Holy Crap! Have we landed in 2008? Bloody Hell!
We’ve been stranded for three days in 1992. Windows. Dial-up. No cellular service. On balance, there was a beach full of steamer clams and plenty of beer, so we survived.
I’m back. My trusty Mac Pro waited for me patiently, like a faithful old dog.
Anyway, there doesn’t seem to be anything new since Thursday. Vista still seems to be out there creating popping noises whenever it’s lifted off of a flat, smooth surface.
So there’s a lot still the same.
There’s some speculation on the innertubes that Apple should give away Snow Leopard. Y’know – of all the dumbass things I’ve heard lately, that one is the first one that makes me go, “Hmmmmm.”
Those of you who were using Macs when Macs were new should be thinking the same thing. In the early days, before System 7, the Mac OS was freeware. We just found out there was a new System or Finder, took some blank discs down to ComputerLand, and went home with the new stuff – free for nothing. That was the way His Steveness thought it should be.
The thought occurs to me that Master Jobst Fimil has completely funded the development of the new OS with purchases by now. OS X is mature. Now he’s just fine tuning. I’m not one for empty speculation, mind you. I prefer speculation that’s full of Bombay gin and an olive. Beyond all that, I think it’s possible we could see a return to those golden days of yore.
There’s no way to tell how likely it is. Apple may be hooked on OS revenue. But, if The Master still believes now what he believed then, it’s possible that OS upgrades could start being free again. Do you think that would sell some CPUs?
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Booger.
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Czech please.
8 responses so far ↓
1 zacksback // Jul 6, 2008 at 9:04 pm
At least leave a note in the mailbox that you couldn’t make bail again and you’re taking a small ‘vacation’ at Cousin Cletus’. Otherwise it’s Jack Miller all over again.
Apple not charging for SL probably won’t happen. You figure with an established base that can handle OSX times $129 equals serious between-the cushions change. On the other hand, they have so much cash sitting in the bank that they could buy Yahoo just to spite Redmond Steve. They would then threaten to sell it to Google so we all could watch Ichan and the DoJ explode. It would provide starving techno-pundits much needed column inches between the release of the iPhone and the elections.
2 Nxxx // Jul 6, 2008 at 9:48 pm
I’m not posting today as you just abandoned us. Don’t care that you were on Windows, you deserved it.
*Wanders off weeping hysterically*
3 Rip // Jul 7, 2008 at 7:12 am
It’s worse than that. I couldn’t even use Windows because it was on the only phone line. I was forced to survive on beer and seafood for three days.
4 Huh? // Jul 7, 2008 at 7:50 am
Oh, Apple is soooooo going to charge for SL…
Not that I’m terribly upset about it, mind you. Investing in a company tends to do that.
It would be nice, though…..
5 Nxxx // Jul 7, 2008 at 8:18 am
Just seen the news that a Segway guy is going to join Apple.
Wow! Mac Pros that you can ride.
Beat that.
6 Caped Cod // Jul 7, 2008 at 9:07 am
Either MacPros that you can ride or a Segway that W can ride.
7 Huh? // Jul 7, 2008 at 1:32 pm
How about a Mac Pro shaped like an inverted pyramid, that never falls over?
Mac Pros wobble, but they don’t fall down…
8 Rip // Jul 7, 2008 at 1:48 pm
Four triangular monitors on pyramidal pivot. Okay. Who’s bringing chips?
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