Hi Daniel, It was a pleasant diversion reading your reverie/brain dump. I'm not too sure, however, that the other Woolworths customers were as thrilled that I partially blocked an isle of the fruit section for 5 minute. :-) Such is the change in my data consumption habits enabled by Apple.
Cheers, Carlo Sent from my iPhone On 12/02/2011, at 11:45, Daniel Kerr <wa...@macwizardry.com.au> wrote: > > Hi Carlo > > Yes, completely agree. > Like you say, it doesn't take much sometimes for people to work things. The > flash drives was a large one, as you mentioned. I remember reading once that > no one else could get a good market of a particular one has "someone" had > bought them all and supply was dried up. Needless to say, not long after a > new model iPod. Etc etc. > Even Apple themselves had done some "oops, we did that too early", like > accidentally making live their Apple site with a new product before it was > announced. Not for long as it's taken down just as quick, but it's always > long enough for someone to catch a glimpse of it. > I think even Time Magazine did a slip up once with a front page product too > early. > With some many angles and media and digital content to cover, it's > surprising it doesn't happen more often. So it's all done very well. > And there will always be people who know how to read all the clues > (2+2=4),..and then those who read the clues wrong (2+2=5). :o) > That's what makes it all fun and exciting. > I always love the forums before and after announcements. All the things that > should be or will be in the "un-announced" model. Then the complaining after > it as it isn't there, and how could they do that,..lol. > Was interested to see the camera side is that same, thanks for that Susan. > Good to see it happens with other products as well. Lol ;) > > And yes Apple are a bit forward with their thinking, which is good thing. > They know what to do before most. Once in a blue moon, it might be a bit > radical and causes a stir (missing Firewire on Ai MacBook,..the online > petition for that grew massively and very quickly). Next model revision we > had the MacBookPro 13" with Firewire again (and same on the white > MacBook),..then it disappeared again with the current white MacBook. But not > much a price difference to move up to 13" MacBookPro. > But yes, overall they add or remove things before others. > Omg,..you mean I can't use my 3.5" floppy disks anymore!?!?! Oh noes!!! :o( > (sarcasm intended). I still have a USB Floppy Drive kicking around for the > times I need to access something for clients. I think the last time I used > it was a year ago,..lol. > > SSD Drives I can see as a good thing given their "Safety", so once pricing > is a bit better then yes we may see that a lot more. I'm not sold yet on non > Optical Drives in machines. Certainly in some aspects yes, digital downloads > are fine for some things. But for others,...hmm yeh. I'm not sure I would > like to download 8GB of a particular software I'd just purchased. Not here > in Australia with our internet. Though, lets say software came on USB thumb > drives (like the new MacBook Air "software CD" which is the tiniest of tiny > USB drive) then I might be persuaded. With the cost of USB stick now so > cheap, that may be a great alternative. Lose the Optical drive and if we > might to buy we have either an external burner to share around all machines, > Remote Disk feature for the one machine in the house, and/or USB drive for > certain software. > > Can you imagine downloading CS5 Design Premium without an optical drive. > It's like 2 DVD's and then some! Lol. > So yeh,...I'm not sold as yet. However in saying that, I've changed out the > optical drive for two clients with laptops for the SSD Drive in the optical > drive holder. So they now run a 256GB SSD as their main drive and a 750GB > 7200rpm 2.5" drive as their data drive in their 15" MacBook Pro. > They do still have an external SuperDrive though. And Remote Disk in the > office as well. > So useful for them. For me, out on the road with the laptop, I still have > times I need to access disks or things, so couldn't really see not having > it. And carry something else to read discs,..well, maybe that would be an > option. But it's more kit to cart around,... I almost need a suitcase as it > is now,..lol :) > But I'm sure when Apple do it, there will be outcry again, like it was with > the 3.5" floppy, but it doesn't take long for that to change. > I remember working in an Apple reseller shop at the time the iMac's come out > without them. People would say "oh, what will I do". Once you explained to > them, how often did you use it, or why did you want it and explained > anything small enough to fit on a floppy can now be emailed or for backup > their's better options (zip etc at that time) that hold a lot more as file > sizes are bigger etc. So it was just a matter of showing the alternatives. > (I'm also answering my own thing there about Optical drives,..lol,..almost). > > > But yes,..I think we'll see a lot more change in the not too distant future. > That's one thing with technology, it never stand still. > I want a cool Apple watch (not an iPod nano) that has my home folder on it > and I can plug it in to any machine, reboot and their is my computer. ;) > And it has bluetooth, so I can load "some music" and make phone calls from > it. And it can't be bigger then 1.5cm square and holds 20GB. :) Apple,..Go! > :o))) > > I'll stop rambling now. > Hope some of that makes sense. I don't always write down my points well, so > it sometimes loses the thing I was trying to say,...lol :) > > Time to go do some more work ,.... > > Enjoy your day all. > > Kind Regards > Daniel > > > On 12/2/11 11:04 AM, "cm" <cm200...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I agree that Apple has, ever since its founding, used secrecy as a marketing >> tool. That is what makes Apple events so exciting, and the best covered >> product announcement forum of not just the computing industry, but probably >> of >> any industry. The magic of a Steve Jobs presentation, is in part the >> expectation that he will unleash another computing revolution. However, I do >> view some of you other points from a different angle. >> >> A lot of the "leaks" are not leaks at all, but are production figures from >> Chinese manufactures. When you hear that a Chinese company has entered into >> an >> agreement to provide billions of dollars of flash memory to a large US >> computing company, the analyst can often do the maths. Also, some of the >> rumours come from sources who have correctly pre-anounced Apple products, >> hardware features, or software products in past. >> >> Also as to Apples design strategy. Apple has consistently shown an incredible >> sense of style, and an almost prescient knowledge of what to leave out. If >> Apple relied on consumer feedback to make their decisions, we would not now >> have a phone that was obviously "to expensive", or a table that was just a >> big >> iPod touch. Neither would we have seen the rapid demise of serial ports, and >> 3.5 inch drives. We are now, probably witnessing the end of mechanical hard >> drives, neon backlit displays and possibly even internal CD ROMS in >> notebooks. >> >> Whatever Apples secret formula is, I hope it continues for many years to com. >> >> Cheers, >> Carlo >> >> >> On 2011-02-12, at 10:27, Daniel Kerr wrote: >> >>> >>> That's the other thing Ronni. Sometimes the so called "rumours" are meant to >>> be placed there. >>> Gotta love all the conspiracy theories that goes with it. >>> I remember reading somewhere about how Apple "control" some of the rumours >>> of things coming as its placed there to see which supplier or distributor >>> might be leaking information. Then if it gets out they can trace it back to >>> where it's from. >>> It's a great marketing plan which ever way you look at it. >>> Put enough "information" or "mis-information" out there and (like you say) >>> let it get passed around enough to different places, and suddenly it becomes >>> true. >>> >>> Market your product first via rumour before it's even released, and you've >>> got people talking about it, saying how great (or how bad) it is and people >>> are following it all already. >>> I suppose then, if you read enough of the feedback that it sounds like it's >>> going to bomb you can modify it a little to get it right, then release it >>> modified and ooh and aah the crowd. (And then everyone says,.."see I was >>> right, it was going to be released") Half the work is done for you! >>> >>> Apple do very well with the amount of info they do keep tight lipped before >>> it's released considering their scope of products and all the places parts >>> come from and the amount of marketing and hype is all created before it's >>> released. I'm sure the rumour chain is shared a little from both sides. :o) >>> >>> I don't think the same can be said for the other side,...but I could be >>> wrong. >>> Even more of late are the news articles (which I barely see bar once in a >>> blue moon, it's normally mentioned to me from my Mum or sister) on TV, even >>> here in "little 'ol Australia" where they mention the new great Apple >>> product just released, or what Apple have just done to great a "Frenzy". >>> Does the same happen for Windows or PC makers? Maybe it does, and I just >>> don't see it,...lol. Oh wait,..it does,..but for virii. :o) hehehe :o) >>> >>> The rumour market is a whole niche in itself eh. >>> >>> Kind Regards >>> Daniel >>> >>> *Note. All the above is based on my own personal view and opinions, so can't >>> be taken as gospel. ;o) It's just my take on how I see it ;o) >> >> >> >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> >> > > --- > Daniel Kerr > MacWizardry > > Phone: 0414 795 960 > Email: <daniel @ macwizardry . com . au> > Web: <http://www.macwizardry.com.au> > > > **For everything Macintosh** > > > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>
