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Comment - Apple Adds Media Center to New iMac
(Oct 12, 2005 - 11:05 PM)
Apple is all about elegant design...and simplicity. They don't have to do it first, they just have to do it lots better. The iPod wasn't the first MP3 player. The Mac wasn't the first personal computer. iTunes wasn't the first online music store. So what's so special about them? Execution. The new iMac with remote is home theater for the rest of us...not the the bleeding edge technogeeks, who salivate uncontrollably at the sight of hundreds of differently sized and colored buttons. It is simple, yet powerful, elegant design at its best. Those longing for a mini-based DVR will probably be rewarded when the first or second generation Intel-based minis are released to the public. Some people seem to have (conveniently) forgotten that Apple is in the midst of a major hardware and software platform change. They're not going to invest a large mass of their capital in converting all of their hardware to media PCs when they're hardware is in a period of major transition. But they've shown us what they can do...what they have been doing. The future looks bright indeed. And what of the major coup of getting ABC-Disney to release their absolute best content on iTunes? I'm sorry...has Microsoft already done this? The new iPod is fabulous. I'll have mine on order tomorrow. ;-)