On Dec 30, 2006, at 4:49 PM, Ted Roche wrote: > "Do you really think Walt Mossberg of the Wall Street Journal goes to > some secret underground Apple Store to buy his hot new iPod to review > a month before it's even announced? Do you think hardware review sites > sneak into processor fabs late at night to gain access to hardware > samples that won't be on retail shelves for months? Do you really > think they're sending all of that stuff back? Some are, some aren't, > and to be honest, I have no idea if Mossberg keeps the top-secret > stuff he's sent or not..."
Uh, the review wasn't for the laptop; it was for the Vista OS. A better analogy would be if Apple sent a killer home theatre system to the reviewer for free with no strings attached, on the hope that he might evaluate the video iPod. -- Ed Leafe -- http://leafe.com -- http://dabodev.com _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.