BS: (Tech) A Curious Apple Report

Subject: BS: (Tech) A Curious Apple Report
From: JohnInKansas
Date: 30 Jan 12 - 10:31 AM

Mac pundits heap praise on 'brave' Microsoft

Snell, Ihnatko, Gruber stray from Apple line
By Simon Jary
PC Advisor
28 January 12

"The State of Apple" session during Macworld iWorld Expo took many weird, insightful turns but the least expected twist was surely the conclusion where all three Mac media luminaries suddenly heaped praise on – of all companies – Microsoft. Even they looked shocked that they weren't immediately lynched by the somewhat taken aback Mac fans.

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Ihnatko said he missed many of the nice touches of Windows Phone 7 when returning to his Apple iPhone.

The Mac faithful could hardly believe their ears, and suddenly snapping out of this Microsoft-loving dream Snell quickly ended the session before the stage was invaded and the panelists beaten to death for their heretical chatter.

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As with most reports about Apple, there's quite a bit more at the link, although it doesn't really say much of anything.

The most notable mentions was:

"Gruber prophesised the end of the optical drive in all Mac products, starting with the Mac laptop range: "If you want a MacBook Pro with an optical drive… buy it now, because it's going away soon"."

That's possibly no astonishment to Apple users, since most of them seem not to require much information close at hand ... (?)

John