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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Sandwich on January 12, 2005, 12:56:53 am

Title: New Apple Hardware
Post by: Sandwich on January 12, 2005, 12:56:53 am
iPod Shuffle (http://www.apple.com/ipodshuffle/): Give Chance a Chance.

Apple is unbelieveable. And I don't particularly mean that in a good way, either. They're pimping a track shuffle feature (oh, WOW! How exCITING!!!!!oneone) as the best thing since sliced bread, in an iPod stick without screen nor scroll wheel:

[q]From the iPod Shuffle site:
Time to mix things up. Meet iPod shuffle, the unpredictable new iPod. What will it play next? Can it read your mind? Can it read your moods? Load it up. Put it on. See where it takes you. Choose from pocket-size 512MB or 1G models starting at $99 and surprise yourself.
(http://images.apple.com/ipodshuffle/images/indexwithgum20050111.jpg)


Random is the New Order
Welcome to a life less orderly. As official soundtrack to the random revolution, the iPod Shuffle Songs setting takes you on a unique journey through your music collection — you never know what’s around the next tune. Meet your new ride. More roadster than Rolls, iPod shuffle rejects routine by serving up your favorite songs in a different order every time. Just plug iPod shuffle into your computer’s USB port, let iTunes Autofill it with up to 240 songs(1) and get a new experience with every connection. The trail you run every day looks different with an iPod shuffle. Daily gridlock feels less mundane when you don’t know what song will play next. iPod shuffle adds musical spontaneity to your life. Lose control. Love it.[/q]

To top it all off, they even advertise the amazing mind-boggling ability to turn shuffle off as if it's special!

[q]From the iPod Shuffle site:
...With Play in Order mode, you manage the music. If things take a turn for the predictable, never fear. Turn iPod shuffle over, flip the slider to Shuffle and mix on the go.[/q]

Unbe-freakin-leivable.



OTOH, the new Mac Mini (http://www.apple.com/macmini/) looks neat.

(http://images.apple.com/macmini/images/indextop20050111.jpg)
Title: New Apple Hardware
Post by: WMCoolmon on January 12, 2005, 01:02:52 am
:sigh:

Isn't there a Sony thing that's about the same size, has a display, and can be used as a USB drive?

Edit: As for the Mini-mac, looks like a pre-built mini-itx (http://www.mini-itx.com/) computer.
Title: New Apple Hardware
Post by: Nuke on January 12, 2005, 01:36:25 am
99% of the things we buy are bull$hit anyway. markeing has goten out of control. you could sell human dung if you market it correctly. its really quite sad. its what happens when all you have is a tertiary sector. capitalisim has turned us into a country of salesmen. i phucking hate the deceptive nature of the tertiary sector. people should be on fire.
Title: New Apple Hardware
Post by: aldo_14 on January 12, 2005, 03:04:39 am
Och.   I was hoping this was a new kind of corer.
Title: New Apple Hardware
Post by: Flipside on January 12, 2005, 04:12:25 am
PCI or SCSI? ;)
Title: New Apple Hardware
Post by: vyper on January 12, 2005, 05:16:12 am
Would you need and ISA one for Granny Apples?
Title: New Apple Hardware
Post by: Cabbie on January 12, 2005, 12:37:13 pm
yeah the mini mac looks really interesting. But still too expensive :)


All this ipod marketing is getting out of control....
Title: New Apple Hardware
Post by: vyper on January 12, 2005, 12:56:56 pm
You should see the product placement for it in BLADE3: Trinity.

I don't care how tech savvy Whistler's daughter is, she should not be carrying an iPod into combat...
Title: New Apple Hardware
Post by: pyro-manic on January 12, 2005, 01:11:57 pm
:lol:

:blah:

iPods are crap, anyway. I wuv my iRiver (or I will do as soon as it's delivered :nervous: )
Title: New Apple Hardware
Post by: vyper on January 12, 2005, 01:15:20 pm
I wuv my...  whatever the hell this thing is. It's small, black, hold a couple of hundred meg worth of songs - which is all I need for driving to and from university.

Oddly enough my earphones are a shade of white tho... :nervous:
Title: New Apple Hardware
Post by: Unknown Target on January 12, 2005, 01:17:53 pm
Quote
Originally posted by Nuke
99% of the things we buy are bull$hit anyway. markeing has goten out of control. you could sell human dung if you market it correctly. its really quite sad. its what happens when all you have is a tertiary sector. capitalisim has turned us into a country of salesmen. i phucking hate the deceptive nature of the tertiary sector. people should be on fire.



So what do you suggest? Communism?

How about just not buying the ****? :rolleyes:

Anyway, that thing is really dumb, but oh well. If you buy it, we'll laugh at you. End of story.


EDIT: And I got an iPod for xmas, God I love this thing. :D
Title: New Apple Hardware
Post by: vyper on January 12, 2005, 01:48:59 pm
I don't oppose marketing. I oppose unintelligent marketing. The kind that turns university students into teen-like fashion fans...

Anyway... carry on.
Title: New Apple Hardware
Post by: Rictor on January 12, 2005, 02:24:57 pm
Quote
Originally posted by Nuke
99% of the things we buy are bull$hit anyway. markeing has goten out of control. you could sell human dung if you market it correctly. its really quite sad. its what happens when all you have is a tertiary sector. capitalisim has turned us into a country of salesmen. i phucking hate the deceptive nature of the tertiary sector. people should be on fire.


Hear hear.