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Wait til you see.... Feb 28th
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I use lol a lot. I'm in my thirties.
Of course, I freely admit that my fiance is almost a decade younger than me and some of her personal habits and such may have rubbed off on me...
I am thoroughly dissappointed in the releases yesterday, but I don't blame this original poster, I blame myself for getting to excited... oh well...
Of course, I freely admit that my fiance is almost a decade younger than me and some of her personal habits and such may have rubbed off on me...
I am thoroughly dissappointed in the releases yesterday, but I don't blame this original poster, I blame myself for getting to excited... oh well...
Well, I for one, speaking as a 30 something, will give chasingapples the benefit of the doubt and believe he saw something - most likely an ibook, and hopefully a tablet style one at that - I'd certainly buy one.
Now, assuming that it was a tablet ibook, it's quite possible that Apple got cold feet at the last minute, hearing about Microsofts Origami product. Having used an HP tc1100, they are very nice and I would love an Apple tablet. But MS have a head start and are just about the reveal the next evolution of it. So it would make sense for Apple to wait and see, just to make sure that they still have a killer product to show.
Now, assuming that it was a tablet ibook, it's quite possible that Apple got cold feet at the last minute, hearing about Microsofts Origami product. Having used an HP tc1100, they are very nice and I would love an Apple tablet. But MS have a head start and are just about the reveal the next evolution of it. So it would make sense for Apple to wait and see, just to make sure that they still have a killer product to show.
XIII said:
Sorry not going to happen. You nor anyone else here is worth getting people into trouble and a lawsuit. Your just not that special
chasingapple said:Sorry not going to happen. You nor anyone else here is worth getting people into trouble and a lawsuit. Your just not that special
Neither are you. There are plenty of ways to do it without being caught.
Chasingapple was not wrong. I don't understand why people are so upset because he was misunderstood. He simply stated that he had been posting from something new. It should be dropped that he is not allowed to post any details. It's simply not worth it. At the same time, he DID give enough information to basically say what he was posting from.
Honestly, if you liked a particular product, and you were given the opportunity to see a new concept, a new design from the makers, wouldn't you want to at least share with other people that appreciate the same product as you? And instead, you guys tear him apart. You guys wouldn't believe him, he told you as much as he could without risking his other job. What does he have to gain even if he was right or not? Your guys' respect or disrespect? Not like it's going to affect him one way or another, it's a message board for discussing apple related material.
One more thing. Do you really think Apple thought this would be received incredibly well as if they offered something amazing? I agree, the integrated graphics is a few steps back, but overall, looking at what they released...Intel Mac Mini and overpriced leather iPod cases? Even the presentation seemed a little choppy and incomplete. With Apple's 30th anniversary coming up, as a company, I would save the better, more anticipated products for the big day. The items released weren't directed to the majority of Apple's consumer base, they were directed to a more specific audience.
Save the big apple trademark items for the big Apple day. Besides, who would want to hear about $99 leather iPod cases and an iPod HI-Fi as their anniversary deal. 30 years is a long way to go, and new standards should be met. Hopefully that is what they are planning to do, just don't jump on them because of a below mediocre presentation. And don't jump on Chasingapple too, who cares? It's not worth it.
Sorry for my disertation, I'll shut up now.
Honestly, if you liked a particular product, and you were given the opportunity to see a new concept, a new design from the makers, wouldn't you want to at least share with other people that appreciate the same product as you? And instead, you guys tear him apart. You guys wouldn't believe him, he told you as much as he could without risking his other job. What does he have to gain even if he was right or not? Your guys' respect or disrespect? Not like it's going to affect him one way or another, it's a message board for discussing apple related material.
One more thing. Do you really think Apple thought this would be received incredibly well as if they offered something amazing? I agree, the integrated graphics is a few steps back, but overall, looking at what they released...Intel Mac Mini and overpriced leather iPod cases? Even the presentation seemed a little choppy and incomplete. With Apple's 30th anniversary coming up, as a company, I would save the better, more anticipated products for the big day. The items released weren't directed to the majority of Apple's consumer base, they were directed to a more specific audience.
Save the big apple trademark items for the big Apple day. Besides, who would want to hear about $99 leather iPod cases and an iPod HI-Fi as their anniversary deal. 30 years is a long way to go, and new standards should be met. Hopefully that is what they are planning to do, just don't jump on them because of a below mediocre presentation. And don't jump on Chasingapple too, who cares? It's not worth it.
Sorry for my disertation, I'll shut up now.
Different types of 30 year olds indeed. I would suspect that those 30 year olds who have friends deep within Apple are definitely a different breed, and are more likely to use LOL than the average 30 year old..killuminati said:
I'm not defending chasingapple, just my age group.
FWIW. I'm 39^H^H :ahem: almost out of my 30s :ahem:, and it's the computer savvy geeks of our generation that first started using abbreviations like LOL while chatting with each other in the 300 baud BBS days. That's probably before many of you kids were born, and even before the first Mac computers were born. Back when 640 KB really was more memory than most people could imagine a computer ever having.
Punk ass kids today think they invented chatting with computers.
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nicely put JLatte.
Just think: if chasingapple would have said 1st April instead of Feb 28th, no one would be treating him like a bad case of vomit.
sigh. just can't please some people.
Just think: if chasingapple would have said 1st April instead of Feb 28th, no one would be treating him like a bad case of vomit.
sigh. just can't please some people.
Same here.balamw said:
If I'm ever in Cali, maybe we could get together for an Ensure or two before heading off to dinner around 3:30PM.
jsw said:Same here.
If I'm ever in Cali, maybe we could get together for an Ensure or two before heading off to dinner around 3:30PM.
Ahahahahah, count me in too, as long as you give me time to put my teeth back in...
Funny story... My sister was getting groceries last week at like 3 A.M. She said that there were two old people out grocery shopping. She told her husband, "Man, they are out late." He responded, "They are probably just up early!" LOL!!!!
Wow I didn't mean to offend anyone with my comment. I didn't mean that no 30 year olds speak like that, I just meant that I had never met anyone that does. And I also never said anything about it being bad to say that word, I just meant that the way he speaks make him sound younger than 30.
Damien said:
Well I went to your link and the "troll" definition right at the top reads...
"In Internet terminology, a troll is a person who posts rude or offensive messages on the Internet, such as on online discussion forums, to disrupt discussion or to upset its participants. "Troll" can also mean the message itself or be a verb meaning to post such messages. "Trolling" is also commonly used to describe the activity."
Not quite me but nice try.
balamw said:Different types of 30 year olds indeed. I would suspect that those 30 year olds who have friends deep within Apple are definitely a different breed, and are more likely to use LOL than the average 30 year old..
I'm not defending chasingapple, just my age group.
FWIW. I'm 39^H^H :ahem: almost out of my 30s :ahem:, and it's the computer savvy geeks of our generation that first started using abbreviations like LOL while chatting with each other in the 300 baud BBS days. That's probably before many of you kids were born, and even before the first Mac computers were born. Back when 640 KB really was more memory than most people could imagine a computer ever having.
Punk ass kids today think they invented chatting with computers.
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My first personal computer at home was a Commodore Vic-20
After that I got a Commodore 64 with... you guessed it, 64k of memory. My best friend back in 1982-84 (somewhere in there) had an Apple ][, and MY GOD did we love Pole Position on that thing! That is also the time I got my first portable game system, good old Donkey Kong! (Flip up DS type orange thing).And for the new people to this thread, I posted my stinkin drivers license for all to see for awhile, it clearly read 09/15/1972 for my birthdate, so there is NO QUESTION that im 33, lol. If I am younger then that you better alert my parents, wife, and daughter! ROFL!!!
Mine was a 64KB Apple //e which was so much nicer than the 32 KB ][, 48 KB ][+ and 16 KB HP-85C and the PDP-11 we were learning BASIC on (with various teachers) at school. The original Castle Wolfenstein and Wizardry games kept me up for many a late night.chasingapple said:My first personal computer at home was a Commodore Vic-20
My computer savvy friends all had different computers, one loved his Sinclair ZX80 (Timex here in the US), and another had a couple of TRaSh-80s including the awesome model 100 pre-laptop. Those days, almost every computer was different, and it was a learming experience.I didn't take my //e to college, so I started using the Mac labs at school supplemented with a Commodore 128D at home. Bought a Tandy 80186 based PC in ~1987 which marked my descent to the dark side, but I digress. My brother straddled the fence between his C64 and his Macs, while my parents stayed with their Macs until the mid sometime 90s, and still own and use an old Quadra occasionally. My mom is now fluent with XP so I don't want to confuse her further by re-introducing OS X, since the last Macs she used were System 7.
I too remember saving up some hideous amount of money (like $80) to buy one of those handheld Nintendo Game & Watch LCD games (Link) By today's standards they probably wouldn't give it away with a Happy Meal.
We even had portable audio devices back then too. I had a Sony Walkman WM-F10 in 1982 which wasn't much larger than a cassette.B
You certainly didn't offend me, you did however manage to make me laugh. Not quite LOL, but funny nonetheless.killuminati said:
jsw said:If I'm ever in Cali, maybe we could get together for an Ensure or two before heading off to dinner around 3:30PM.
Sounds like fun, the early bird special!nospleen said:
Soft, bland and mushy food coming right up! (Don't worry about the teeth nospleen, you can eat the food where we're going without 'em).
BTW do we qualify for senior citizen discounts if we combine our ages?
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this has got to be one of my favorite threads. so much so that i juz have to say "LOL".
i'm 29 btw. not quite 30, but getting there. been lol'ing all my geek life.
i'm 29 btw. not quite 30, but getting there. been lol'ing all my geek life.