macgeekery.com — Apple is famous for managing to keep the vast majority of their announcements completely secret. How many people are in the loop during the development process? A lengthy article at Mac Geekery discusses Apple secrecy from the perspective of an Apple Store employee. A very interesting read.
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trod13Apr 14, 2006
Really good article. I also learned the return policy, yes. This is a must read if you continuously nag apple employees or if you want to learn how the other side works.
diggerphelpsApr 14, 2006
I used to work at an ad production house where Apple's agency did a lot of work.There were certain people who would work on Super Secret Stuff that the rest of us never got to see.They would make them sign NDAs and hold their firstborns hostage in case they spilled the beans.I remember catching a glimpse of the first G3 PowerBooks back in the day.Steve Jobs would have burned my eyes out if he knew.
cphuntington97Apr 14, 2006
I took my laptop, my first mac, in for the a display problem under warranty. The "genius" was very polite, saw the problem right away, didn't give me a hard time or anything.The only thing was, he had to ask me what version of os X was on my machine. I said, "oh, uh.. ten dot three." Then he said, "ten dot three doooot.....?" "Um, it's the most recent version." "ok so ten dot three dooooot...." UGH! The whole reason I bought a mac is so I wouldn't have to know these kinds of things!
davidkainApr 14, 2006
Me too :D I wish I could have had a moment like that during my stint in the hell of retail.
thisisbrianbApr 14, 2006
I have worked for Apple in the past and now work for a national retailer selling Apple products, and the one that can I hear at least every day whether it was at Appple or my current job is a question about upcoming Apple products...well none of us no, we never knew at Apple and well it's nice to see somebody try to get the word out.
unknowndomainApr 14, 2006
Why are people such retards if I choose to like an article its my choice why should I have to put up with your bitching, if you dont like it go else where but the majority of people do because its on the front page
Closed AccountApr 15, 2006
move along you f**king moron
kstar6Apr 15, 2006
Good Read
rspeedApr 17, 2006
As a former Mac Genius I can commiserate fully with the author. Dugg.