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Apple Releases New Ipod & "Headless" Mac Mini
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| Slylee |
| mini? how about some mini pics there sherry;) |
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| kamil |
| Once again, apple shocks the market with a whopping 12 hours of battery life. My seven year old discman lasts 4 times as long. |
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| Benjamin B |
| its not like form factor pc's weren't out 3 years ago or anything.... |
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| kamil |
| quote: | Originally posted by Benjamin B
its not like form factor pc's weren't out 3 years ago or anything.... |
Apple Cube, anyone? This "thing" will go down in flames. |
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| simplyatbliss |
| At first, I thought the first one was a vibrator.. |
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| Spacey Orange |
i'm unimpressed. instead of innovating, apple seems headed toward competing on price, and the downward spiral on prices that that encourages, and hurts all producers.
the cube is just a cpu right? nothing new, but just another option for consumers.
the player without a screen. even the cheap ones have screens. who wants a screenless player? all in all, apple is just dilluting its brand.
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Apple Unveils Mini Mac, IPod Shuffle
1 hour, 41 minutes ago Technology - AP
By MAY WONG, AP Technology Writer
SAN FRANCISCO - Apple Computer Inc. chief executive Steve Jobs (news - web sites) unveiled a very small $499 computer on Tuesday and a flash memory-based music player called the iPod Shuffle.
The new products seek to make inroads against the traditionally more affordable PC market and against lower-cost competitors to Apple's wildly popular iPod.
The Mini Mac computers, smaller than even some standalone external computer drives, go on sale Jan. 22. They lack a monitor, mouse and keyboard. The 40-gigabyte Mini Mac will cost $499, an 80-gigabyte model $599.
"People who are thinking of switching will have no more excuses," Jobs said during a keynote speech at Macworld and Expo. "It's the newest and most affordable Mac ever."
The product for the first time puts Apple in the budget desktop PC arena, which so has been largely confined to personal computers that rely on Microsoft Corp.'s Windows operating system.
Building upon the success in a rapidly growing niche that it already dominates, Apple also is rolling out two lower-priced versions of its iPod music players.
The iPod Shuffle, available immediately, is smaller than most packs of gum, weighing less than an ounce.
Unlike the hard drive-based iPod Mini, it doesn't have a display. There's a scroll wheel for the controls so a user can either play the songs in order or have the device automatically shuffle stored songs in a random order.
Apple is selling two versions of the iPod Shuffle.
The smallest will have 512 megabytes of storage and cost $99. A one-gigabyte version, which holds 240 songs, will sell for $149. The lowest cost iPod is the mini, which costs $249 for four gigabytes — enough to store about 1,000 songs
"We want to bring even more people into the digital revolution," Jobs said.
The iPod has helped infuse new life into Apple. In the past year, the Cupertino-based company's stock has tripled on strong sales of the iPod, which is emerging as one of the 21st century's first cultural icons.
With the Mac Mini, Jobs is setting out to expand Apple's 3 percent share of the U.S. computer market.
Investors appeared unimpressed with Jobs' announcements.
Apple's shares fell $2.71 to $66.25 during Tuesday's trading on the Nasdaq Stock Market.
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| jdat |
people are saying the apple mini is a hoax but with apple sueing thinksecret for posting pics of the item it could very well prove not to be fake after all.
One important detail that was not mentionned is that the apple mini is going to be a true pc killer if it is indeed real as they are going for the 500 $ computer market.
A mac ... 500 bucks :eyespop: that's a first! |
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| Ondrayce |
| quote: | Originally posted by jdat
if it is indeed real |
http://www.apple.com/macmini/
And unless there are millions of people sitting on their hands waiting for the affordable Mac, I doubt this will make an impact. I am currently a Mac user and I think this was an extremely unimpressive line coming out of Mac World this year.
They really need to bump the Powerbooks to G5. |
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| fr0st |
| quote: | Originally posted by jdat
people are saying the apple mini is a hoax but with apple sueing thinksecret for posting pics of the item it could very well prove not to be fake after all.
One important detail that was not mentionned is that the apple mini is going to be a true pc killer if it is indeed real as they are going for the 500 $ computer market.
A mac ... 500 bucks :eyespop: that's a first! |
I know a lot of PC musicians who are buying this to test the mac platform...... |
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| CynepMeH |
| quote: | Originally posted by jdat
people are saying the apple mini is a hoax but with apple sueing thinksecret for posting pics of the item it could very well prove not to be fake after all.
One important detail that was not mentionned is that the apple mini is going to be a true pc killer if it is indeed real as they are going for the 500 $ computer market.
A mac ... 500 bucks :eyespop: that's a first! |
Yeah... load it up with AOL and there you go - HEADLESS COMPUTER FOR HEADLESS PEOPLE. Look, it already shows that it's aimed at an idiot market - the CDR is upside down... Unless the entire computer is upside down.... They should have "up" and "down" labels on it. =)
Let's not forget lack of warez for Mac platform (and general lack of software titles available for Mac). Otherwise - it's great!
I used to respect Apple for being innovative... Now I realize why I hated apple before and now - it's the way they shove their down your throat. You want choice? Screw you - we give you what we feel like . Don't like it? Fck off! Same as it was in the old days. Wanna upgrade? buy parts from Apple. Wanna download tunes from iTunes??? buy iPod...
Bleh... iPod being an icon of the 21st century is an insult to all homosapiens, e.g. - "the thinking men", err... I mean persons.
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| CynepMeH |
| quote: | Originally posted by fr0st
I know a lot of PC musicians who are buying this to test the mac platform...... |
There's no way you'd be able to run Logic (effectively) on this thing. Though, it'd be interesting...
I'm sure there's a reason why G5 are selling well in a musician market. |
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