Apple disclosed total iPod sales volumes to date, revealing that over 100 Million units have been sold since the little white music player that changed the world was first launched.
Apple today announced that the 100 millionth iPod® has been sold, making the iPod the fastest selling music player in history. The first iPod was sold five and a half years ago, in November 2001, and since then Apple has introduced more than 10 new iPod models, including five generations of iPod, two generations of iPod mini, two generations of iPod nano and two generations of iPod shuffle. Along with iTunes® and the iTunes online music store, the iPod has transformed how tens of millions of music lovers acquire, manage and listen to their music.
Just when you thought your three month old Mac Pro was safe from obsolescence, Apple pulls the rug out from under your workstation. Today the company announced its long awaited dual quad-core system based on Intel’s new “Clovertown” Xeon processors. That’s four cores on a single die, totalling eight cores, for those of you whom are math challenged. I barely use the full potential my single quad core Mac Pro offers, let alone 8 bloody cores! Still, I can see real world applications for video professionals and science fields.
If you want one be prepared for sticker shock. The “entry level” 8-core model starts at $3,298. Fortunately standard dual-core models based on Intel “Woodcrest” Xeon remains available starting at a reasonable $2,200.
For those who have never been to or beheld the spectacle of an Apple Store opening, you really should watch this video to get an idea of the experience at these gala events. Lines that span a quarter mile…people camping out at midnight to be first in line…the feeling of euphoria as your turn in the queue arrives to finally enter the store. Amazing.
Be on the look out for several celebs shopping amongst the crowd, like James Woods and Kevin Bacon, to name a few.
What happens when a fetish becomes obsession, then turns into a life consuming preoccupation that drives friends and family away, compelling you to alter your physical environment, modeled after your Apple addiction? You turn your dwelling into an Apple store, of course!
I applaud this fellow’s creativity, it really is brilliant. But, still. Jesus!
Apple.co.uk has inadvertantly listed the upcoming 8–core Xeon Mac Pro. We’ve heard rumors to this product’s impending release, but this is the first confirmation, coming from Apple no less.
Somewhere in the halls of Apple UK, an employee’s ass is being handed to him, along with a pink slip.
Who can forget this charming ad from a red-eyed pothead Ellen Feiss, endorsing Macs, as part of Apple’s ill fated “Switch” campaign. I’ve seen this ad so many times and yet it continues to make me laugh each time. *sigh*
Be still, my heart. Apple seems to have taken an usually long time baking this operating system release. Which means either this was a major development effort incorporating a slew of innovative new features, or merely a strategic ploy based on timing and opportunity. I hope it’s the former and not the latter. So little of Leopard’s features have been show publicly the OS remains shrouded in mystery? Will it live up to the hype, or lack thereof? The silence is deafening.
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