http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/12/engadgets-gear-of-ces-2010/ Engadget Comments for Engadget's gear of CES 2010 http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/12/engadgets-gear-of-ces-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/12/engadgets-gear-of-ces-2010/Jan 12th 2010 11:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/12/engadgets-gear-of-ces-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/12/engadgets-gear-of-ces-2010/it explains everything]]>Jan 12th 2010 11:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/12/engadgets-gear-of-ces-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/12/engadgets-gear-of-ces-2010/
LMAO.]]>Jan 12th 2010 11:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/12/engadgets-gear-of-ces-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/12/engadgets-gear-of-ces-2010/Jan 12th 2010 11:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/12/engadgets-gear-of-ces-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/12/engadgets-gear-of-ces-2010/Jan 12th 2010 11:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/12/engadgets-gear-of-ces-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/12/engadgets-gear-of-ces-2010/I was about to say "Cue 150+ posts doing nothing but flaming Engadget for having Apple products in their photo", but it looks like you guys got started without me. Carry on.]]>Jan 12th 2010 11:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/12/engadgets-gear-of-ces-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/12/engadgets-gear-of-ces-2010/I think that's an accurate representation of the population according to computing statistics. Apple has the >$1000 computer market dominated, as well as the independent 21-35 year old market. Why does it matter? Every news site has its own bent. Find one you like and stick to it, or read many different websites like I do to get the full scoop. It's your choice, so complaining is reflective only of you, your character and the general quality choices you've made. What else do you whine about?]]>Jan 12th 2010 11:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/12/engadgets-gear-of-ces-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/12/engadgets-gear-of-ces-2010/That looks like a BlacBook, first one on the right, so not so much.]]>Jan 12th 2010 11:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/12/engadgets-gear-of-ces-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/12/engadgets-gear-of-ces-2010/
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I don't want to get into a discussion about the bias (can't deny it, but it's less apparent these days), but gotta say wouldn't having a mac make it easier to run OSX, Windows and Linux completely legally and thus make their lives easier? ]]>Jan 12th 2010 11:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/12/engadgets-gear-of-ces-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/12/engadgets-gear-of-ces-2010/I just had to get my ribbing in.
I once decided to go with the hype and buy some Apple products only to be utterly let down.

They're good products for sure, just not the omega-level products their fans(cult members?) make them out to be.]]>Jan 12th 2010 11:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/12/engadgets-gear-of-ces-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/12/engadgets-gear-of-ces-2010/
Don't mind these bloody idiots. ]]>Jan 12th 2010 11:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/12/engadgets-gear-of-ces-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/12/engadgets-gear-of-ces-2010/
Can't wait to see their 'review' of the Apple tablet]]>Jan 12th 2010 11:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/12/engadgets-gear-of-ces-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/12/engadgets-gear-of-ces-2010/
I think you need to go back to the dictionary and look up the word "fact". How many Apple related stories did Engadget run at CES? Like two? Out of how many hundreds of other stories?

You people are idiots. Seriously.]]>Jan 12th 2010 11:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/12/engadgets-gear-of-ces-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/12/engadgets-gear-of-ces-2010/
The irony is that the fans aren't making them out to be anything. If you thought they were more than they are, that's your fault isn't it? Apple doesn't advertise them as more than they are; people who use them don't say they're more than they are.

I mean did you go to Apple's site and look up specs? I'm having a hard time understanding how you could be let down by anything you researched beforehand.

Blaming Apple fans is completely stupid. Blaming Apple is completely stupid. If you were let down, that's either user error or it's lack of research on your part.]]>Jan 12th 2010 11:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/12/engadgets-gear-of-ces-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/12/engadgets-gear-of-ces-2010/
I was going to say the same...]]>Jan 12th 2010 11:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/12/engadgets-gear-of-ces-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/12/engadgets-gear-of-ces-2010/
You are the worst troll I've seen on this site. So full of anger and so full of blind affection to Apple]]>Jan 12th 2010 11:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/12/engadgets-gear-of-ces-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/12/engadgets-gear-of-ces-2010/Jan 12th 2010 11:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/12/engadgets-gear-of-ces-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/12/engadgets-gear-of-ces-2010/You really need to lighten up Nilay...]]>Jan 12th 2010 11:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/12/engadgets-gear-of-ces-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/12/engadgets-gear-of-ces-2010/
Why don't you enlighten me? If you went with the "hype" and got let down, fill me in on the details. I promise you I can show you what you did wrong. And yes, it was you. Not all the hype-generating Apple fanboys who somehow put a gun to your head and forced you to buy a computer you knew nothing about and couldn't operate if your life depended on it.]]>Jan 12th 2010 11:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/12/engadgets-gear-of-ces-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/12/engadgets-gear-of-ces-2010/Jan 12th 2010 11:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/12/engadgets-gear-of-ces-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/12/engadgets-gear-of-ces-2010/
Right, because there was no possible other Apple news they could have reported on. If they were as biased as the short bus commenters here seem to think they are, they would have skipped CES altogether and would have just written Apple rumor stories all week instead. Right? Because they're so biased towards Apple?

I reiterate, you people are idiots.]]>Jan 12th 2010 11:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/12/engadgets-gear-of-ces-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/12/engadgets-gear-of-ces-2010/I somehow missed that Apple Keynote at CES you Moron.]]>Jan 12th 2010 11:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/12/engadgets-gear-of-ces-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/12/engadgets-gear-of-ces-2010/The only idiot here is you.How can you be so stupid.]]>Jan 12th 2010 12:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/12/engadgets-gear-of-ces-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/12/engadgets-gear-of-ces-2010/Jan 12th 2010 12:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/12/engadgets-gear-of-ces-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/12/engadgets-gear-of-ces-2010/
Here's a hint: Go up a few posts and read what I said there. Then tell me how Engadget is so biased towards Apple when they spent all that time at CES writing stories about everything other than Apple. Your explanation should be hilarious.]]>Jan 12th 2010 12:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/12/engadgets-gear-of-ces-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/12/engadgets-gear-of-ces-2010/Jan 12th 2010 12:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/12/engadgets-gear-of-ces-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/12/engadgets-gear-of-ces-2010/
So one would think that given their ability to choose anything in the world as their personal laptop with a huge amount of knowledge to judge by, their choice of apple would make sense. IF you try or get direct experience with just about every kind of tech available and the majority of them choose apple, that has to tell you something doesnt it? Maybe they are good computers, that are built well and have great battery life and performance with software that actually makes your life easier..... What a weird sentiment.

Of course all your mini 4chan daycare rebuttals will be pointless parroted drivel arguments about them being payed by apple, blah blah blah whatever.]]>Jan 12th 2010 12:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/12/engadgets-gear-of-ces-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/12/engadgets-gear-of-ces-2010/
Did you think for a second that your pathetic computer knowledge and experience and your dumb ass uninformed opinions are completely incorrect and full of straw man bullshit?]]>Jan 12th 2010 12:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/12/engadgets-gear-of-ces-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/12/engadgets-gear-of-ces-2010/Look at all the anger over products you don't own any stock in...You go, internet badass, you go!]]>Jan 12th 2010 12:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/12/engadgets-gear-of-ces-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/12/engadgets-gear-of-ces-2010/
I agree, as is I own no Apple products, nor do I intend to buy any (they're good products and i've played around with my friends', but I've found other things that work just fine for me) but it makes sense that most if not all the guys at engadget have macs, just because they could run any OS legally. Hell if I worked at engadget, I'd probably have a mac running multiple operating systems. But I don't, so Windows is the way for me.]]>Jan 12th 2010 12:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/12/engadgets-gear-of-ces-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/12/engadgets-gear-of-ces-2010/
Its like 5 dudes at the same company driving an Element or something.

I like my style too!]]>Jan 12th 2010 12:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/12/engadgets-gear-of-ces-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/12/engadgets-gear-of-ces-2010/
Ok, I'm actually rolling my eyes at both sides.

#1 Nilay had stated that they used those particular machines so they can run all three OSs legally.

#2 Engadget, for annoying habits from people that should know better, is MUCH BETTER than where they were several years ago when their RSS feed was 6 Apple-related stories to like 3 others, or when their site became an unreadable infomercial for Apple Co. for about a week after every Apple event.

You will not find a better tech blog out there that has this level of freeflow between writers and commentators. Gizmowhore would have you booted for daring to question a writer on what they wrote. Slashdot is a relic full of open source Nazis that think their mod points are like some comic book superpower.

That being said...

#3 The people who are pointing out bias are the ones most responsible for Engadget becoming much more level and professional. That feedback is not flamming as much as it seemed to have been very educational to the people here as standards have gone up.

These people provide a valuable check to what sometimes is a mindless post, dripping with real bias and ignorance from the writer.

Writers that WANT to do better and better serve their readers appreciate the feedback. Hacks and hucksters that want their ass covered look for sympathy posts.


#4 This is not some Wordpress blog. These guys are sourced by mainstream publications and outlets, and they are owned by AOL. This isnt some hobby, and they cant just expect people not to call them out if they think something is foul.]]>Jan 12th 2010 12:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/12/engadgets-gear-of-ces-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/12/engadgets-gear-of-ces-2010/Jan 12th 2010 12:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/12/engadgets-gear-of-ces-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/12/engadgets-gear-of-ces-2010/Jan 12th 2010 12:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/12/engadgets-gear-of-ces-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/12/engadgets-gear-of-ces-2010/Jan 12th 2010 1:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/12/engadgets-gear-of-ces-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/12/engadgets-gear-of-ces-2010/
You seem to be unclear on a few things. Let me help you out.

1. This is a BLOG. Therefore they are allowed to have as much bias as they want. Deal with it or GTFO.

2. You are not singlehandedly saving Engadget with your idiotic anti-Apple comments. And no, I'm not talking about your comments in this thread, I'm talking about your past post history. You have said some of the dumbest things I've ever read in the Engadget comments, and that is no small task.

3. You think it's improved right now because there is no Apple news right now. Let's tune in on Jan. 27th to see if Engadget is going to stay away from doing Apple stories or not. You're going to go right back to complaining that Engadget is a big commercial for Apple, despite the fact that Apple news is what brings Engadget BUSINESS. You might as well ask them to stop making money.

4. Engadget is a tech blog and they cover just about everything that's worth anything in the tech world. That INCLUDES Apple. If you don't like it, too bad, GTFO. If you think their coverage of Apple makes them biased, you're stupid. That's all there is to it.

5. If you don't like the way this blog works, GTFO. Nothing is perfect, and it's pretty clear that in order to not have the "biased" label applied to them, Engadget would have to completely stop writing about Apple entirely. Because of a bunch of whiny braindead Apple-hating pricks in the peanut gallery. Do you really think Engadget cares about you, when clearly the majority of the readers like the Apple stories?

You think they don't run the metrics to see what people are reading? Do you think that if people were not interested in Apple stories, that they would keep doing Apple-related articles? Here's a quarter, buy a fucking clue.]]>Jan 12th 2010 1:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/12/engadgets-gear-of-ces-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/12/engadgets-gear-of-ces-2010/You don't exaggerate when you say Gizmodo would ban someone for saying things like have been said in this thread. I've been banned for implying that they biased before. ]]>Jan 12th 2010 1:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/12/engadgets-gear-of-ces-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/12/engadgets-gear-of-ces-2010/Jan 12th 2010 1:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/12/engadgets-gear-of-ces-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/12/engadgets-gear-of-ces-2010/
Just please dont respond to my post.

I'm really not up to debating iNutjobs with emotional issues.]]>Jan 12th 2010 1:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/12/engadgets-gear-of-ces-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/12/engadgets-gear-of-ces-2010/Totally agree with your perspective on this. I'm sure if Engadget was a gaming news/ review site most of the writers would have PC's.]]>Jan 12th 2010 1:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/12/engadgets-gear-of-ces-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/12/engadgets-gear-of-ces-2010/Looks like about 50% Macs, which is fairly reasonable for techies these days, when given a choice. Most IT departments don't want to offer a choice because it's more work, and they don't get the headcount to match the increased workload.]]>Jan 12th 2010 1:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/12/engadgets-gear-of-ces-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/12/engadgets-gear-of-ces-2010/]]>Jan 12th 2010 2:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/12/engadgets-gear-of-ces-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/12/engadgets-gear-of-ces-2010/That's actually a silly comment. Most JOURNALISTS and media people use Macs. I have a cousin who works for CBS and one day we took a tour of the news production offices in NYC.

Know what? I'd say about 60-70% of all computers that I saw people using had the glowing Apple logo.

Other groups that are partial to Macs: musicians, music studio engineers and DJs.]]>Jan 12th 2010 2:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/12/engadgets-gear-of-ces-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/12/engadgets-gear-of-ces-2010/
You could always save yourself the trouble and stop saying stupid things. Note that I don't feel that your original comment in this thread was particularly stupid, although parts of it definitely were ("unreadable infomercial for Apple", "dripping with bias"), but the fact that you seem to be positioning yourself as the savior of fair reporting on Engadget really is dumb beyond belief.

So how about it, you gonna be here on the 27th when Engadget will be posting Apple stories up the wazoo? You gonna stick to your theory that Engadget has become less biased because of your efforts and keep your mouth shut in the comments? Or are you going to do what you normally do, namely whine and cry and bitch and moan that Engadget is biased towards Apple and is paid off by Apple and doesn't report on anything else and waah waah waah fucking WAAAAAAAH.

I'm putting money on the latter, who's in?]]>Jan 12th 2010 3:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/12/engadgets-gear-of-ces-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/12/engadgets-gear-of-ces-2010/Maybe the handy external battery is a good reason to chose mac.]]>Jan 12th 2010 3:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/12/engadgets-gear-of-ces-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/12/engadgets-gear-of-ces-2010/
No i see some windows back there.]]>Jan 12th 2010 3:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/12/engadgets-gear-of-ces-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/12/engadgets-gear-of-ces-2010/Jan 12th 2010 3:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/12/engadgets-gear-of-ces-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/12/engadgets-gear-of-ces-2010/
Where as the PC side, it's all about diversity... And it looks like they're doing the typing.

Lastly, "Ross spent the entire week doing his data tasks on a Nexus One connected to T-Mobile and loving life" is proof positive that though AT&T, VZW, Sprint are the big dogs, T-mobile can still serve up a can of whoop azz.]]>Jan 12th 2010 3:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/12/engadgets-gear-of-ces-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/12/engadgets-gear-of-ces-2010/That's because Apple don't show up at CES.]]>Jan 12th 2010 4:22PM