My take on the iPhone
[UPDATED 06/30/07 – 0832 MDT] Ah, I love geeks. A day after the iPhone is released, here’s a heavily photographed step-by-step dissection of one (“We did it, so you don’t have to”).
Many years ago, when I was writing for Macworld, I interviewed the Apple product manager in charge of System 7.0, the Macintosh operating system version just in the process of being released by Apple. As I recall, the interview took place during one of the Macworld Expo conferences. After having expounded upon the various features and benefits of System 7.0, the product manager asked me what I thought. I told him that my own opinions were best expressed by a t-shirt I saw someone wearing earlier that day: “I’m waiting for System 7.0.1”.
The Apple product manager visibly flinched, then smiled a bit ruefully and acknowledged the rationale of the sentiment.
So I won’t be rushing out this weekend to buy an iPhone, even though I already run all my mobile phone accounts through AT&T Cingular the new AT&T. I may not wait as long as I did before buying a Palm Pilot (2 years after release) or an iPod (3rd generation). But I will wait.
On the other hand, Windows XP represents the end-of-life for my purchase of Windows operating systems. I may not be able to avoid Windows Vista forever, but I can sure try. My plan is to slowly replace all my existing Wintel systems (four desktops, one laptop) with Macs that dual-boot WinXP and whatever the current Mac OS X version is. Of course, this means buying a few more copies of WinXP while it’s still available, but c’est la vie. Besides, my sweet angel Sandra, who’s been all-Mac for several years now, will be a lot happier.
And, most likely, so will I. ..bruce..
Category: Apple, Commentary, Information Technology, Main