ThinkSecret's MWSF Wrapup

All I can say is It would stink so bad if apple started charging for iApp updates!

Thats part of the reason I bought a Mac!

I will be very sad if my week old Airport network is already obsolete. On the other hand, bring on more things we can brag about to our PC friends!

Dan

Originally posted by alset
I will be very sad if my week old Airport network is already obsolete.

802.11g is backwards compatible with Airport which uses 802.11b.

Originally posted by Groovsonic
All I can say is It would stink so bad if apple started charging for iApp updates!

Thats part of the reason I bought a Mac!

I agree part of the appeal of the Mac (especially for switchers) is that i comes bundled with such great iApps. I guess you still get them for free when you buy a new mac, but still, charging for upgrades would feel like a little bit of bait-and-switch for this recent buyer :mad:

I don't think Apple will do this though. Apple makes great software, but their margins are still coming from the hardware, so I still think that Apple will keep all iApps free as a compelling reason to switch to OS X.

The only thing more "hilarious" then Dan Gillmor predicting an Apple-branded PDA is ThinkSecret predicting a Mac tablet computer.

Think Secret is usually on the ball when it comes to predictions, I think this is what we are going to expect.

I really don't like the sound of this but I suppose there isn't much we can all do. I appreciate what Apple does, and I'll be one of the last people to ever switch to Windows [I'm using WinXP right now at work and can't stand it] but at the same time, we're all getting these free programs and updates time after time.

One thing about recent [read: any mac that can run OS X] Macs is that everything has always, more or less, just worked. My father, a long time Windows user, who jokingly gives me grief about my choice of Macs, was blown away by the new G4 he helped set up at my mother's office. "I plugged in the printer, and it knew right away what kind it was. I plugged in the monitor and it gave me the brand and model number and suggested all these resolutions for it. It was amazing."
These sentiments were echoed come Christmas morning when he couldn't find the drivers for his camera to work on their freshly reformatted PC. Like Janie Porche [but male and admittedly harder on the eyes than a brillo pad] I was able to bust out my iBook and iPhoto and "save the day", so to speak. My sister-in-law's parents, two technophobes [the most advanced thing they've ever used was the basic cash register at the bakery they own] thought the way iPhoto and iTunes and all of the other iApps I was able to show off work together just amazingly.

While I can continue to show these programs and others to friends and family [turned a friend onto iCal last night after showing him how to add the Red Sox and Bruins' calendars] it will become increasingly harder to do so when newer features fall to the side as I cannot always afford the newest and best. That's why my desktop machine is still beige, and my iBook is a refurb. I look forward to amazing things coming from Cupertino, and I know that Apple is always going to amaze us, especially with Jobs as the ringleader of the iCircus. I can only hope that, as the popularity of Apple increases proportionally to the decrease of general patience with Microsoft, Apple realizes that the simplicity and beauty of these iApps, satisfying power user and novice alike, is something that pulls people to OS X. I'd like to believe that Apple will continue to provide core iApps for free, but I know that's really wishful thinking.

Remember, of course, how many people thought the rumormills were smoking kitty litter when the iTools + $50 = .Mac equation hit the news wire...

Yeah, it makes sense they'll charge, just like they do for .Mac and each revision of X. They have to make money somehow, especially since their pro machines just aren't selling too well (gee, I wonder why?).

iCal: I couldn't care less.
iTunes: Nice, enogh with iTunes 2, I doub it can sounds better with the original Mac audio outputs.
iMovie: Extra nice, worth the upgrade.
iDVD: I'll see, there are lots of things needed to be added.

BTW .Mac... I see no future for it.

I guess that is it.

The package includes iMovie, iDVD, and iPhoto. The upgrade to iMovie 2.0 was $49, the upgrade to iDVD 2.0 was $20. What's the big deal? You get 3 upgrades for the price of upgrading to iMovie 2.0. You still get the software free when you by a Mac, you only pay if you want new features. BFD.