Macworld 2008

[windows7]

OK enough about apple tv, lets get to some new, exciting stuff. may be something that we will be shocked with, that wasnt in the rumors....

[mattmatik]

ok, so the touch shouldnt have wi-fi, you tube etc, everything we asked for?

If you dont like the touch get a classic or a nano. or even a shuffle or an older ipod off e-bay...

Uh...what?

I never said they shouldn't have those things but people expect the Touch to have the exact same features (minus the phone) as the iPhone. Why is that?

[windows7]

I think it's a bit **** they're charging for the Touch upgrade. Considering new ones will have it built in if I understood, it's just pure money greed. For those saying that it's a mp3 player, I'd say it's more. They included WiFi and other stuff into it, so the underlying technology is there. I think they just want people to buy the iPhone instead, but meh.

right but not everyone wants or needs a phone...

i hate cell phone contracts. they suck you in for 2 years and are way expenstive. Pre-paied or crickit FTW!

[The_Decryptor Veteran]

Can't see much problem with the rental prices, we pay more for overnight movies, and the max we can get is weekly movies, and it's around the same cost anyway.

Being able to keep it for 30 days is great.

$20 for the iPod update sucks though.

[Chicane-UK Veteran]

$20 for the iPod update sucks though.

Was just coming here to say the same.

Rental prices seem pretty good though... very fair in fact!

[pixated]

right but not everyone wants or needs a phone...

i hate cell phone contracts. they suck you in for 2 years and are way expenstive. Pre-paied or crickit FTW!

Yeah I know what you mean, that's exactly why I don't want one. :)

[windows7]

Uh...what?

I never said they shouldn't have those things but people expect the Touch to have the exact same features (minus the phone) as the iPhone. Why is that?

ask steve....

[episode]

Can't see much problem with the rental prices, we pay more for overnight movies, and the max we can get is weekly movies, and it's around the same cost anyway.

Being able to keep it for 30 days is great.

$20 for the iPod update sucks though.

No, you can only keep it for 30 days BEFORE you watch it. Its 24 hrs from when you hit play.

[Hurmoth]

How can that be true when netflix is starting to offer streaming for free with your monthly subscription?

What do you mean how can that be true? It all depends on contracts. We may never know why... all it took is one studio to say no and Apple had to go with what they wanted. But in this case, I doubt it was Apple. Look at iTunes, for the longest time Apple was the cheapest with music sales and has continually gone to bat for their customers so that price stays at .99. Why would they do anything different for video rentals?

[what]

"As you know, Apple makes the best notebooks in the industry. Today, we are introducing a third kind of notebook. It's called the MacBook Air"

"The World's Thinnest Notebook"

[Hurmoth]

4th thing: There's something in the air

WOOT!!! Here it comes. Hopefully it is priced reasonably :woot:

[giga Veteran]

"The World's Thinnest Notebook"

[windows7]

Please delete

[mattmatik]

Can't see much problem with the rental prices, we pay more for overnight movies, and the max we can get is weekly movies, and it's around the same cost anyway.

Being able to keep it for 30 days is great.

$20 for the iPod update sucks though.

Well, you don't really keep it for 30 days. If it's like Xbox Live, you have 30 days to watch it but once you start it, you only have 24 hours to view it.

[Liandros]

YAY

[AJerman]

My credit card is ready... I hope this is priced well.

[WelshBluebird]

Yeah I know what you mean, that's exactly why I don't want one. :)

actually, I disagree.

I've been looking at contract phones lately.

Right now, I'm on PAYG, and am topping up about ?20 - ?25 a month.

With a contract, I'll be paying the same or less (?20 a month), will be able to use the phone more (the minutes and text's in the contract will be more than the ?25 worth I use now), and will get a free phone aswell.

[Chicane-UK Veteran]

So... Macbook Air then!

[Neil]

Please be good...

[The_Decryptor Veteran]

No, you can only keep it for 30 days BEFORE you watch it. Its 24 hrs from when you hit play.

Or I can go to a store and rent a DVD I can only keep for 24 hours before I have to start paying $6 a day in overdue fees, or rent an older one and keep it for a week before I start paying overdue fees. (And why would i want to keep a rented movie for over a month before i watched it?)

iTunes is a better deal in that regard.

[windows7]

Lets keep an eye on this page

http://www.apple.com/macbookair/

[Rudy]

it's a shame i want to buy a car :( i think i would buy the new macbook, that was the only thing i hated about my macbookpro (it was too big/heavy)

[Damian]

It's official: MacBook Air - World thinnest notebook :)

[Slimy]

wired was right about the macbook air :o

[neufuse Veteran]

Apple investors must not be liking what they are seeing either it was going up until the an hour before the show then dropping ever since... down $8.66 at the current time...