@lucas

Well you have blogs, the MSM, and fanboys to thank for that. They turned him into some sort of god to be worshiped, and through that nonsense made Apple 1000000% him and him alone.

If he's done, they will have a massive task to try to pretend that Apple was more than just him.

A very bad PR blunder that may cost Apple the farm. Not only did that press release now totally seem bogus, all of the fears it was to assuage are now back with a vengeance, and no spin from the company will be bought in regards to Job's health.

Yeah, PC users, dont try to play the game of Apple fanboys when it's news about Gates or Balmer. Show em that we are above their level of sleeze.


No one deserves poor health.

"You stupid troll didn't even bother reading the Engadget article. The store is not opened yet. That's why there are only actors over there."

What's the point? These idiot Apple trolls, when they are in their arrogant douchbag mode, cant be bothered to READ. They gotta get their daily iShill merit badge.

So I get it.

MS cant even set up a concept store without Apple's nutcase users flying off the deep end bitching their little heads off that "M$" has copied Apple's idea of having a store to sell there products, which actually started with companies like Gateway 2000 back in the frigging 90s!

Noooooooooo MS needs to be ridiculed because dont they know that they, so say the Apple fans, are not allowed to even think of doing this. Once Apple puts their spin on an idea they DID NOT INVENT, it is immoral, dare I say ILLEGAL for anyone to ever ever ever do the same thing!!!!!

How fucking daaaaaaare yooooooou, Microsoft!

"Yeah, Apple doesn't have to do anything -- in fact, that yearly grind of expectation is probably one of the reasons the company is bowing out of Macworld altogether"

Well Apple has the blog-o-sphere to thank for that. The constant mega-hype that is shoved down everyone's throats by Apple's fanbase leads to mega-expectations that Apple cant possibly meet.

When they cant, they can get punished in the market via their stock price.

So this amounts to more of a strategic retreat to ensure that they can weather the recession without the fanatics doing them in with their pie in the sky expectations.

It's a dock...

It's like a stereo from 1991 with the AUX replaced with something proprietary.

So where are the calls of Apple being "late to the party" or "playing catch up"?

Or does that not apply to them?

I dont know whether to laugh or cry.

We are supposed to be knowledgeable folks here!?!

Really?

Please expound on your observations.