I think the new MB (lack of firewire aside) and new iMacs are pretty good additions to make up the tail end of 2009, but a matte black Macbook tacked onto the line would've been swwweet. #philschiller
@snowy_coke: Technically, a spec bump on existing models would not be new products, so that could still happen, but it's only 2 months left in the year, so it doesn't make much of a difference. #philschiller
@Eruanno: True but installing it is expensive if you have the Mac Genius do it and it voids Apple Care if you do it yourself so it is kind of annoying. #philschiller
@The Lab: You could always you know, just check off the upgraded HDD when making your purchase. $50 dollars more gets you a 250Gb instead of that 160Gb. #philschiller
@7egend: Apple Care means not opening the case for 3 years. That 250 Gb might look sufficient now but maybe not so much in 2012 (you will need lots of storage to record the end of the world). Also at some universities to get the high-level academic discounts you have to buy stock. #philschiller
@The Lab: Installing it doesn't void the warranty, but I believe if you cause damage, it won't be covered. So, you're OK as long as you don't screw it up. #philschiller
@bitgod: I looked it up and the RAM upgrade is clearly fine [bit.ly] but the hard drive is another issue. Apple doesn't seem to address the issue directly with MacBooks and seems to have a look-the-other way policy about it but it technically may violate the warranty. #philschiller
Once a company dominates a certain product market, they stops creating innovative and exciting product in that category because they know nobody can compete with them.
@semperfi1776: Well technically they innovate less because it's cheaper and as such they make more. I would hope that the big 3 were a good enough example as of late (in truck/suv anyways)...
I might seriously stop reading gizmodo. I mean their Apple fanboy-ism is going way to overboard. I have a MBP and an iPhone, I love Apple stuff, but to see you guys posting retarded articles like these is just plain stupid.
@OMG! Ponies!: Group hysteria and a general decline in quality, unbiased journalism these days. Practically everything is an editorial now. News is old news.
@OMG! Ponies!: Yup, and we sit here and wonder why people like Jesus praise Apple so much. It's amazing what sitting through such a biased conference (I'm not saying it shouldn't be) can do to you. And on top of that, add the crowd stupidity factor, and pretty soon, you have the recipe for creating fanboys. The sad thing is, our society has created situations like these in every circle of life, and starting at a young age (coke vs. pepsi, nike vs. adidas, mcdonalds vs. bk) and the large corporations love it because if they win you at a young age, they win you for life.
When we start dealing with things like cars, computers, houses and other big ticket items, we then start to feel like we really need to justify our purchases. So what started out as a researched purchase, can easily turn you into a fanboy. So if someone makes fun of your product, even on the internet where you don't even know the person or see them in real life, you start blindly defending things in order to convince both the person and yourseld that you made a good purchase. When in reality, all man made products have some form of fault. And considering the fact that we have no stake in the company, it's even deemed more worthless to be a fanboy, because then, the company in question gets a free walking billboard that in turn actually pays the company in order to keep advertising and convincing more people.
@Software_Goddess: It does put everything in perspective. The Mac vs. PC thing doesn't mean anything in comparison. Regardless your taste in OS, here is a man who has had a big influence on the tech world and he's withering away
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I'm sorry if the other tech companies can't churn out any "newsworthy" gadgets!
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When we start dealing with things like cars, computers, houses and other big ticket items, we then start to feel like we really need to justify our purchases. So what started out as a researched purchase, can easily turn you into a fanboy. So if someone makes fun of your product, even on the internet where you don't even know the person or see them in real life, you start blindly defending things in order to convince both the person and yourseld that you made a good purchase. When in reality, all man made products have some form of fault. And considering the fact that we have no stake in the company, it's even deemed more worthless to be a fanboy, because then, the company in question gets a free walking billboard that in turn actually pays the company in order to keep advertising and convincing more people.
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Cancer is a serious fight and very few make it out alive.
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