Comments on: Keynote Recap: What Apple did today http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/15/keynote-recap-what-apple-did-today/ Gadgets, gear and computer hardware. Sun, 23 Nov 2008 16:14:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Jon http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/15/keynote-recap-what-apple-did-today/#comment-566714 Jon Wed, 16 Jan 2008 04:35:30 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/15/keynote-recap-what-apple-did-today/#comment-566714 Apple did a lot today but I was sad to see it didn't upgrade specs on it's other laptops... which are still competitive but a price reduction would have been very nice. I have to agree, there isn't anything that says WOW but there is some stuff that made me go wow ;-) Jon http://buzvia.com Apple did a lot today but I was sad to see it didn’t upgrade specs on it’s other laptops… which are still competitive but a price reduction would have been very nice. I have to agree, there isn’t anything that says WOW but there is some stuff that made me go wow ;-)

Jon
http://buzvia.com

]]> By: Parsnipzilla http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/15/keynote-recap-what-apple-did-today/#comment-566539 Parsnipzilla Wed, 16 Jan 2008 02:02:17 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/15/keynote-recap-what-apple-did-today/#comment-566539 http://www.macworld.com/article/131593/2008/01/itunesdigitalcopy.html Now THIS looks promising. Even though you can still just rip them, it does show that the studios have realised that people WANT to watch family guy on their iPods and are actually stepping up to the requests. You can still just rip your Dvds though, and that doesn't limit you to just one computer... http://www.macworld.com/article/131593/2008/01/itunesdigitalcopy.html

Now THIS looks promising.
Even though you can still just rip them, it does show that the studios have realised that people WANT to watch family guy on their iPods and are actually stepping up to the requests.

You can still just rip your Dvds though, and that doesn’t limit you to just one computer…

]]> By: JP http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/15/keynote-recap-what-apple-did-today/#comment-566356 JP Tue, 15 Jan 2008 23:22:04 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/15/keynote-recap-what-apple-did-today/#comment-566356 :-) Should have been "Consumers AREN'T completely stupid"... though the slip may actually be significant too... :-) Should have been “Consumers AREN’T completely stupid”… though the slip may actually be significant too…

]]> By: JP http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/15/keynote-recap-what-apple-did-today/#comment-566352 JP Tue, 15 Jan 2008 23:19:57 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/15/keynote-recap-what-apple-did-today/#comment-566352 I highly doubt that this is the industry shift that you maintain it is. Physical mediums still provide people with a better experience. They aren't limited to the constraints and restrictions presented with online distribution systems. Downloading movies isn't a new thing for people... consumers have come to expect a video-on-demand service even if just through their cable boxes. I really doubt that people are going to rush to buy a new box to do something much cheaper solutions already provide, without having to buy into a new device. Content is compelling, but not at that price, not with those restrictions, and not just because it's apple. Consumers are completely stupid. I highly doubt that this is the industry shift that you maintain it is. Physical mediums still provide people with a better experience. They aren’t limited to the constraints and restrictions presented with online distribution systems. Downloading movies isn’t a new thing for people… consumers have come to expect a video-on-demand service even if just through their cable boxes. I really doubt that people are going to rush to buy a new box to do something much cheaper solutions already provide, without having to buy into a new device. Content is compelling, but not at that price, not with those restrictions, and not just because it’s apple. Consumers are completely stupid.

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