The Media's Crush on Apple 391
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."
Re:Last week? (Score:5, Informative)
Re:I think the bias is warranted... (Score:3, Informative)
Re:Well, (Score:3, Informative)
Re:Last week? (Score:4, Informative)
Re:Reality Alert! (Score:5, Informative)
Are you saying this Dell Inspiron [dell.com] is priced too high? Because it looks somewhat comprable to the specs of the MacBook, except that it includes much less software ( nothing at all like iLife, for example ), no Bluetooth, and that $1999 price doesn't give you a DVD-R drive even. I mean, you can quibble about the details, Apple's ATI X1600 vs Dell's Invidia 7800, etc, but... they look like comprable offerings at... the *exact* same price!
Did I check that right? I can order either a Dell top-of-the-line notebook, or an Apple top-of-the-line notebook, and they cost EXACTLY the same amount ? Damn, now what do I do?!?
Your question is premised on facts not in evidence (Score:2, Informative)
SAN JOSE, Calif., Oct. 8, 2004 (AP)
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/10/08/tech/ma
[about the announcement of Windows Media Center Edition 2005, not the Xbox]
Microsoft Unveils New Xbox 360
REDMOND, Wash., May 13, 2005 (AP)
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/05/13/tech/ma
Xbox 360 beats PlayStation to Japan stores
HANS GREIMEL
Associated Press (Posted on Thu, Dec. 08, 2005)
http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/business/133
Gates Highlights Windows Vista Program
By MAY WONG, AP Technology Writer Thu Jan 5, 3:53 AM ET
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060105/ap_on_hi_te/g
MTV, Microsoft team up for online music
ALEX VEIGA
Associated Press (Thursday, Jan 12, 2006)
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/entert
That's just from 5 minutes of Googling. Someone with a Lexis account could produce pages and pages of AP stories about Microsoft products.
Sure, the media likes to ooh and ahh over Apple, but the media likes to ooh and ahh over everything. It's ridiculous to suggest that a similar product announcement from Microsoft wouldn't go out over the AP wire.
News story != news alert (Score:5, Informative)
The Apple piece in question was an alert: a one-sentence "breaking news happening now!" thing that AP passes on to its subscribers. For example, if a UFO lands in Detroit, there will be an immediate alert, followed later by a detailed story.
Just so you know.
Re:When (Score:3, Informative)
A friend of mine bought a 4800+ and he can't make it go above 35c no matter what he does. Plain fan cooling.
Re:Last week? (Score:3, Informative)
Let me fix that for you.
Ipods aren't significantly smaller then their competition, and according to my non-geek friends they aren't significantly easier to use either.
Re:When (Score:2, Informative)
Re: Mod parent UP! (Score:1, Informative)
The posts about Time Magazine Person of the Year don't get it either. Person of the Year is not a NewsAlert (tm).
RTFA everybody !!!
Re:Reality Alert! (Score:2, Informative)
Re:What am I missing? (Score:3, Informative)
Orientation/Movement sensors for parking hard drives before damage occurs.
Higher density disk platters.
That took about 3 seconds for me to come up with (and no research). IBM patents more new technology each year then your average 10 tech companies combined.
Re:Last week? (Score:2, Informative)