Apple Strikes Again
So everyone in the Home PC market (Windows Media edition, anyone?) is still trying to get the PC to work in the home, and of course, they're also working hard at building a credible MP3 player that can take on the iPod.
Meanwhile, Apple has jumped the shark once more with the iPod Mini -- smaller than a stick of gum -- and their other announcements at MacWorld SF.
I think it's a sign of the times that long-time anti-Mac holdout Scott Kurtz has finally announced that the Mac Mini has hooked him. He's buying a Mac! and I think this just presages more on-the-fence PC buyers who are going to do the same thing. The analysts seem to agree with me (except the Motley Fool) Scott's an average power-PC user -- I think if he's succumbed, others will too!
2 Comments:
Scott Kurtz is an idiot.
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Anonymous, at 12:14 PM
Salon.com's article on the Mac Mini this week makes much the same point as my post: (day pass - ad watching - required for viewing)
In brief, Farhad Manjoo writes that "Jobs brought forth a new kind of Mac -- a machine that comes with every feature of the Macs of yesteryear, except one: sticker shock. Like all Macs, the new Mac Mini, which is priced at $500, tugs at your heart. But the best thing about it is it won't offend your brain."
Manjoo also adds: "'People thinking of switching' to Macs, Jobs said, 'will have no more excuses.' This seems about right. And once people have switched, there's probably no going back -- and that's why this machine could be a great thing for Apple."
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N Hayes, at 9:49 AM
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