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- JGuest, on 10/12/2007, -11/+63companies can't fart
- Quix, on 10/12/2007, -4/+53"Go ahead and digg me down but everything Apple farts is not roses"
True enough. The difference is Apple tends to shelve its turds and avoid humiliating themselves in the marketplace (Zune). - dcvtss, on 10/12/2007, -49/+93Go ahead and digg me down but everything Apple farts is not roses
- ersnyder, on 10/12/2007, -14/+41"companies can't fart"
Then what do you call Microsoft's Origami?! - System84, on 10/12/2007, -4/+26Wow I am glad that some of these products never saw the light, especially the WIZZY. What is that?
To be honest I am sick of the general attitude against Apple on digg. I am a PC user and an Apple user and both machines have their purpose, so just because it is not PC doesn't mean the users are fanboys and it doesn't mean that we think Apple hasn't made some mistakes. Apple is not perfect and neither is Microsoft and the PC makers, so get over it. Just because your a PC user does not make you or your machine better than anyone else on here. Once again and I emphasize...Get over it.
Go ahead and digg me down as I am sure you will. - macbookpromat, on 10/12/2007, -7/+25Idiots, I'm sick of them!
- halleyscomet, on 10/12/2007, -3/+13@njfinn
"Apple fans...Man I am sick of them."
@flag564
"Welcome to the club"
So why the *(^*(&^ are you posting in the Apple forum?!?!?!
Really, why not just click the check box in your profile to remove the Apple forum completely, so none of these Apple stories reach your poor abused eyes?
You aren't sick of the "Apple Fanboys" You're just a couple of twits who like to complain. - Jofaba, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10I don't own a single Apple device and probably never will, but can't we put fanboyism and anti-fanboyism aside? The people that hate Apple for simple being apple are just as bad as the people who worship anything that Apple makes. Try to look at the devices for what they are.
The Powerbop sucked and that's why it never came out, but like they said, it was also ahead of it's time. It seems like they tried to go wireless really early with the technology that they had and it just didn't work out. You can't blame them for trying. Compare it to what we've got today. The wireless cards for computers (and notice they said GMS, that's cellphone technology so I'm comparing it to modern cell phone based laptop cards). They're expensive, slow, and unreliable.
I've got no comment either way on the Paladin. I don't know anything about it and I don't remember that timeframe where a computer like that would be cutting edge or helpful. What I do remember is that computers back then were insanely expensive and only the larger buisnesses could afford them, and most buisnesses usually had one or two tops.
The W.A.L.T. is actually pretty cool. I hate modern phones with millions of buttons that have dual purposes and require a manual to learn how to use, and this is coming from someone who loves technology (I built an SLi watercooled computer for myself and look forward to DX10 gaming).
The last two seem unobtainably expensive and it's obviously a good thing they died.
Honestly though, I've never owned an Apple product. But I like to try and judge electronics for what they are, not for what the little sticker on them says they are.
~ Jofaba - dclowd9901, on 10/12/2007, -3/+11Jesus farted, probably.
- michaelb1, on 10/12/2007, -3/+10actually a corporation is a legal person so yes, they can fart.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Yes, but back then they didn't realise prepending "i" to all your product names is the key to success. The next version will undoubtedly be called something along the lines of "iPad".
- Dangerman, on 10/12/2007, -3/+7"Then what do you call Microsoft's Origami?!"
A turd. - bigpixl, on 10/12/2007, -6/+11http://www.duggmirror.com
- motang, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5Looks like Apple PenLite never made it but I heard that Apple is going to release a Table style computer next year.
- halleyscomet, on 10/12/2007, -4/+8For the folks who have their browsers NOT send referring URL data:
http://duggmirror.com/apple/Apple_Prototypes_5_Products_We_Never_Saw/ - Thuktun, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Some individuals with strong privacy convictions configure their browsers to do that, or use a proxy to strip them out.
- Pattyo13, on 05/14/2009, -2/+5a day late and a dollar short
but i'm sure it will look snazzy and have a name like iFlatbook - kd1s, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3One of my favorite things is to see product evolution when it pertains to information technology. There's so much cool stuff that needs to be preserved.
- dizm, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2There are concept images of Asteroid which are nothing like the m-audio product.
http://lechucks.bitacoras.com/img_net/apple_asteroid.jpg
That's what they got sued over. - jarvuss, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Apple should get into that crazy female robot stuff the Japaneses got going on. Then they can release iWife.
- quietbob, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Pain shows up in Microsoft's face during error messages with a zune install
- krische, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4iWrite sounds cooler
- JoeBlunt, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Years late and billions short. These days, who cannot tell the difference between a palm and a tablet PC?
Here's a case where Apple shat out real product (the newton) while throwing the roses into the trash. Penlite is the biggest coulda shoulda woulda mistakes in this bunch. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4@halleyscomet - no way man, I say we keep the retards. Besides, they're a great laugh some days.
- bandomac, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2"Then what do you call Microsoft's Origami?!"
The liquid version of a fart... - pygmalion, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Too bad we don't have any pics of Asteroid, the rumored firewire break-out box for Garageband.
- Jofaba, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Oh wow, I didn't realize the Paladin was from 1992. I just checked that and your'e right. I guess small pictures are hard to judge by when you aren't familiar with the product history. Yeah, I figured it was one of those $5+K prototypes that pretty much were useless even in their own time from WAY back. (I want to say 20+ but I'm sure that's extreme. I really can't remember how insane the prices were back then, t'was before my time)
Sorry for any mistakes I made, I really have no knowledge of Apple products. I wasn't trying to give an expert opinion, just personal opinions based on the descriptions (and some guessing which was apparently off).
Hmm, as for why I don't own an Apple? Well they don't really do what I need them to. First and foremost, a computer has to be able to play games for me to even consider them. As for other Apple products, I guess they're just too expensive for me, plus I like being able to customize stuff a lot easier. I've got a Creative Micro Zen mp3 player that works just fine for me, and I know that even once it's dead and useless that I can use the innards for some small fun project. Besides appearance, there just really isn't anything that Apple impresses me with.
About the wireless cards, well I guess it's a matter of opinion there. I have extremely high standards. I'm very unhappy that our technolgy in the states is so far behind other some other industrial nations. Cost per value of use, I still consider the modern mobile wireless cards to be unacceptably slow and unreliable. I just did a quick check on your card and service, and it looks like it's $160 for the card and $80 per month for the service. Considering that that's almost what we pay for for digital cable, cable internet, and digital telephone in our house, that just doesn't seem worth it to me. I'm sure it's invaluable for someone like yourself, and I'm not bagging on it, I'm just saying we've got a ways to go before the technology and cost can be considered addapable by the general masses.
Thanks for your comments and questions. I'm new here to Digg and the community aspect is alot more interactive and positive than I thought it'd be. =) - drumnbass, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I always understood Asteroid to be the iControl manufactured by m-audio. See here for info:
http://www.m-audio.com/products/en_us/iControl-main.html
At the time of its release, m-audio mentioned that they developed the product by working closely with Apple. Of course, that could mean making sure that the drivers work properly, etc... - theb0b, on 10/12/2007, -3/+4There are good things on digg but I dont like the way they censor articles they dont like.
ie www.roughlydrafted.com
http://www.roughlydrafted.com/RD/Q4.06/9F19EF9B-9AA5-424A-9EF9-F15C8256B4AC.html
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This content has been censored on Digg. Digg ranks and displays online news for tens of thousands of Internet users. The system purports to be openly run by its users, who vote for submissions in order to raise the profile of online content.
However, Digg is sponsored by Microsoft, and has signed sponsorship agreements that limit freedom of speech regarding Microsoft and its products. Microsoft also sponsors online users to post astroturf and dispute accurate information that is in any way critical of the company and its products.
Recently, a small minority of anonymous Digg users have worked to censor anything from RDM posted to Digg by any of its users, and harrass anyone on Digg supporting RDM.
Digg's official response has been to ban all RDM articles, and delete records of them on its site, along with all user comments involving Microsoft and the censorship and sponsorship of the Digg system. When asked to review its censorship of RDM, Digg responds by saying it will continue to ban all RDM articles because it does not want to receive ongoing complaints from users who do not like RDM content. You can balance the feedback Digg receives by letting it know what you think about censorship and slanted information sources pretending to be legitimate and open. - digital11, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I have to disagree with you about modern wireless cards. I regularly use a Verizon Wireless V620 card with their BroadbandAccess plan. It is FANTASTIC. Sure, its no cable modem, but I have no problems downloading at 150KB/s+ which to me is remarkably fast considering I can do so from anywhere that I can get a decent signal (which is everywhere I've tried thusfar).
- minigig, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1@ jofaba
"I've got no comment either way on the Paladin. I don't know anything about it and I don't remember that time frame where a computer like that would be cutting edge or helpful. What I do remember is that computers back then were insanely expensive and only the larger businesses could afford them, and most businesses usually had one or two tops."
You are thinking of a different time , cause in the 90's computers were not insanely expensive.They were wide spread in the homes, businesses would have dozens or hundreds of computers at that time. My school had two computer laps with 30 computers each. in fact my computer at the time cost around 1500 from IBM and it was on the higher end for computers at the time, Not the slowest nor the fastest. The same goes for today. - rickcarson, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1There could be a number of reasons
Maybe he's one of the build it yourself from spare parts enthusiasts (too cheap).
Maybe he's a top end gamer who likes to replace their video card every three months (Effectively unlimited budget - buys ultra expensive, we'd have to assume that even the Mac Pro doesn't provide enough grunt).
Maybe he's just never looked at the Apple stuff at the right time in their product cycle.
Maybe he already has a whole lot of computers with 50 different flavours of open source operating systems.
Maybe he has some weird requirements, such as a tablet form factor.
Maybe his purchase sweet spot is in the iMac range, but he thinks he wants a big ugly box form factor instead.
A year and a half ago, we could have said "maybe he has that one last piece of Windows software that he just can't abandon" - but that doesn't apply anymore.
Maybe it is an emotional thing. Most large purchases are based on emotion rather than logic. And most of the reasons you see in online discussions for not buying a Mac aren't at all logical.
He could be:
Scared of trying something new.
Suffering from 'battered user / hostage syndrome'.
Maybe he just loves being called up for tech support by all his friends and relations, and realises that once they know he's switched to a Mac they won't call him anymore at 3am because the coffee cup holder is broken. - Kilraq, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Shame, the WALT looked like a good idea. Clever, useful and helpful to ones daily lives. The others are just ho humm, I am sort of glad they never made it into the main market.
Interesting to see the older stuff that still seems like wild ideas. And there are some corporations that would still like to see these products like these out and active, making THEM money.
Good stuff, good link. - flaminio, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1One of the best things Jobs did is bring disipline to the skunkworks. No point in trying to bringing something to market if it isn't marketable.
- canadian0, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1With all of these Apple phones in development, it is surprising that they haven't perfected and released one yet.
- porkstacker, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2It's just too bad Apple Computers Inc. forgot to patent all their seemingly useless design prototypes. If they did, surely Microsoft, Sony, Creative, etc. etc. would be paying them out the ass right about now.
- halleyscomet, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1@Jofaba
Most of the post makes it sound like you like to pick the best tool for the job. If that's the case, why do you think you'll "never own" Apple hardware?
Is it just because you haven't yet seen a situation where the Apple hardware looks like the best option for what you need to do?
(Please note, this is a serious question, not an attempt at flame baiting.) - Naga10, on 10/12/2007, -4/+3What piece of ***** browser are you using, then?
- binker, on 10/12/2007, -4/+3I heard they had an iPod to iPod transfer device (actually USB to USB) like the "Hitch" product, but they ended up nixing it..anyone else heard that?
- jonathono2000, on 10/12/2007, -12/+6"...but everything Apple farts is not roses."
Shakespeare is beaming. - Xilon, on 10/12/2007, -8/+2"These things are worse than the over hyped stuff they do make."
Oh yes, wifi support on laptops is so overrated... Idiot. - b00le, on 10/12/2007, -8/+2And you are reading this because..?
- fowleryo, on 10/12/2007, -10/+3how about you get over that, hmm?
- chewbacca1, on 10/12/2007, -7/+0that was some cool junk so heres one of my raps about it,
Walt and the ipod, they are both gay
true computer veterans pick pc any day,
Wizz or whatever it was was kind of cool,
If I was see in public with one i would look like a fool,
2+2=5,
I dont know what that has to do with this but it keeps this rap alive
GO AHEAD AND BURY ME, I ALREADY KNOW I CANT RAP - e73rock, on 10/12/2007, -8/+1What really sucks is when you get stuck in their teeth.
- Asheron, on 10/12/2007, -12/+2http://www.duggmirror.com
Link is already down. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -12/+1@macbookpromat: are you sick of yourself? How can this be possible? :-O
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -23/+4Oh really? How do you think you were born?
- flag564, on 10/12/2007, -43/+8Welcome to the club.
- njfinn, on 10/12/2007, -50/+12Apple fans...Man I am sick of them.
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