Apple TV First Impressions It's a simple device that does a basic job well... and with a lot of style, of course. Some odd interface choices and the lack of a "Buy It Now" option are frustrating, but all in all its a winner. If you don't have HD service in your neighborhood, an Apple TV may still make an HDTV set worthwhile. digg_url = 'http://digg.com/apple/Apple_TV_First_Impressions_2'; In a word, bliss. Now, even as an Apple fanboy, I... blogbloggerbloggingblogshawaiiweblogweblogs in Public bookmarkswith appleappletvhdhdtvitunesmacpodcaststelevisiontvvideo
From PC to TV -- via Apple "In our tests, it worked great, and we can easily recommend it for people who are yearning for a simple way to show on their big TVs all that stuff trapped on their computers. We tried it with various combinations of Windows and Mac computers, with movies, photos, TV shows, video clips and music. And we didn't even use the fastest wireless network it can handle. It performed flawlessly." in Public bookmarkswith appleappletvipoditunesmactelevisiontv
Why Apple is the best retailer in America "When we launched retail, there was a real cult-of-the-Mac mentality," he says. "But our goal was never to have a store for a cult. It was to be a store for everyone. So if you look around here," you see, in fact, the sort of group you'd see in diversity-recruiting brochures. Nor does the store feel like a cult. A club, maybe, in the sense that owning a Mac means joining something. Apple wants the purchase to be the beginning, not the conclusion, of a beautiful - and, it hopes, profitable - friendship. "Sorry Steve, Here's Why Apple Stores Won't Work," BusinessWeek wrote with great certainty in 2001. "It's desperation time in Cupertino, Calif.," opined TheStreet.com. "I give [Apple] two years before they're turning out the lights on a very painful and expensive mistake," predicted retail consultant David Goldstein. in Public bookmarkswith appleapplestorebestbuydesigngapretailshoppingstevejobsstorestiffanys
Beethoven Goes Digital Classical music hardly seems like a growth business. We're forever reading about how concert audiences are graying, and new artists must flounce around fiddling in tank tops and platform heels to get attention. In fact, classical music is doing a lot better than you might think. Although total sales in all music categories (on- and offline) fell 5 percent last year, classical sales grew by a whopping 22 percent. in Public bookmarkswith appleclassicalindustryituneslongmusictail