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Jun. 24th, 2003 01:45 amI've recovered (mostly) from my bout of technolust over the new G5, and I've started thinking a little more about Apple, and computers, and how it all fits together. I'm sleepy, so I don't know how much sense this will make.
( So people don't have to read my babbling if they don't want to, because this is really long and not very coherent )
In summary - do I think what Apple did today was great for the general consumer? Not really (at least not for a few years, when we can actually use this power for everyday stuff). Could Apple better market itself to the general consumer, starting with adding a cheaper mid-range expandable desktop and changing the numbering scheme on the software (people have gut reactions that point releases are minor, even when they're not)? Absolutely. Does this invalidate what they did today with the G5s, in pretty much taking back their postion as the desktop performance leader? Not at all, and I think they needed it for their image.
And I don't really care if people switch or not (except for my parents, because I don't want to have to help them use a PC over the phone - it's bad enough as it is!). I kind of care if people switch for what I think are invalid reasons, and I completely care if people trash Macs with untrue statements (but I out-argued the guys at my work, so it's okay :) ). And I'm sick of people using the performance argument against Apple, and I'm really glad that they won't be able to do that so easily anymore. And I still want a G5. :)
( So people don't have to read my babbling if they don't want to, because this is really long and not very coherent )
In summary - do I think what Apple did today was great for the general consumer? Not really (at least not for a few years, when we can actually use this power for everyday stuff). Could Apple better market itself to the general consumer, starting with adding a cheaper mid-range expandable desktop and changing the numbering scheme on the software (people have gut reactions that point releases are minor, even when they're not)? Absolutely. Does this invalidate what they did today with the G5s, in pretty much taking back their postion as the desktop performance leader? Not at all, and I think they needed it for their image.
And I don't really care if people switch or not (except for my parents, because I don't want to have to help them use a PC over the phone - it's bad enough as it is!). I kind of care if people switch for what I think are invalid reasons, and I completely care if people trash Macs with untrue statements (but I out-argued the guys at my work, so it's okay :) ). And I'm sick of people using the performance argument against Apple, and I'm really glad that they won't be able to do that so easily anymore. And I still want a G5. :)
