Again with the hating!! Ricker's just telling us about this (actually pretty funny event) where someone who has to look very respectable for his job chose to sacrifice his _face_ for a gadget. Forget that said gadget was a macbook air and remember that this is en_GADGET_ we're all reading!
"Ricker's just telling us about this (actually pretty funny event) where someone who has to look very respectable for his job chose to sacrifice his _face_ for a gadget. Forget that said gadget was a macbook air and remember that this is en_GADGET_ we're all reading!"
Ask yourself a simple question.
If this was a Dell or an HP or a Lenovo or any other laptop or product other than one from Apple, would Thomas Ricker even have bothered posting this?
But really who cares! I see an article on a company I don't care for I skip past it. I don't click on it complaining every single time. Could be your continued complaining is helping to generate more hits, in which case you will continue to see more Apple news.
Even if it does have something to do with Apple (which, by the way, the Jon Stewart/Oscars post also had the Wii featured), what difference would it make? If they hadn't posted this, would your world--or the world in general--be any different? There's obviously gonna be interest in this post, simply because A) It's a guy who got scuffed up in the face for a high profiled laptop & B) It's just plain funny!
Lest us not forget this is enGADGET BLOG. Last I remembered, a blog has a right to be a bit biased. No?
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Again with the hating!!
Ricker's just telling us about this (actually pretty funny event) where someone who has to look very respectable for his job chose to sacrifice his _face_ for a gadget. Forget that said gadget was a macbook air and remember that this is en_GADGET_ we're all reading!
"Ricker's just telling us about this (actually pretty funny event) where someone who has to look very respectable for his job chose to sacrifice his _face_ for a gadget. Forget that said gadget was a macbook air and remember that this is en_GADGET_ we're all reading!"
Ask yourself a simple question.
If this was a Dell or an HP or a Lenovo or any other laptop or product other than one from Apple, would Thomas Ricker even have bothered posting this?
If an anchor man had ended up with a black eye? Would be even more news because we'd all think he's insane (more than we do now...)!
@ Fred
Give it a break, if a prominent personality on TV like a Charlie Rose got bruised-up trying to save a gadget, Engadget would cover it.
"Give it a break, if a prominent personality on TV like a Charlie Rose got bruised-up trying to save a gadget, Engadget would cover it."
No they wouldn't.
In the past month they did two post about celebrities and gadgets.
1) John Stewart (sp?)
Why? Because he pulled out an iPhone at the Oscars
2) This story because it involved a MBA.
3) Bonus - a story that appeared on Gizmodo:
"Clips: Sinbad is Still Alive, Also a Gigantic Mac Nerd"
Again celebrity story posted for no other reason other than an Apple product was involved.
if you can find those same type of stories with another companies products, then I'm all ears.
As I recalled, both the iPhone and WII was guest staring in that article (Ryan Block): http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/iphone-wii-guests-at-this-years-oscars/
And what does Gizmodo have to do with Engadget?
But really who cares! I see an article on a company I don't care for I skip past it. I don't click on it complaining every single time. Could be your continued complaining is helping to generate more hits, in which case you will continue to see more Apple news.
@ Fred,
Even if it does have something to do with Apple (which, by the way, the Jon Stewart/Oscars post also had the Wii featured), what difference would it make? If they hadn't posted this, would your world--or the world in general--be any different? There's obviously gonna be interest in this post, simply because A) It's a guy who got scuffed up in the face for a high profiled laptop & B) It's just plain funny!
Lest us not forget this is enGADGET BLOG. Last I remembered, a blog has a right to be a bit biased. No?
And again I will ask a simple question, and Im hoping that any of you can answer with a yes or no.
If this was a Dell or an HP or a Lenovo or any other laptop or product other than one from Apple, would Thomas Ricker even have bothered posting this?
2nd question:
Can find those same types of stories with another companies products being the focus?
Honestly I think you guys know the answer, but it just wont look good for you to write it out.