Er, guys, it's The Onion, it's a joke!
See also the item on the dinosaur revealed to be a sexual predator
and the senator pre-emptively apologising for the sexual indiscretion
he's about to commit immediately after the press conference...
Andrew Fildes
afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
On 28/03/2009, at 10:44 AM, Moose wrote:
> Mike Lazzari wrote:
>> For those of you who will buy anything if it's shiny and made by
>> Apple.
>>
>> <http://www.theonion.com/content/video/
>> apple_introduces_revolutionary>
>>
>> Warning, Spew alert: don't attempt to watch this while drinking
>> coffee.
>>
>
> Quotes [approximate] "..couldn't be simpler"
>
> Moose says "Couldn't be slower."
>
> "It remains to be seen whether it will catch on with business
> users, who
> use computers for actual work - and not just dicking around."
>
> "The new Butterfly battery will power it for 19 minutes." while it
> took
> a guy playing with one 45 minutes to compose a very short e-mail using
> the wheel.
>
> Looks like a terrific piece of marketing and prototype testing.
> Apple is
> pretty unique in branding prototype ideas as fully developed products,
> which tests ideas in the real world while getting folks who will buy
> anything new, shiny and made by Apple to help pay for the
> development costs.
>
> Takes me back to the original Mac. I took one home for a free one day
> test drive. I exhausted everything I could actually do on it in a few
> minutes. A largely useless toy that became a very serious product as
> applications appeared and the hardware became more capable. Yes, I was
> using an Apple II+ for real things at the time. The fish tank
> conversion
> of the original is nice for small fish. One of my Applechic friends
> has one.
>
> The current product looks like another useless toy, but I wouldn't be
> surprised to see some ideas from its development become mainstream.
>
> Andrew, they say the cheapest configuration is US$ 2,600.
>
> Moose
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