Six Things Apple Needs To Fix By 2008

http://www.appleology.com/2007/04/10/six-things-apple-needs-to-fix-by-2008/

Check it out. What do you think?

I definitely agree with his statements on .Mac and the availability of HD and rental content on the AppleTV. A cheaper price tag would always be appreciated on anything that I buy, so I don't think that I can complain about my Macbook's price without complaining about the price of everything that I purchase

I agree with all of those.

I think a mostly black GUI would be a mistake though for Leopard, but it's unlikely to happen. Some of the glass effect would be good, but I'm concerned about the flatness of some of the example title bars etc.

I agree with 6, 5, and 4....but I'm new to apple so what would I know.

I agree with the points on .Mac - that seems like such a rip-off to me - but based on price I chose not to even try it so maybe the people that have .Mac and have used the service think its worth it?

Apple TV - I agree - it looks very much like a good 'first gen' product - I think it has potential to do a lot more and we'll have to see what they come up with. (although I do wonder if this would be at the expense of slightly larger product).

iPhone/iPod - I like the iPhone - it looks wonderful - but it seems like a step backwards - we're moving to 3G and Apple want me to forget about video calls - very fast mobile internet (compared to 2.5G services) etc etc - I think they arrived a little late with that product - I don't doubt they'll sell loads of them - just not to the people that know what they can get from a 3rd gen network. Again another good 1st gen product I think - something to build on.

If a few months after the launch of the iPhone - they strip out the phone guts and shoe-horn the 30GB & 80GB Hard drives found in the current iPods - then I'd want one! (especially if they could keep the wireless connection in there as well )

Don't really have an opinion on the rest of those points. Don't get me wrong I want to see the new iLife but there is little doubt that it will be here before 2008 - it's coming with Leopard in June (conjecture conjecture conjecture)

agree with most of them. especialy the .mac

althought have bought it for 2 yrs

cheesybanana said:

http://www.appleology.com/2007/04/10/six-things-apple-needs-to-fix-by-2008/

Check it out. What do you think?

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A agree with all of them. Especially .mac (and I am a subscriber) and pricing.

I agree with most except pricing. Quality comes at a cost. You want something cheap? Buy a Windows computer.

I don't know why there's so much fuss about Multi-Touch. I keep reading "We want multi-touch in Leopard!!" - to be controlled with what? Touch-sensitive screens are only practical for pda's and subnotebooks/tablets. The only way it would be useful for anything else would be a large trackpad for desktops, and I don't think it would work particularly well even then.

As for the other stuff, .Mac is expensive, £70 a year doesn't justify the features IMO.

i just want a touch-screen iPod....i have a fine phone for my needs, and im not payin $600 for a 4gig iPod...i want a 30gig touch screen, wide screen ipod!

Why does...

...everyone seem to whine about the interface? Don't like the colors or want to change your appearance? Use Shapeshifter. Why would anyone want to add more bloat to the operating system like Windows does? I think Mac is beautiful. The only thing i would ever change? A right click on the mouse pad on Macbooks. Why oh why haven't they gotten with the program on that one? Yes yes, hit the ctrl button... um annoying?:bomb:

Good idea?

knightlie said:

I don't know why there's so much fuss about Multi-Touch. I keep reading "We want multi-touch in Leopard!!" - to be controlled with what? Touch-sensitive screens are only practical for pda's and subnotebooks/tablets. The only way it would be useful for anything else would be a large trackpad for desktops, and I don't think it would work particularly well even then.

As for the other stuff, .Mac is expensive, £70 a year doesn't justify the features IMO.

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Using the trackpad as a writing tablet. There is plenty of space. That would be an artists/architects dream... *sigh*

Ok, here we go:

#6

-1 Bunk, HD is overrated at best and will be for some years. You can whine all you want but we all know it's crap for now.
-2 $299 for a 500Gb drive in one would be ok with me. Think before you type dip wads.
-3 Bunk, I can rent Movies at Blockbuster, this is exactly why you can't rent audio from iTunes, it's a dumb idea.
-4 Maybe, but we already have one in reality. It could stand improvement.

#5 Meh, who cares? If you don''t have it and don't want it, why worry? If you have it and are complaining, here is an idea for you: drop it. $8.99/month is actually cheap for what you get.

#4 Agreed.

#3 Agreed

#2 Go use Vista or XP for a bit, then lets hear you complain. Until then, STFU.

#1 Crapola. Consumers are idiots for the most part and a $500 PC IS a $500 PC, aka a POS. Macs have been comparably priced for some time now and the consumer who is whining is too cost conscious to bother and will end up with a POS PC by Medion or some other POS maker (Dell) and then wonder why their $500 "deal" is broken all the time.

Are people really this dumb? Who gave these bozo's a web site?

6. some good ideas. HD is the future and is what the market is switching to in all mediums. i won't buy an Apple TV simply cause it cost to much for what i get out of it. rentals don't make sense in this market.

5. wont pay that much for that service since i can get all that for free someplace else.

4. agreed

3. agreed

2. the current GUI is fine but a little dated, so some new inovation would be nice. (i actually really like vista's GUI)

1. the mac mini price should be dropped a bit for what you get, and the iMac too. but both sell well for Apple so i don't see them changing anything but getting more expensive.

drewschlosser said:

...everyone seem to whine about the interface? Don't like the colors or want to change your appearance? Use Shapeshifter. Why would anyone want to add more bloat to the operating system like Windows does? I think Mac is beautiful. The only thing i would ever change? A right click on the mouse pad on Macbooks. Why oh why haven't they gotten with the program on that one? Yes yes, hit the ctrl button... um annoying?:bomb:

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You can right-click by tapping with two fingers. I find it much more intuitive than two buttons, as I always click the button with my thumb - clicking a theoretical right-button would mean finger gymnastics. I'm using a Dell at work with two buttons, a tiny trackpad and no scrolling and it's rubbish.

I agree though, let's not bloat the GUI. One thing to bear in mind about Vista's ugly new interface is that it's ANOTHER layer of API code on top of the existing windows API, just like XPs themes are. More code = more bugs = less speed.

I wouldn't mind to see.Mac updated to something more useful. Without php or any significant bandwidth allowances or disk space, .Mac is just a waste of money. They should definitely dump it or make it somewhat competitive with the market.

HD doesn't matter much to me.

iWork and iLife are big groups of apps for me. I would love to see them updated.

As far at the interface, I am fine for now with aqua. I also remember the experience of OS 9 and installing and booting OS X for the first time. It was like my eyeballs were licking a rainbow. I have a feeling that Apple won't disappoint in October.

rocco said:

As far at the interface, I am fine for now with aqua. I also remember the experience of OS 9 and installing and booting OS X for the first time. It was like my eyeballs were licking a rainbow. I have a feeling that Apple won't disappoint in October.

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I remember those days. I also remember how badly OSX Public Beat 10.0 sucked too....

baggss said:

I remember those days. I also remember how badly OSX Public Beat 10.0 sucked too....

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That's true, it was buggy and slow. Hahahah, but it was beautiful.

rocco said:

That's true, it was buggy and slow. Hahahah, but it was beautiful.

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When did you switch over full time? I think it was 10.2 but may have been 10.3 when I actually stopped booting into OS9 and started booting into OSX a majority of the time. It was a conscious decision though.

Well, I used os x from the moment I could buy it. I was new to the mac at that time and came from Windows. Classic would occasionally be needed, but I was booted mainly in OS X. I had never done much with computers other than word processing and internet, but when I got into my G4 Cube (given to me as a hand me down from my dad to get me into Apple) I began recording music and doing all of this stuff that I never knew I could do. OS X just made a lot of sense to me.

I think I was too naive to fully be able to compare speed and buggy-ness.