RE: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] new Apple stuff today...

["Ross, Matthew" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

> The big thing on the consumer front is improvements in "iLife" and

So Mac users can now tell people to get an iLife. Great... :-P

> the addition of a new in-home 64-channel mixing/recording app,
> Garage Band.  That could end up being pretty interesting, actually.

They are going to have some trouble selling that to the people Steve Jobs screwed over when he came back to Apple. His NeXT system was tauted as one of the best music platforms, and functionally it was. Unfortunately, just as people sunk 8-10,000 in it, NeXT disappeared, leaving them without support and development.

> Among other things, it does software synthetic guitar amps that
> might not completely suck, and has a bunch of MIDI/USB input
> features.  On a minor note, they also came out with smaller cheaper
> iPods.  Big deal.  Seriously, we're talking 4 GB hard-drive based 
> players for $249 that are, yes, smaller.  They aim at the high-end 
> flash-player market, I'm not sure how well they'll do.

I disagree, the size is important. The small size of the old one wasn't problematic, and the even smaller size of the new one makes it even less of an irritation for people who exercise while wearing them. A 10oz chunk of plastic hitting you for a one mile jog is a lot different from a 5oz (not sure actual weight's).
 

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