I Was Wrong to Trust Steve
posted at 9:45 pm
on Oct. 12, 2005
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So, I believed Steve Jobs when he said the video iPod was dumb, and that the world wasn’t ready for it.
Today, Apple announced the new iPod, a video iPod.
I’m glad I wasn’t the only one fooled, but many smarter people than me did figure it out. Good for them.
What I haven’t seen mentioned much, is that along with “Lost” and “Desperate Housewives,” there’s also a collection of Pixar short films available for download. That’s fairly cool—now I have them in VHS, DVD and download.
I still haven’t upgraded to QuickTime 7, because I don’t want to lose the benefits of my QuickTime Pro 6.0 license, which lets me watch video at full screen. I don’t see why I should have to pay the “Apple Tax” every year for a piece of software that should be, frankly, part of the OS. I mean, they offer a Web browser, mail program, address book and more for free, but they charge for QuickTime? That’s awfully silly.
Incidently, I’m very sick today, so if this sounds like a fevered rant, well, you might be onto something.
