Ho Hum… Macworld 2008

“It doesn’t matter how good or bad the product is, the fact is that people don’t read anymore… The whole conception is flawed at the top because people don’t read anymore.” – Steven Jobs Before I deal with the Steve’sters comment above let me give my quickie on Macworld. I went up to San Francisco on Wednesday to check out the wonderful world of Apple….. I have been to exactly two editions of Macworld, that, on top of my one visit to Comdex years ago, and one soiree thru Vegas for NAB two years ago. I’d have to say that comparing the three, Macworld is rather underwhelming. Especially for someone like me whose seen a lot of hardware over the years. And I think, that in fact, its a good thing. Seems to me nowadays that all the fun in Apple is wrapped up in software and therefore there really isn’t a shitload to see at Macworld. That being said, Mac Air is pretty schweet, I’d have been happier with a slightly smaller form factor as I suspect it might be a bit large for my shoulder bag, but then that is just me. I think it will make a pretty good box for the traveller who has to have a laptop in addition to their iPhone . Next on my list was was the Modbook from Axiotron, they modify a Macbook so that it has tablet functionality, its pretty nice though I suspect that a true Apple version of this would be less of a hack. I also checked out the Etymotic booth. Their H2 headset for the iPhone is nice, sounds just about as good as my e4’s and costs about half. Hmmmm… Time Capsule seems pretty neat but for the most part this is NAS with an Apple flavor on it.Still, given that I use Time Machine, I suspect I may have to score one of these in the not too distant future. So there you have it. I’ll continue to vote with my wallet for Apple. However… this year’s Macworld… well it was gonna be pretty hard to follow the iPhone release earlier this year. Regarding Steve’s comment about reading, well sadly, he might be right, at least in his circle of friends . It does seem a shame that all of this tech progress is not affording us the chance to take time out of our days sit down, read, and contemplate things. I’ll go get my lottery ticket now before I forget. Soooooo, maybe before Steve’s next public outing, lets make sure he gets a copy of Charles Barkley’s “I am not a role model” commercial and remembers to view it before he speaks publicly. The last thing we need in this country is less literacy from the technorati…..