If you're going to market 4GB that costs more than the iPod Touch 8GB, which has more features, better screen resolution, internet browsing, and an app/music store built-in, then you've chosen the wrong career.
OLED, Bluetooth, Cylinder, Format support, Recording. I think this is a great player. It's a pity that it has so little storage. If this had a hard drive and I was in the market for an MP3 player, it would probably be between this and an Archos 5 or 605.
Exactly! I mean, compared with all of those other laptops with multitouch trackpads, backlit keyboards, environmentally friendly aluminum casings/glass screens, four contact headset compatibility, 5hrs of battery life, and a totally wicked graphics card, the new MacBook can't compete! Err, that is, if there was some competition out there... I guess the only reason I won't get one is because they dropped the firewire port (@$$holes), don't have high enough resolution, and need Blu-ray drives.
Your analysis makes complete sense....well with all the media and fuss going around this SPIN device before it even launched n etc, I can imagine the price dropping over time due to lack of sales caused by exorbitant price on such a device.
@zoopthegame -- I agree with your analogy of the 2GB RAM, 2.0 Cores, Integrated...... comments above. According to the fanbois, just cuz it is Apple, it is ok for them to charge that much for the presumable aesthetically looking Macbooks "just cuz it's Steve" ...it is also ok because:
(1). Because anything Apple is gost-darned looking astonishing and thius (2). It is ok to pay more for it because of fanbois loyalty, (3). In the mind of the fanbois, Apple et al never goes wrong and never do no evil (4). It is also ok for Apple et al to charge its users (customers) for service packs, upgrades, patches to the OS, iPhone firmware -- and these are things that should have been included in the first place when they launched the products.. (5). Steve Job is got 'em by the balls...
"Who?" is right, and I don't get this player, no 24bit color, no memory expansion (that must cost less than $1 to add these days), it all makes no sense unless they try to sell as few as possible of these things.
“An engineer explained to us that hundreds of ear impressions were gathered in the name of research, and while each one obviously boasted its own unique shape and size, one single characteristic remained uniform across the board: the entrance into the ear canal is not a perfect circle, it's an oval.”
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If you're going to market 4GB that costs more than the iPod Touch 8GB, which has more features, better screen resolution, internet browsing, and an app/music store built-in, then you've chosen the wrong career.
How did I know that iEye was gonna comment on how better iTouch is?
*sigh... I'm so tired of this guy... I bet he's part of Engadget Apple fanboys.
dear cj,
yeah it sucks having to hear how great apple is, but this time he is right. think first, then write.
OLED, Bluetooth, Cylinder, Format support, Recording.
I think this is a great player. It's a pity that it has so little storage. If this had a hard drive and I was in the market for an MP3 player, it would probably be between this and an Archos 5 or 605.
2GB Ram macbook 2.0 Ghz Core 2 Duo. Integrated graphics. price: Over $1,000.
I guess Steve Jobs chose the wrong career.
Shame on you, Steve Jobs, for not following "who?"s authoritative and groundbreaking marketing analysis.
@zoopthegame
Exactly! I mean, compared with all of those other laptops with multitouch trackpads, backlit keyboards, environmentally friendly aluminum casings/glass screens, four contact headset compatibility, 5hrs of battery life, and a totally wicked graphics card, the new MacBook can't compete! Err, that is, if there was some competition out there... I guess the only reason I won't get one is because they dropped the firewire port (@$$holes), don't have high enough resolution, and need Blu-ray drives.
With a hard drive and a little more time to get the interface working better, this thing would have been killer....
Your analysis makes complete sense....well with all the media and fuss going around this SPIN device before it even launched n etc, I can imagine the price dropping over time due to lack of sales caused by exorbitant price on such a device.
@zoopthegame -- I agree with your analogy of the 2GB RAM, 2.0 Cores, Integrated...... comments above. According to the fanbois, just cuz it is Apple, it is ok for them to charge that much for the presumable aesthetically looking Macbooks "just cuz it's Steve" ...it is also ok because:
(1). Because anything Apple is gost-darned looking astonishing and thius
(2). It is ok to pay more for it because of fanbois loyalty,
(3). In the mind of the fanbois, Apple et al never goes wrong and never do no evil
(4). It is also ok for Apple et al to charge its users (customers) for service packs, upgrades, patches to the OS, iPhone firmware -- and these are things that should have been included in the first place when they launched the products..
(5). Steve Job is got 'em by the balls...
"Who?" is right, and I don't get this player, no 24bit color, no memory expansion (that must cost less than $1 to add these days), it all makes no sense unless they try to sell as few as possible of these things.
iriver offers sound quality; apple does not - the itouch is for people that want a toy, the spinn for audiophiles