Comments on: MacWorld 2004

By: Brian

Brian — Sat, 24 Jan 2004 17:38:26 +0000

OK, it’s the 24th. Where’s my new 20th anniversary Mac?

By: gdg

gdg — Mon, 12 Jan 2004 07:09:07 +0000

I agree with #21′s comments. The iPod mini is well priced, coming in at exactly the same price as Creative’s 4G offering. Plus, only the mini iPod has the wheel. The wheel is great!
To me, as an AAPL stockholder, the mini iPod signifies Apple agressively acting to maintain their market lead in this area. The HP branding deal, where HP/Compaq ships iTunes on all their computers for the next X nears (3?) is another example of that.
If there had been a cheaper, smaller Mac only two years after the first mac, with prices dropping after that, the world might look a lot different today.
So from my standpoint, the MacWorld was VERY exciting, and the 1984 Ad was right on point. She
was wearing an iPod this time around, and iPod is
a very important brand to Apple.
The Ad had another clue, too, if you were paying
attention. January 24 was the introduction date,
and mark my words, we will get another Mac
announcement in the next 13 days.
Because you never get another chance to have a 20th anniversary.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 10 Jan 2004 18:31:14 +0000

Idiots. The mini iPod IS highly-competitive with other flash-based MP3 players. Go price some for yourself, you won’t find anything at that size for that price with such good connectivity, usability, not to mention design.

By: Down10

Down10 — Sat, 10 Jan 2004 09:12:57 +0000

First, can we please NOT use the terms “old school” or “oldskool” to describe something TWO years old? “Previous” works just fine. Also, you still sound like rich white boys while talking about your electronics, so stop with the phony street slang. Thank you.
I, too, was disappointed by this year’s Macworld. Usually, Apple has a mind-blowing new product or technology, but the iPod minis were disappointing surprise, and too expensive for what they do. They aren’t priced to move, but neither are any of their iPods — is the demand really that much more than for other MP3 players?
I wish they’d introduced a G5 version of the Cube… The towers are enourmous, and I thought they really had something going there with a smaller desktop unit that wasn’t an iMac. …Oh, well. there’s always next year.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 09 Jan 2004 04:23:38 +0000

Steve Jobs had not one mention of Apple’s popular iBook series during the MacWorld Expo. Coward. Portables represent 42% of all Mac’s sold…and not even a mention? It was the most disappointing MacWorld Expo ever (considering it was the 20th anniversary of the Mac). Nothing new except hype over the over-priced mini-ipod and nostalgia about how great Apple used to be (1984 ad). I think the showing of the “1984″ ad was to divert attention from the fact that Apple failed to innovate in 2003, maintain the status quo, or do anything new for that matter. As a matter of fact, the only thing newsworthy as of late is Apple sales of faulty and/or defective iBooks to unsuspecting customers (and educational institutions). BlackCider’s recommendation: Never by a first generation Apple product. The mini-iPod might be great in the future, but wait until revision 2 when they have the bugs worked out. Apple tends to rush things to market, especially around the time of the MacWorld Expo.
“Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain.”

By: Gambit

Gambit — Thu, 08 Jan 2004 16:23:48 +0000

The new iPods are nice, but its more of a marketing gimik than anything else. Same Hd(smaller though), same os just packaged into a smaller box with a different color at a lower price (cant even count, the difference between an iPod mini and an entry level iPos is minimal).
The iLife package sounds rad though. Keen to smash around in garagebband.

By: owen

owen — Wed, 07 Jan 2004 20:09:05 +0000

This seems to be another growing problem: It, though smaller, doesn’t become cheaper nor does it have the ability to become cheaper by reducing it’s components.
I want a ipod with 1 gigabyte of memory and is the size of a normal ipod. wouldn’t that be sweet? well it dimensions would become an pain but if it’s cheaper wouldn’t that weight the size issue?

By: paul

paul — Wed, 07 Jan 2004 19:13:15 +0000

i’m stoked to get my copy of garageband too, even though it looks sort of ugly. it looks far easier to use than protools. now i can spend less time messing about with mixing/mastering. i hope.

By: Tom

Tom — Wed, 07 Jan 2004 18:10:59 +0000

The iPod Mini just seems like a waste of time and money to me – it may only be $50 more than a flash player, but it’s also only $50 less than a full-blown 15GB iPod. However, I have to say I’m glad that they’ve brought back the ‘classic’ button layout.
Once again, Apple’s prices will hamper their sales. iPod sales have been continually increasing – in the past 8 months a £330 10GB iPod G2 has turned into a £250 15GB iPod G3. What do they expect? £250 for an iPod is a fair price. £150 for a 4GB iPod Mini would have been fair. But £180? Not a chance. I’ll be sticking with my 10GB iPod G2 until a 100GB model comes along :)
By the way, does anyone know anything about these new headphones? My iPod ones are bust are they look pretty cool…

By: Tubby

Tubby — Wed, 07 Jan 2004 17:07:54 +0000

Well, even though the 15gb iPod is a sweet deal, up here in Canada, it’s still $400 (plus 15% tax)… doh!
BTW, it’s currently -25C in London, Ontario…