Apple updates iLife ‘08 apps, iMovie gains new features

Apple Inc. on Wednesday afternoon posted to its website software updates for nearly all of its iLife ‘08 applications, the most significant of which adds a handful of more powerful editing features to much criticized iMovie overhaul.[...] Thanks to lnfiniteLoop for providing this nice story on Digg.

What other users say about this:

ploke: imovie still does not work with the mpeg-4 files from my kodak camera.

JohnnyXmas: OH NOES!!! My FUCKING FREE video editor sucks!! How could i have known?! WWWAAAHHH!!!!!
/killself

lochness: Updates ALREADY… I thought this thing was just released. How could there be problems already. This is Apple not Microsoft ….

MrDo: By reading the site, I thought you had to update it manually, but I just ran the software updater and it has the updates.
Now if they only would make mac.com website speeds not suck for people outside the US.

zachgc: Has anyone else noticed after this update that the UI in OS X is acting funny? It’s hard to explain and maybe it has nothing to do with the update at all, but ever since the install, the Dock magnification doesn’t work the way its supposed to (won’t magnify until you actually click on an app), the zoom feature won’t scroll with the mouse unless the button is held down. Might just be me, but it seemed to happen after rebooting.

Frost9999: All I want from this version is to be able to import my 3gp videos from my phone. Why did they take that feature out?!?!

mollerade: I’m a novice at video editing, but iMovie 08 is by a long shot the easiest application to get started with that i’ve tried, including Ulead Studio 11. The enhancements to iMovie 08 just announced are welcome, but i realize that Apple’s focus for iMovie is beginners. I will outgrow its functionality, and Apple will continue to innovate the product, to make it simpler still to begin making great video. Those of you who are not beginners to the world of video, shouldn’t expect Apple to keep your requirements in focus when developing iMovie, its time for you to move on the bigger and better things.

planksconstant: it and iDVD also work properly with leopard now. so thats nice.

there were some issues with the apps crashing and not displaying anything in the actual window. so this update is very welcome.

vacuum2440: Why is everyone complaining so much though? Apple offers a free download of imovie ‘06 for those people who are buying new macs with iLife ‘08. Its the best of both worlds…a speedy video editing program with many features and a “fully featured” movie editor for the rest of the jobs!

sophiaperennis: The merging of Events in iPhoto seems smoother now, and without problems so far.

HA5TY: Ok, now try updating the iphone to allow 3rd party apps

skunkworker: Its a freaking nonlinear editor, which for scubbing video together fast is pretty nice.

penguincentral: How interesting, but iMovie STILL doesn’t have a timeline feature. I guess i’ll have to buy Final Cut Express
420 AUD is a lot of money.

Apple MacBook Touch Mock-up (PIC)

The rumors are starting to mount up as Apple readies new portable designs: first ultra-thin MacBooks, then Newton-concept MacOS X mini-tablets. Here’s a concept that marries both ideas: an Apple MacBook Touch.[...] Thanks to yokozuka for providing this nice story on Digg.

What other users say about this:

LeeSoong: INK is built into OS X – just hook up a digitizing tablet to access the software.

You can write, draw, etc. in OS X right now.

A 17″ ‘Touch’ Tablet MacBook with a separate keyboard docking station would work.
on the road – it is your notebook computer to write in. Back at your desk – you can use the keyboard.

On the road use the optional on screen virtual keyboard where 1/2 the screen is filled with keys – go ahead and type your grand thesis. Tablet PCs have the advantage of sketching out simple drawings.

Apple could do this very nicely.

Squidly: Anything but a touchscreen tablet or pda is doomed to failure. Ergonomics are all wrong for touchscreen laptops and monitors.

Thankfully, Steve knows this.

sean.ferguson: Apple tablet FTW!!

fightzero01: there’s no market for this, except for the healthcare industry. The UMPC has failed, so will this. It’s no laptop, and it’s too big for portability.

forthex: I’d be SO afraid to drop that… all that glass everywhere.

what would be kick ass if this was real (or for any other tablet), is if a full sized, thin keyboard (even thinner than the new apple keyboards) could be stored inside the tablet, detached (slid out), and either be a wireless standalone unit, or attach to the tablet in several configurations AND act as a stand for the tablet if you placed it on a desk or your lap.

jeffreyf: The main issue here is the input and display overlap. Your hands would simply get in the way of your screen every time you wished to type. Now if it had *two* screens, one for input that also functioned as a secondary display, and a primary display…. that would be….awesome.

nivekic: Been thinking about getting my mom something… what if she has long nails?

skunkworker: Who needs a stylus when you have 10 fingers?

casual7y: unless they release a tablet technology that has FLAWLESS handwriting recognition, anti smudge technology, and a seamless method of doing things like “ctrl+c, ctrl+alt+del, F2″ (ok those are windows examples, but you get my gist. then i refuse to give up the keyboard!

diggtomanjeri: First, I think they’ll just call it the iTouch, the marketing writes itself practically!
I also think the size will be just smaller than an 8.5×11 and it will be marketed initially to high school and college age. The size allows for a full size touch virtual keyboard, and big enough to write with a stylus if needed along with everything else that comes with their current laptops.

directive0: And with any luck after all these multi-touch devices, LCARS must be right around the corner.

archivist: i wish they will put touch feedback on this one.

darkmisery: Not going to happen. As for the “Newton 2.0,” again, not going to happen. Apple wants people to buy the iPhone as their primary device. The iPod Touch came out with the calendar (the ability to create events) and other features disabled so it doesn’t undercut iPhone sales. If Apple was going to release a stand-alone PDA, the iPod Touch would be it.

NoNamesLeft: Um, no. Sorry – could be cool, but no. This is, without a doubt, a concept that would never work in real life. We need keyboards. We need a mouse (or touchpad). Without these things, the rate of input into a computer is a crawl. iPod Touch, iPhone? Sure, virtual keyboard can work – these are not input heavy devices. A workstation computer? No. Unless this thing picks up input directly out of the brain it isn’t going to work. Conclusion: fanboy fantasy.

beatboxmonkey: keyboards 4 life (in old english font)

Apple tweaks Safari in latest Mac OS X 10.4.11 builds (8S2157 & 8S157)

Two new builds of the impending Mac OS X 10.4.11 Update were distributed to Cupertino-based firm’s vast developer community on Tuesday evening — build 8S2157 for Macs with Intel processors and build 8S157 for those systems that include PowerPC chips. People familiar with the releases say each build includes a small fix for Safari’s localization s[...] Thanks to lnfiniteLoop for providing this nice story on Digg.

What other users say about this:

penguincentral: I still want leopard to come out. I predict Oct. 23 2007.

Apple blocks access to 1425×1425 album art; breaks iTunes art grabber

“It appears Apple has blocked this again Querying the store still works, but if you try to download the art (no matter jpg or TIF) you get an error. This for the same albums that worked an hour or two ago. Thanks a lot Apple!” Well, it was fun while it lasted.[...] Thanks to joshpowell for providing this nice story on Digg.

What other users say about this:

oddysseey: if you’re a mac user, use gimmesometune. it does all the cover and lyrics fetching for you.

newaffect: apple always does this…

discostu88: If you use a Mac go here:
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/ipod_itunes/ …
All you have to do is play a song, and it searches for album art. You could put iTunes on shuffle and let GimmeSomeTune search for all your album artwork. You don’t need 1425 x 1425. Do you have some special iPod that rivals HD resolution? Yeah I didn’t think so.

tomchow: I have some album artwork here
http://picasaweb.google.com/zhoujingwei/AlbumCover

gregmasciola: It stinks that Josh’s helpful script has been shut down. It was really helpful for me to find some high-quality album art for my music collection. But honestly, I’ve recently found out how you can get this high quality artwork through iTunes itself. Just right click on the music in the library and choose “get album artwork”. Next, right click on a song and choose “get info”. Then all you have to do is select the tab that says “artwork”, right click on the cover, and choose “copy”. You can now paste the image into an image-editing program and you have the high-resolution image!

digitalpencil: Hate to be a total noob.. but why is it important to be able to do this outside of iTunes? Can’t you just set-up a store account and ‘get album artwork’? it’s not like you ever have to actually buy anything with it.
I must be totally off the mark here.. anyone care to explain?

astrotrain: Apple… where do you want to get core-dumped today?

morphie: What is wrong with blocking access from something that wasn’t public access in the first place?

strOphe: here ya go:

www.discogs.com

TheRealDeal: Why do people continue to expect unsupported APIs to be supported?!

gadlaw: In answer to a question – use Easy CD-DA Extractor to rip your CD’s at whatever quality level you prefer. Before you click that ‘rip music’ icon on the bottom drift over to findmycover.com and search for the cover art and I think it’s right click on the size picture you like, go back to the Easy cd-da extractor window and where the little square for the cover art is click paste and there’s your album art ready to be embedded in your music rips. Make sure you know what folder your rips are going in, click rip and you’re good to go to upload album art embedded music to your ipod.

heartcoldfusion: Wait, I thought Apple were the good guys and Microsoft were the bad guys? Apple, acting like a large American corporation? No, not Apple, they’re run by Steve, he would never sell out…

dunnylovehun: Glad I’m just finding out about this now that it’s been blocked…was this a digg front page story when it was working? How’d I miss?

heidtmare: Wow, remember when Apple removed our access to encrypted album art, and people complained, only to find that they had just replaced it with bigger unencrypted versions…..

thailand1972: I’m definitely not an Apple fan, but give them a break – they give you something free and then take it away. It wasn’t really yours in the first place because it was offered free. Entitlement complex or what….

Special Edition pink iPod shuffles turn up at Target stores (photos)

Big-box retailer Target this month began offering shoppers a special edition pink Apple iPod shuffle and iTunes gift card combo, sales of which help support the fight against breast cancer. For the same $79 that Apple charges for diminutive clip-on digital audio players, Target is also throwing in a $15 iTunes gift card. In addition, the retailer i[...] Thanks to lnfiniteLoop for providing this nice story on Digg.

What other users say about this:

DONT1: http://www.paramegsoft.com http://game.paramegsoft.com
I know men get breast cancer as well. Did you fail to see my post that said that MY DAD HAD IT?! I’m not being insensitive to women with breast cancer, but I don’t think you should be overly sensitive. You should feel bad that they have CANCER not that it is specifically breast cancer. Watch the episode of Penn & teller about tits (I know lots of them HAVE tits, but one is specifically about tits). They talk to lots of feminist breast cancer survivors who say the whole pink ribbon stuff is bullshit. That there is no reason to single out breast cancer except that it is, in an off-color way, selling sex. This was the only thing I have ever seen even close to conveying my thoughts on the subject. I will do everything I can to

CaseyTench: Great, the Perfect iPod to get the Girlfriend, Since this is going to be the THIRD iPod shuffle i get her this YEAR, take this little tip, to all of you out there in iPod Shuffle Land!! my girlfriend has dropped 2 iPods in the toilet so far, this time, this little pink devil is going to get a make-over at Swimman.com, IM GETTING IT WATERPROOFED for 75$. from what i have heard, these people will waterproof your iPod for 75$. All i have to do is send it in to them. ROCK OUT!

ThreeDee912: Remember those hot pink zunes that were randomly placed into regular zune packaging?

Ethelstan: I think this kind of move is predictable…..and boring

ChickSplatt: The hottest new accessory is the iBucket. http://smartstartup.typepad.com/my_weblog/2007/09/ …

JEWestbrookJR: I know men get breast cancer as well. Did you fail to see my post that said that MY DAD HAD IT?! I’m not being insensitive to women with breast cancer, but I don’t think you should be overly sensitive. You should feel bad that they have CANCER not that it is specifically breast cancer. Watch the episode of Penn & teller about tits (I know lots of them HAVE tits, but one is specifically about tits). They talk to lots of feminist breast cancer survivors who say the whole pink ribbon stuff is bullshit. That there is no reason to single out breast cancer except that it is, in an off-color way, selling sex. This was the only thing I have ever seen even close to conveying my thoughts on the subject. I will do everything I can to fight cancer, but I’m not going to buy a bunch of pink shit to “raise awareness” about one specific type of cancer. Because that is sexist. ALL cancer is bad, and ALL cancer is treated the same. No matter where it is on your body. What about prostate cancer? It happens just as much and I don’t hear campaigns for it. That makes me feel like since the cancer I’m more prone to gets much less awareness that I am in some way inferior. If people were pouring money into research and awareness only for prostate cancer, that would be sexist. Again, I’m not against women who have/fight breast cancer. If any one has a right to be enthusiastic, it is them. But it just doesn’t make sense to single out one sort of cancer to “fight” since it is all treated the same way.

TheKingsSon: WoW, an ipod for fags and stupid bitches

psiDevil98: You see, this is why God invented breast cancer.

SenorAnderson: A Pink Floyd edition would be cooler.

TexasFlood93: I’m pretty sure the old pink iPod shuffle was more vibrant (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/97/IPod … this is more of a powdery pink not a hot pink. Digg me down if im wrong.

HerrEisenheim: I got the red one to cure AIDS, now I have to buy the pink one one cure breast cancer? Where’s the brown one that cures colon cancer—or do you just buy a Zune?

EpidemiK: This is grate news for my mom!

JEWestbrookJR: i never said you love having breast cancer. Having cancer sucks. I’m sure it does. I’ve lost 2 grandmothers to breast cancer and even my dad had breast cancer. But it isn’t treated any differently than any other cancer. Why are you going to try and cure breast cancer (as if it can be cured any way differently than other cancers can) and neglect the other cancers that aren’t as gender specific? Why not just fight cancer in general? That’s like saying “fight scrapes on elbows!” “Yeah, but I can get scapes anywhere on my body and they can all be treated the same, why concentrate on elbows”

deltabourne: I’m torn… I support saving boobies, but pink is just so gay. What a quandry.

ZiggityZhang: Breast gift ever.

Apple’s Mac Sales Are Surging

Seen the recent AAPL surge? Don’t thank the iPhone, thank the Mac.[...] Thanks to obeezy for providing this nice story on Digg.

What other users say about this:

LeeSoong: 1 Big Reason – Windows VISTA.

The black hole suck O.S. requires you to buy basically all new hardware and software to get it to run – so if you are going to go through a major system upgrade at home, wouldn’t you want it to be as easy as possible?

Apple Mac with all the cool toys vs. Windows Vista Basic with crippled features ?

You decide.

Of course – the Mac O/S means buying all new software over again anyway – and no games.

armar: Regarding the “as much as twice the price” reference, the plain fact is that Apple rarely discounts its computer products, nor does it allow its 3rd party outlets to do so, meaning that the street price of an Apple computer is the same as the retail price. That simply isn’t true in the PC world. All one need do is visit Apple’s and Dell’s direct sales web sites, or peruse the pullouts in the local Sunday newspaper, to see the aggressive everyday discounting that goes on among (non-Apple) computer retailers.
While comparing the two platforms is fraught with “apples versus oranges” pitfalls, I suggest looking at the two systems linked below. The first is the entry-level iMac, which sells on Apple’s web site for $1,199. The second is Dell’s Inspiron 530, which is currently on sale on Dell’s website for $649. Both feature 2.0Ghz Intel Core Duo processors and 1GB of RAM. The Apple comes with 250GB hard drive, the Dell with 320GBs. The Apple features a 20-inch screen, the Dell’s is 19 inches. Apple’s Superdrive is 8x, Dell’s DVD drive is 16x. Certainly, one could outfit the Dell in ways that would ad expense (same with the Apple).
But at $649 for the Dell, the price for what appears to be a comparable computer — at least to the average mass-market PC buyer — is nearly half of the Apple’s.

Here’s the Dell: http://www.dell.com/content/topics/segtopic.aspx/o …

Here’s the Apple: http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/A …

ilgaz: People, those sites could be hesitating to give free hits to them but check the Amazon 10 top software list:
http://amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/software
That shows a lot to me. Leopard is #6 on list which is NOT even shipped yet and MSFT says they will offer XP for months beyond its announced “death” because they can’t convince people to upgrade to Vista.

rudie75: Just ordered my first mac yesterday. I was/am really fed up with windows

wewa: I have owned Macs since my first Mac II in ‘86. But I don’t recommend them anymore much.
If they do ‘creative content’ then yes, but otherwise, for general home and business use, macs are too limiting and not cost effective. We all know, but cannot admit, that macs now play a smaller role in corporations than they did back in the 80s and 90s. We have gone backwards after Jobs killed the clones.
I had to stop selling and supporting Macs, after I heard a number of customers say “i am really tired of Apple making me stand in line at the shopping mall, to get my problem solved with my Mac, being in line with all these teenagers with their broken ipods…”
That is unacceptable.
I think most of these posts on digg are teens with ipods…i am a slashdot refugee…
take care.

madkahta: I’m glad they finally abandoned the lame PowerPC; it was PAINFUL to try to run MacOS on that dismal line of chips. PowerPC’s RISC architecture was all hype and no substance; IBM & co. never delivered.

bugalou: Digg is more infested with fan boys every day. to that effect, anyone who thinks the iPhone has nothing to do with apple’s stock surge is lying to themselves.

As far as mac’s go, I can see the value in them for everyday user’s that don’t care to know about the nitty gritty details of computing. They just want to get on the net and check email. On the other hand, I am a geek. I like to be able to open my PC and change things out and mess with my hardware. I like to be able to program in practically any modern language I want to. I like to have the ability to control just about every aspect of my OS. This is why Macs have zero appeal to me. Sure you can dual boot into Windows with a mac, but that still doesn’t help me hardware wise. But for now, If I’m dual booting its going to be a Linux/Windows combo.

udahlen: Most Mac models are about the same price as a similarly configured PC.

deadbaby: Apple needs to fill the holes in their Mac lineup. Cut the price of the Mini by $150-200 to offer a true low-end solution. A mid-range tower would be perfect for gamers who want to dual boot OSX + Windows. The iMac/MacBooks are priced and speced just fine, no need to change those.

hasslinthehoff: Just another Gates fanboy who has to eat a big heapin’ helpin’ of crow now that people are realizing how much better Apple products are compared to the retarded bloatware coming out of Redmond. Welcome to the 21st Century, jackass…

valentine76: this shit just pisses me off

samfishercell: Yeah, try opening 96 applications and having them all run in real time on a ‘comparable’ PC computer. The price argument is pretty much invalid.

hedgehog001: Guess I’m part of the surge. I just bought my first Mac (Macbook) about 3 weeks ago. Using a computer at home has never been so fun!

brandvegn: Not a MS fan, but my PC is hitting on 6 years old right now. Same parts I bought in 2002 and put together myself. Barton 2500, ATI 9200, and XP, (installed twice). I do what I need to on this machine and it works. I am tired of both sides of the camp wasting my time on forums with there arguments. Both are PCs with similar circuitry and different business models. When you simplify your arguments to “Chevy/Ford”, “Mac/PC”, “Adidas/Nike” you take on an irrational view of brand loyalty, not a product. That iPOD shuffle …Jesus, I have never been so annoyed. I bought it. 3 Months later, I sold it. I sold it here in Korea too, so I got 25 bucks more for it b/c its considered a hot item here. Who wants something you can’t use on multiple computers. I didn’t buy a Zune though (another lemon, I have heard). I bought an iaudio D2. Best purchase ever. direct file transfer. No proprietary software, and works with Linux too (if you use that)…oh, FLAC (loss less) support…OGG…yes. Functionality is key to any product and name means nothing.

nobogeys217: Rising mac sales is probably due to the fact that its the beginning of school years. All computer companies sell more around the beginning of school years because a lot of college kids get a new computer when they first start to school.

Although, I would have thought that mac sales would be a little down with 10.5 coming out pretty soon.

Coming Soon: Make VoIP Calls Using an iPhone

TruPhone, a VoIP services provider in the UK, is reportedly developing new software that would enable iPhone users to make calls over WiFi.[...] Thanks to obeezy for providing this nice story on Digg.

What other users say about this:

Apple brings online store design in line with rest of site

Apple has redesigned its online store with a more navigable design that might make that “Buy Now” button look a little too inviting.[...] Thanks to obeezy for providing this nice story on Digg.

What other users say about this:

diggmediggyou: Ha! I think Apple doing that because of the released of iPhone?
So people will click on the button to purchase it.

Jedeye459: New button… who really cares?

ChillEnt: Me like.

joshpowell: Oooh.. purdy.

Direct link: http://store.apple.com/

Apple developing OS X minitablet

AppleInsider is reporting that Apple has a project underway to develop a minitablet computer based on the OS X operating system it has developed for the iPhone and the iPod Touch. The site is calling it “the return of the Newton,” referring to the much-maligned but cult-favorite PDA that Apple sold in the mid-1990s.[...] Thanks to zaibatsu for providing this nice story on Digg.

What other users say about this:

berfmurret: no artists or musicians in the crowd? sheesh. i know i would buy a multitouch tablet in a heartbeat if it were around $2k.

daines88: Oh yay… I guess this pretty much guaranties we will never see an SDK for the iPhone

dimplemonkey: Already knew this because of the patents they filed several years ago. Can’t wait to see what Uncle Steve and Uncle Jon have got in store.

yodasama: Will it run Linux? (insert “Ubuntu”, if desired)

hazard: How many Palm Pilots do you see these days? Or how about that Microsoft Origami thing? Hows that doing?

ispshadow: Shenanigans.

crash128: Posting this on iDigg is called “market research”.

MisterKen: I would like to hope Apple would spend their time and effort giving the iPhone more muscle than to create an entirely new product.
This sounds like the musings of old-school mac heads who still cannot get over the fact that Palm took Newtons thunder.

joker3001: No money in it. Will never happen.

mmarvin: Ok I really like the touch interface but its just too expensive right now. Why in the world would you pay almost $450 with tax for an ipod with touch or the same for an iphone that has a required minimum of $60/ month plan? Seriously I like apple stuff and I buy it but it seems to me that they are putting less features into more locked down hardware. I would bet that they keep this trend going with the tablet. Seriously the touch interface is awesome and they are doing a good job with it I just think its a bit early and they are taking advantage of the “awesome newness” effect that the new tech produces.

adammharvey: i use mac but man i hate fanboys

z01inks: I agree. Tablets & Sub-notebooks are useless. Give me a touchscreen iMac for my kids tho, and i’m sold!!

directive0: iPadd?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PADD

drmobutu: This thing needs a display that can be viewed outdoors, under natural light…even if it just a large-screen ipod touch, it would be sweet to be able to browse the web, from the hammock in my backyard.

Altotus: It seems to me that Steve Jobs is looking at STtNG for inspiration. The newer Macs are morphing into Star Fleet desk consoles. Give this thing a super-thin form-factor (perhaps OLED display) and you’d have the tablet computer of Star Trek (all but the LCARS UI, of course) seen in engineering and such.

Gateway apes the aluminum iMac: meet the Gateway One

PC maker Gateway today fired a salvo at Apple with a new all-in-one home desktop that bears strong design similarities with the recently introduced aluminum iMac. Called simply the One, it has a metal shell, a black front, and scads of Bluetooth and 802.11 wireless. Sound familiar? Gateway claims it’s not a copy… right.[...] Thanks to Commodus for providing this nice story on Digg.

What other users say about this:

azprofessional: Hey fanboys get a room!

jsp317: All is fair in love and war. They are at war and i love it. Just look at all the goodies we have available. I’m on my PC right now but i love my imac g5.

macamatition: It looks like an iMac with down syndrom.

yongmuller: Gateway is still making PCs? I could have sword they were residing in the “where are they now?” file.

Herolint: The hardware is only half the reason to buy an Apple computer, the OS is the other. Running Windows on Apple hardware seems a lot like being impotent. Sure, you have a penis, but you can’t do anything with it.

radikul: Like this hardly matters. Take a look at whose stock is kicking ass.

flydaddyophus: Although Apple inspired, I like the way it looks

But its still running Windows

supreme0armor: I, personally, have always been fond of these little guys for some reason…maybe because they remind me of the CyberDecks in Shadowrun ( Genesis, not 360!!! ), running the “Pre-Matrix” Matrix… ahh… memories…

http://www.cybernetman.com/default.cfm?DocId=9000

supreme0armor: I, personally, have always been fond of these little guys for some reason…maybe because they remind me of the CyberDecks in Shadowrun ( Genesis, not 360!!! ), running the “Pre-Matrix” Matrix… ahh… memories…

http://www.cybernetman.com/default.cfm?DocId=9000

marcamillion: Ughh…it is designs like this that make Apple truly shine. This is absolutely horrendous.

Guess sales will further surge after this reaches retail shelves. Am not even an apple fanboy and I know this looks horrible.

zpjet: um. “features 3MB DDR2 memory”. now, that’s really something. can vista run on it?

flamebot: i kinda like it

PaulPinfield: I guess there are lots of Mac heads on this thread (including me), but even so, I can’t help laughing my cock off…

This machine is way better looking but most other PCs, but to me, this is a case of putting lipstick on a pig… No matter how you dress up WinXP / Vista, a pig is a pig is a pig…

brotherfranciz: Why is everyone complaining about the Apple rip-off? Everyone does it – “imitation is the sincerest form of flattery”. Basically, Apple has shaken up the market, other companies have spotted this and have FINALLY decided that the design and development team is actually worth the money to hire… seriously, the industry should follow Apple’s footsteps: at the end of the day, it’s great for the consumer – our PC can actually look somewhat attractive now… it’s not just a grey box any more.

ACMoxon: Copy Apple design all you want — you still can’t match its elegance and beauty.