Apple posts Leopard Guided Tour

Apple's been all about the video guided tours lately, and with Leopard just around the corner, the company's gone ahead and put John, The Classy Salt-and-Pepper Apple Store Employee, in front of the camera to walk you through the new release. Nothing particularly new to report, but it'll keep the fanboys warm for another week.

[Sam @ Oct 19th 2007 1:07PM]

thanks for crediting me with this story!
...not.

[Phreak511 @ Oct 19th 2007 10:06PM]

He’s an Apple store employee!?

Not in my local Apple Store. Those folks are minimum wage, hipster (wannabes), condescending assholes. Last week when I was in that store and checking out a Touch, the unwashed employee with the thirty tattoos and black fingernail polish wash rushing thru a demo of that device and smugly stated, “and it’s ONLY $399.” ONLY $399!? I wanted to slap him while yelling, “And how much do YOU make?”

[Chris @ Oct 19th 2007 1:07PM]

Just from a still I can tell that guy is going to be a smug asshole.

[bugmat @ Oct 19th 2007 1:26PM]

I was thinking the same - enough of the smug smarmy-looking geek yuppies AAPL..try some real looking ppl. It seems a whole lot less condescending. Just from that still, I've decided to avoid the walk-through and wait on the YoutTube version lol!

[tcc3 @ Oct 19th 2007 1:40PM]

"Hi, my name is Raven and I'm and elitist asshole"

[Derek @ Oct 19th 2007 3:42PM]

DID ANYONE ELSE NOTICE HOW MUCH THAT ASSHOLE CLENCHED HIS JAW WHEN HE TURNED TOWARDS THE COMPUTER. WOW... IT MADE HIM LOOK SO TUFF :(

BTW, wow! That Filesystem is amazing compared to vista. I don't know how much more 'productful' it would make me, but it is amazing. I never thought I would say that about a file system before.

[joe23521 @ Oct 19th 2007 3:45PM]

And he kept reminding himself about going on the Hawaii vacation and buying a $5000 bicycle, all the same time, playing golf in Space #4. :)

[Wwhat @ Oct 20th 2007 12:04AM]

All I can say is that he creeps me out, from the picture.

[Wwhat @ Oct 20th 2007 1:11AM]

He wasn't that bad in the video though, not as bad as the picture made me fear.

[Darren @ Oct 20th 2007 12:33PM]

You're just seeing what you want to see. Or perhaps Apple should use a fat, sweaty, bald man to scream through their OS demo videos.

[NHAnimator @ Oct 19th 2007 1:08PM]

Could be worse. They could have gone the "Apple guy" and "PC guy" route.

[John P @ Oct 19th 2007 1:10PM]

The irony of it is that engadget pokes fun at Apple fanboys.

[Brassen @ Oct 19th 2007 2:43PM]

"but it'll keep the fanboys warm for another week"

Haha

[Anton @ Oct 19th 2007 1:10PM]

Why is apple always assuming that the public is a bunch of retards? First, the made whole commercials with step by step directions of how to use iphone's different features...No how to use a Mac...

Come on, seriously...We are introduced to Mac/PCs in like first grade...I am pretty sure we all know how to use one without a guided tour...

[Anton @ Oct 19th 2007 1:12PM]

Grammar Errors - No EDIT BUTTON!

[nightryder21 @ Oct 19th 2007 1:16PM]

Because they are retards. I hope all the retarted windows users go to macs.

[jessy @ Oct 19th 2007 1:49PM]

nightryder21


so your saying, retards have to upgrade from PC to MAC to better find their niche? man for a fanboy your stupid. your basically saying MACs are made for idiots and that PCs suit people above a 2nd grade level.


my god, if thats the best microsoft flaming you can do, just go work for them, they like you.

[Geoffrey Sperl @ Oct 19th 2007 2:18PM]

Hmmmm.... speaking as a Mac user who runs a help desk, I regularly hear from unknowing users something like: "I don't know how to use a Mac. I'm comfortable with Windows and I'm not going to try something different."

Not everyone is like you. They see something different and they freeze. We're geeks. There's a difference between us and the public-at-large.

[nickroz @ Oct 19th 2007 2:24PM]

"so your saying, retards have to upgrade from PC to MAC to better find their niche? man for a fanboy your stupid."

...then YOU'RE an idiot.

[Zed @ Oct 19th 2007 2:36PM]

Ok, I just watched it. Overall I think it was nicely done. It is just the right level for my somewhat computer savvy family to see what new features there are, and how they might want to use them. Having this basic intro gives people a look at what is new, so they can decide what to go investigate further.

While there may be fanboys about, you are what is called a troll.

[Arno @ Oct 19th 2007 4:22PM]

The large majority of Apple's customers are idiots.

[Elais @ Oct 19th 2007 4:24PM]

I'm not a fanboy...but it's Mac. Mac is short for Macintosh, PC is short for Personal Computer. Macintosh=Mac=one word. Personal Computer=PC=two word abbreviation. MAC=Mandatory Access Control. I'm sorry but I see this all the time and decided to say something.

[G-stylez @ Oct 19th 2007 4:53PM]

Actually a lot of people do not know how to use a computer. They actually need these guided tours. I'm pretty sure Apple is not making these videos for anyone that reads these blogs. Not everyone that use computer's are geeks like us. I use to work for Apple answering sale calls and I couldn't believe how many people had questions like "does the Mac connect to the internet?" or "if someone sends me and email using a PC can I view it on my Mac?". Plus I'd say half of the calls I got were from new Mac users.

[pkilla @ Oct 20th 2007 5:06PM]

@ Elais

Are you serious? You are a fanboy!

[HineyWipe @ Oct 19th 2007 1:12PM]

Why the discrimination against salt-n-pepper'd hair males? Stereotyping? I see.


(yeah, so. Atleast I'm not needing a rug, plugs or dye job) :P

[Bellerophon @ Oct 19th 2007 1:13PM]

What's up with his mouth after he said "brand new release of Mac OS 10"?

[Sam @ Oct 19th 2007 1:13PM]

I just watched it and have to say the funniest parts are when he uses iChat theater and when he tells everyone that "Leopard will take about 1-2 hours to install, so you can go get a cup of coffee or go for a walk."

[Anton @ Oct 19th 2007 1:44PM]

2 hours? Installing Windows XP SP2 only take 56 minutes or so....

[Zed @ Oct 19th 2007 2:15PM]

I've installed it numerous times, and it doesn't take 2 hours to do an install. Maybe 30 minutes, and that would include the dev tools.

It might take 2 hours if you are doing a migrate from another machine (where it copies all your files, documents, images, music and applications from your old machine).

I haven't done an upgrade however, but I don't know why that would take so much longer. 2 hours seems excessive... no idea how they came up with that number.

[Michael La Framboise @ Oct 19th 2007 3:13PM]

Zed, I'm guessing what they're implying is that it'll take a few hours to install + transfer old docs + configure all the new settings for your own preference - time machine and such - but who knows, we'll have to wait n see in a week. :)

[lambasted @ Oct 19th 2007 1:16PM]

"... it'll keep the fanboys warm for another week."

Nope, Apple fanboys usually rub their balls together to keep warm.

[Andrew Horn @ Oct 19th 2007 6:15PM]

good one. . .

[snitch @ Oct 19th 2007 1:41PM]

this video is M$ soft funboys worst Nightmare LOL i dare them to watch the entire thing lol and not cry

[jessy @ Oct 19th 2007 4:15PM]

by what im hearing, its a microsoft lovers best dream, apple keep alienating their customers and making the slightly experiences users feeling like hicks.

i THINK that might cause some hard feelings

[LegendZ28 @ Oct 20th 2007 2:00AM]

I'm not a microsoft fanboy (although I do own a Vista desktop to go with my Macbook Pro), and I couldn't even sit still long enough to watch all the stuff about the dock. The video was incredibly boring, in my opinion, but there's only so much you can do to make this stuff interesting.

I'm sure the Apple fanboys didn't so much as shift their weight through the entire thing, but I'll just wait till I get the upgrade and figure it out myself.

[Ireland @ Oct 19th 2007 1:41PM]

It doesn't take a fanboy to see that OS X is the best OS out there, so you can stick those fanboy comments where the sun don't shine.

[geezer @ Oct 19th 2007 1:42PM]

another guided tour video from Apple for al those lost "any name here"-Windows switchers....

[Dauphin @ Oct 19th 2007 1:44PM]

i think he loos kinda hot... plus, apple has been plublishing those "made for dumb" videos a lot lately, not real news here just yet another apple post

[snitch @ Oct 19th 2007 1:45PM]

hey that guy looks just like lord steve,lol am just wondering when is he goin to bless the iphone with another software update

[Ethan @ Oct 19th 2007 1:47PM]

In the future, we will all have perfected mannerisms, a lose finishing cotton shirt, age gracefully, and have just the right amount of tan.

[exodus6679 @ Oct 20th 2007 3:36AM]

i lol'd.

[Adam Jackson @ Oct 19th 2007 1:48PM]

I'm downloading the high res video and watching that shite full screen on my lunch break.

[jmattick @ Oct 19th 2007 1:58PM]

Better watch out. I don't think most companies take to masturbating on company grounds too well...

[LegendZ28 @ Oct 20th 2007 3:04AM]

Not only was he going to do it, but he felt the need to announce it to the world first.

[Saint Dumb Ox @ Oct 19th 2007 1:49PM]

Are the fanboys warm because they have wet themselves with excitment?

[carter @ Oct 19th 2007 1:50PM]

Looks like powerful file management to me. I have both an iBook and $3000 PC laptop. Keeping track of stuff in Windows is an increasingly nightmarish user experience, and breaks my flow of thought all the time. It's turning into a huge productivity suck. I'd rather work with the $1000 iBook, which does the basics, and does them well.

[Scooter @ Oct 19th 2007 4:10PM]

get Google desktop. Forget filing. Find stuff. It works.

[BoredOne @ Oct 19th 2007 7:03PM]

Finding files and folders isn't hard if you actually organize it.

[toyotaboy @ Oct 19th 2007 2:03PM]

Is it just me, or does that look like cameron fry from ferris buellers day off?

"When cameron was in egypt's landdd... let my cameron goooo"

[farfisa @ Oct 19th 2007 2:05PM]

At least they stopped using Jeff Goldblum.