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by Peter Burrows, BusinessWeek
by John Gruber, Daring Fireball
It seems so ugly, the way this has gone down — but there's no way to break with tradition in a nice way.
by Heng-Cheong Leong, MyAppleMenu
Speak volumes... by not saying a word: My name is Lesa Snider King and I'm mad at Apple.
by FarukAt.es
Macworld Expo may have been an important venue for many historic Apple announcments, but it's certainly not been the only one over the past ten years and it would be a mistake to give Macworld Expo that kind of credit.
by Mg Siegler, Venture Beat
If Apple doesn't want IDG to dictate its own launch dates, it shouldn't dictate others' too, obviously.
by Chris Edwards, The Guardian
When Appel senior vice-president Phil Schiller gets up on stage at next month's Macworld, a couple of weeks ahead of the Macintosh computer's 25th anniversary, he will have the opportunity to alter the direction of computing.
by Rob Cox and Richard Beales, New York Times
Steve P. Jobs has turned Apple into a technology powerhouse — twice. But how much is he worth to the company? If one compares the value of Apple's revenue streams to the company's market capitalization, nearly $20 billion.
by Harry McCracken, Technologizer
by Ed Burnette, ZDNet.com
I think what we need is a Mac run-time layer that lets those great Mac programs work well on other operating systems.
By the time one gets all that underlying libraries running on other platforms, you might as well have ported the entire OS X. Which is no easy task, even for Apple.
by James Rivington, TechRadar.com
As a novelty app, it could prove to be quite popular among casual snappers.
by Gregg Keizer, Computerworld
For the second year running, Apple Inc.'s computers are the most reliable, and its support is the most dependable of all computer makers selling in the U.S., a national chain of computer service shops said today.
by Justin Scheck and Nick Wingfield, Wall Street Journal
There is reason for optimism, based on the evolution of the team that develops Apple's hardware, software and services, some people familiar with the company's internal workings say. Some of them believe the group is now strong enough that, barring an exodus of top talent, the company could keep churning out innovative products without Mr. Jobs.
by Joe Cellini, Apple
by Andy Ihnatko, Chicaco Sun-Times
Folks have wondered about the timing of Apple's announcement, coming as it does just three weeks before Expo. I've seen no hard data supporting to any firm conclusion, but I suspect that it was an act of consideration. If Apple had made this announcement a few months sooner, it would have rightly or wrongly been seen as a tipoff that this would be a good year to stay home. It would have sandbagged the show.
by John Siracusa, Ars Technica
While other companies are paralyzed with indecision, or cling relentlessly to what has worked in the past, or are seduced by sentimentality, Apple is busy murdering its darlings.
by Don Reisinger, CNET News.com
Apple's capacity to deliver groundbreaking products every few months at its varous events is severely diminished. Simply put, Apple doesn't want to have to force itself to innovate for the trade show just to satisfy hype-driven media outlets.
by David Morgenstern, ZDNet.com
The Macworld Expo has been a way to bring customers and solutions together. That confluence now appears in peril, and it can't be done at the stores.
by John Samsel, Inside Mac Games
Purely as a hidden object game, there are better ones, but there are much worse. What hurts the game most is just the lack of mini-games to add variety.
by Jeff Smykil, Ars Technica
by Christopher Breen, Macworld
by Jim Dalrymple, Macworld
Among the many changes in Pro Tools 8 is completely redesigned user interface.
by Erica Sadun, Ars Technica
For that $50 you save, you get a used, possibly scratched unit with a possibly much-reduced warranty and you're still stuck with a two-year commitment.
by Chris Foresman, Ars Technica
by Mikael Ricknas, IDG News Service
The iPhone will no longer be available for just Orange subscribers in France after a decision by the national competition council announced Wednesday.
by Jim Darlymple, Macworld
Reed Exhibitions will not hold Apple Expo Paris in 2009. The show organizers confirmed its plans for Macworld on Wednesday.
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