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Rob Prado on the Time 100
Blizzard VP Rob Pardo has made it to TIME Magazine's yearly list of 100 people who are transforming the world around us. Pardo, they say "didn't invent this kind of game... he merely perfected it." It's interesting to see that World of Warcraft has developed such a high profile with those outside the gaming industry - enough to have Rob Pardo on TIME's 100. Of course, with 6 million players and counting, how could this game not have an impact? From my perspective (from the inside looking out), it's hard to see World of Warcraft transforming the world around us - but what do you think?[Via Joystiq]
MacBook Pro is Time's Gadget of the Week
Time Magazine's love affair with Apple continues (Tiger was Gadget of the Week, iPod shuffle was Gadget of the Week, G5 iMac was Gadget of the Week, Intel iMac was Gadget of the Week, Steve in Time's Top 100) as they name the MacBook Pro the Gadget of the Week. Wilson Rothman writes:"It's easy to talk specs and features, but the MacBook's strengths come to light while in use...It's not easy to watch the highest-definition QuickTime movie trailers on a G4 PowerBook, and on many Centrino-based Windows notebooks, it can look pretty choppy, too. But on the MacBook Pro, 1080p movie trailers are smooth running."For some odd reason, however, there's still a little voice in my head telling me to wait on purchasing one of these things. Or maybe it's my Powerbook sending me subliminal messages.Thanks, Pieter!
Intel iMac is Time's Gadget of the Week
Back in November, Time Magazine chose the G5 iMac as their Gadget of the Week. Today, the Intel-powered iMac has received the same recognition. From the article:"The first thing you notice about Apple's new iMac — running the Intel Core Duo chipset rather than an older PowerPC chip — is that it's almost identical to the iMac that the company introduced in October. The second thing you notice, though, is that it is noticeably faster. It only takes around 30 seconds to restart the entire system."Makes you want to run out and buy one, doesn't it? Time seems to have a sort of love affair with Apple, having put Steve Jobs on the cover a few times. It's a short article, but worth reading.[Via MacNN]
