its way. This state-of-the-art machine features an amazing 8 MHz processor with a shocking 512 KB of RAM and built-in double floppy drives, to handle the computing needs of the 21st Century. This machine comes with an updated version of Apple DOS that gives you the power to create directories on your double-sided floppy disks (although I understand that NetBSD will also run on this machine). Order now and get a free 14" monochrome monitor and printer (your choice of dot-matrix or pinwheel).
Re:I heard differently. (Score:3, Insightful)
You may think you're being funny, but there are a surprising number of people out there who wish you were right.
Re:I heard differently. (Score:3, Funny)
Leopard ? (Score:2, Interesting)
Apple 30th Anniversary commerative one-day sale (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Apple 30th Anniversary commerative one-day sale (Score:2)
Have you looked at the online store for a refurb? (Score:2)
Just a suggestion if you want "like new" at a fraction of the new cost.
Re:Apple 30th Anniversary commerative one-day sale (Score:2)
MOD PARENT UP... and recomend to apple.... (Score:2)
Re:Apple 30th Anniversary commerative one-day sale (Score:4, Funny)
Let's TP Microsoft (Score:2, Funny)
I kept it quiet. (Score:2)
Re:I kept it quiet. (Score:3)
Companies, unlike humans, rarely live to the age of 5. Reaching 30 is a real milestone for a company, whereas for a human (in the US, at least) it's pretty unremarkable.
WTF is wrong with these people? (Score:5, Insightful)
I'm as much of an Apple fanboy as the next guy (3 Macs at home, 2 ipods, 6 converts), but whose head is so far up Apple's ass that they joke about suicide?
Apple has its schedule, and whether they celebrate their 30th anniversary is irrelevant to me. Yes, it would be great and hip, but they already have an outstanding product lineup.
Also the poster for the iPhone looks pretty damn good.
link [russellbeattie.com]
So yeah, wake the fuck up whiners and clean the brown from your face.
Yes it is (Score:4, Funny)
Are you kidding me??? You obviously don't know how to kill yourself like a man [thebestpag...iverse.net].
Re:WTF is wrong with these people? (Score:2)
That, and I'm hoping if Apple does a phone they will figure out something better than the 12 phone buttons in a grid.
Re:WTF is wrong with these people? (Score:2)
Apple make their keyboards with regular qwerty layouts (albeit with tweaks for the extra symbols). Sometimes the ease of use of convention outweighs the benefits of a complete redesign. I would expect them instead to improve on how you enter data with a classic phone keyboard (by making a better T9?).
OT: converts (Score:5, Funny)
Thats one thing I've noticed all Mac users I know(including myself) keep track of...number of people coverted. I've only got 1 convert(wife), but she's already racked up 6, and they've converted a few more. All happy Mac users now.
Are there any Mac users out there who don't keep track of the number of people who have "switched" after playing around with his or her computer for a while?
Re:OT: converts (Score:2)
"Are there any ??????? out there who don't keep track of the number of people who have "switched" after playing around with his or her ??????? for a while?"
Re:OT: converts (Score:3, Funny)
Re:WTF is wrong with these people? (Score:2)
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Re:WTF is wrong with these people? (Score:2)
Too bad it's not John C. Dvorak, instead. (Score:5, Interesting)
Nobody asks Microsoft or Intel or even IBM what their anniversary products will be.
Re:Too bad it's not John C. Dvorak, instead. (Score:3)
Apple, Microsoft and the thrill of it all. (Score:4, Insightful)
I just can't understand it.
Re:Apple, Microsoft and the thrill of it all. (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:Apple, Microsoft and the thrill of it all. (Score:2)
Re:Apple, Microsoft and the thrill of it all. (Score:3, Insightful)
Apple's announcements run along the lines of "Here it is, and it's available today. Check it out at the Apple Store a few blocks away."
Re:Apple, Microsoft and the thrill of it all. (Score:3, Funny)
Apple will announce "Ipod Yocto" (Score:5, Funny)
Once you buy it, you will instantly become the coolest technophile on the planet, but the downside is that noone will be able to notice that you own one.
Re:Apple will announce "Ipod Yocto" (Score:2)
My god, that's funny. Well done.
Re:Apple will announce "Ipod Yocto" (Score:2)
No, no, no. You've got it all wrong. The next iPod will be the iPod Inviso. If you missed the announcement, you can see it here [section3.net].
Here are some of the features:
Re:Apple will announce "Ipod Yocto" (Score:2)
Those models were carried in the rectum instead of the inner ear, and never made it to market. The prototypes didn't pass a safety review by an independent group of proctologists, and the marketing people vetoed the product-launch slogan: "Finally, Apple makes mankind's dream of being able to fit 5,000 songs up your asshole a reality."
Apple April Fools Joke (Score:2)
After all, we are talking Apple rumors AND it is April Fools day.
Other Apple-April Fools links:
iGame [engadget.com] - yeah, right.
New video iPod [thinksecret.com] - possible?
iNote [theappleblog.com] - nice pics
Media Center [theappleblog.com] - err... nevermind.
Well if nothing else, maybe we get some fun new photoshopped Apple toys to dream about.
Re:Apple April Fools Joke (Score:2)
Don't sue me but I know what will be announced... (Score:3, Funny)
Remember, you heard it here first!
Alternative to Fireworks (Score:5, Funny)
Please, Steve, keep quiet! (Score:3, Funny)
Gettin' old (Score:5, Funny)
Nah. He'll walk out onto the lawn and yell at some kids to get off it.
Disclosure: I'm thirtysomething.
Re:Gettin' old (Score:2)
3 years and counting (Score:2, Insightful)
Rumors of the iPhone started in Jan. 2003. I know, I bought into them and waited to get a cell phone that year, finally giving up in October and getting something else. So as much as I'd like the iPhone to be announced this Saturday, I'm definitely not holding my breath.
12" and 17" MacBooks are definitely due, so that's where I'd put my money if I were betting.
But Saturday would be a bizarre day of the week for Apple to do any product introduction, as they wouldn't get enough press coverage. Apple an
Steve Jobs will buy France for the 30th (Score:3, Funny)
viva le Difference.
Whether or not an April Fools' joke... (Score:2)
I believe they will introduce either:
1) Something nifty
2) A limited edition of something
My vote would be for a colored-shell iMac... Or maybe colored, translucent iPods in the original six Apple colors...
Re:Whether or not an April Fools' joke... (Score:2)
Man, am i that old?
How do you want to be disappointed today? (Score:5, Funny)
How thoughtful of them (Score:5, Funny)
CNET? Heck, I'll chip in and buy the Kool-Aid!
here's the scoop (Score:5, Funny)
Re:here's the scoop (Score:2)
Silly question... (Score:2)
This is what will happen... (Score:5, Funny)
That's why iPod earbuds are so uncomfortable. Even nanomachines in the white earbuds take up space. And you thought yesterday's iPod update was for volume control. It was really for control of volumes of people!
Geez, its going to be the new intel iBook (Score:2)
I vote PowerPod.... (Score:2)
Other repercussions (Score:2)
Did Jobs even shoot fireworks on HIS 30? (Score:4, Insightful)
And then dazzle us the NEXT week (maybe a new iPod so small you need an electron microscope to see it...)
When do they not dissapoint? (Score:3, Interesting)
First, I can't see Apple coming out with a dramatically new iPod concept only 6 months after the last iPod generation. Apple can't keep releasing new iPods on quick cycles, it will affect consumer confidence (more like, consumers will stop buying iPods because they go obsolete in 6 months). Perhaps Apple was keeping something up their sleeves with iPod for the 30th, but I think it will backfire rather then impress consumers. I was considering the new 5th gen iPod to replace my 3rd gen, then I heard rumours about a newer video iPod. I basically won't be buying any iPod until Apple reveals their cards, as is the opinion of many people I know in the market for a new player.
I also don't expect any great innovations from their computer lines. G5 is still a solid desktop workstation, and I don't see Apple wanting to rush G5's away for Intel's Duo Core. Largely, Intel's Duo Core can't compete with a quad G5 system, and until I see Intel looking to make dual Duo Core chipsets, I don't see Apple coming out with a new desktop system to replace the G5. New iBook's, MacBooks's, Mac Mini's or iMacs will be underwhelming as a 30th Anniversary release as they will only be configuration tweaks, not all out redesigns. I don't think Apple will make the mistake of another Anniversary edition Mac. We can only handle 1 overpriced dud a decade, and Apple already came out with the G4 cube this past decade.
Whats left? A cellphone or tablet device? These have been rumored for years, I don't see why Apple would have left them as 30th anniversary surprises. Apple can't compete in the cell phone market, honestly. This market changes frequently (like monthly), while Apple doesn't. Apple can't release one style of cellphone to fit all consumers. Nokia, Motorola, Samsung, Sony all make a slew of different models because consumers of cellphones are fickle. An Apple based cellphone will only appeal to a small market segment and thus could not dominate the way iPod did. Apple helped to define the digital music player market, the cell phone market is already well established and has many leaders. Apple would be competing against equals (which they seldom have don't well with). Unless Apple dominates a market like with the iPod, Apple typically struggles (like with 30 years of computers).
A tablet device will also be unexpected and underwhelming. Who would buy a tablet device? Students. But any tablet device from Apple will be too expensive for most students to afford, and it will be a novelty item for many non-students.
What Apple SHOULD release for their 30th anniversary is a TV set-top device that connects Mac's or even PC's to your home theater system. This will launch Apple into the home theater market which is largely undefined. Something with Apple's panache with multimedia handling in a box that can be used as a PVR and full digital media support over networks. Apple could do with Home Theater what they did for iPod, take a bunch of ideas that other companies are poorly implementing and consolidate them into one superior device. But then, Steve Jobs says that HTPC's are a novelty and fad that will wain quickly. It's not surprising for Steve Jobs to renege on his comments, but I doubt Apple has any big plans for Home Theater consumer electronics. They don't even support 5.1 surround in most of their computers and Apple's one foray into newtworked multimedia ( AirTunes ) was a disaster in my opinion.
Apple blew their wad too early this year with new "video" iPods, iTunes services and introducing the Macintels. I would have left introducing the Macintels until the 30th anniversary to give people something to talk about.
While it is impossible to predict what Apple will actually do, I won't get my hopes up for too much. By anticipating the least, if Apple does something truly wonderful, then it will be surprising and exciting. But getting your hopes up too much will just leave you disappointed when Apple announces some new word processing applications, revision to an iPod, or a larger 17" MacBook, which is all I am banking on.
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Because the 20th Anniversay was such a big success (Score:3)
Eventually after only selling a couple thoasand at that cost... they were sold at the "bargain basement" price of 2 grand.
Some sites for more info:
Wikipedia [wikipedia.org]
Apple-History [apple-history.com]
Fan club web site [axon.net]
Re:Because the 20th Anniversay was such a big succ (Score:3, Interesting)
as silly as the machine was, it was a neat machine and did end up as a prop in TV/movies long after it was incredibly outdated technology.
the way i heard the story was that they were initially intended as a special machine for dealers and promotion almost as functional artwork. when they did not sell out they were offered to the general public. i may be wrong, but i think it was intended to be a spe
Uhh... (Score:4, Insightful)
The Reality Distortion Field (Score:4, Insightful)
You are all discussing Apple and it's products.
I'd say the RDF is working quite well.
Re:Please please please, a new iPod. (Score:3, Funny)
Maybe you should just kill yourself now and beat the rush.
Re:Isn't Cap Gains taxed at 15% ? (Score:2)
Re:The Gods (Score:2)