Anyone going to stand in line for this thing? Just wondering

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@EvilGuy

History is written by whom? Apple has done for personal computing what The Beatles did for rock and roll. They certainly weren't the first, but they brought it to the masses in a way that made everyone stop, watch, and listen.

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@mingle

That's amusing, considering the uproar over Apple's initial refusal to publish farting soundboards. (EDIT: I.e. People want farts. Apple-branded farts.)

[Trev]

EDIT: I shouldn't be not so mean today, if you want to believe that Apple brought personal computing to the masses then good on you.

Well, technically, Apple is one of the companies that brought personal computing to the masses, but that's not what I was saying. What I was saying was that Apple's products speak to the masses in a way that others' don't.

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The Beatles were pop music. Not Rock 'n Roll. They did some drugs when they got older and got a little more funky, but Led Zepplin they weren't. "I wanna hold you hand"? "We all live in a yellow submarine"? Yea, that really rocks me out of my socks ;-)

Pop music is anything that sells, and that was exactly my point. The Beatles repackaged a sound in a way that made it accessible to everyone. Led Zeppelin was (and is) selling records, but they don't have the nearly universal appeal of The Beatles.

I'm not advocating for sheep-like behavior, but these products speak to people in a way that can't be dismissed out of hand. Apple, like The Beatles, is doing something right.

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(p.s., as pointed out the Beatles were pop, and furthermore even Paul McCartney acknowledges they couldn't produce an album as good as anything by The Beach Boys)

Neither can Brian Wilson, these days.

[Trev]

But don't worry, everyone. Jobs will fall ill sometime soon, the Twitter generation will lose its messiah, and Wall Street will throw Apple under the bus.

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@KatManDEW

They're not listening. ;-) If Apple can sell candy-coated s**t to four people and gold-plated nirvana to one person, it's candy-coated s**t all the way. And six months later, everyone else will be selling candy-coated s**t, too. You're arguing against human nature.

Personally, I don't think Apple's products are s**t, and anyone claiming to have gold-plated nirvana is probably selling you lead. Or something like that. :-P