MacWorld’s announcements yesterday were interesting as always. Nothing earth-shattering like the iPhone but still some pretty cool stuff. The new MacBook Air may be expensive yet it’s the first step of what the future will probably be like on the storage. My guess is that type of “drive” will be the standard in a few years.
The cooler part was the upgrade to the iPod Touch. I received an iTunes gift card for Christmas from a friend so I think I’ll use it to get the modification. It will be sweet to now see the weather, traffic and my e-mail on it more easily. I think I’ll gain better proficiency typing with my thumbs through the Notes application too.
I’m seriously considering the Apple TV in the near future. We are nearing the one-year mark on turning off our Dish (May I think) to save money since cable-satellite subscriptions keep rising every year. No progress on the a la carte plan being considered by the government; the only good thing FCC Chairman Martin has ever backed. I think this will work better for rentals in our household. About every other movie we’ve borrowed from Blockbuster and Hollywood was horribly scuffed, giving our DVD player fits. I know it’s not the machine’s age because the discs we own operate without a hitch.
So 2008 looks pretty good for Apple. It doesn’t matter what the pundits or Wall Street think. They’ve been wrong for at least a decade while Apple’s market share is now getting closer to the ten percent mark.