Comments on: 2007 MacWorld Keynote a Bust http://firsttube.com/read/2007-MacWorld-Keynote-a-Bust/ crunchy nuggets, served semi-daily Sun, 21 Mar 2010 03:27:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Adam S http://firsttube.com/read/2007-MacWorld-Keynote-a-Bust/comment-page-1/#comment-483 Adam S Thu, 11 Jan 2007 04:09:36 +0000 http://firsttubecom/read/2007-MacWorld-Keynote-a-Bust#comment-483 Frankly, nothing is truly "unfit" for Macworld. But it's still a letdown. <br /> <br /> Because although Steve Jobs said "it runs OS X," it doesn't. Believe me, it definitely doesn't run OS X proper. What it runs is a subset of OS X, and a much stripped, weakened subset at that. With no SDK and no way to develop for it, you will almost certainly not be able to run ANY of your Mac apps on it with the exception of some widgets, and that makes it not a Mac. <br /> <br /> It's still exciting, but it's not a Mac. Frankly, nothing is truly “unfit” for Macworld. But it’s still a letdown.

Because although Steve Jobs said “it runs OS X,” it doesn’t. Believe me, it definitely doesn’t run OS X proper. What it runs is a subset of OS X, and a much stripped, weakened subset at that. With no SDK and no way to develop for it, you will almost certainly not be able to run ANY of your Mac apps on it with the exception of some widgets, and that makes it not a Mac.

It’s still exciting, but it’s not a Mac.

]]> By: qortra http://firsttube.com/read/2007-MacWorld-Keynote-a-Bust/comment-page-1/#comment-46 qortra Thu, 11 Jan 2007 04:07:04 +0000 http://firsttubecom/read/2007-MacWorld-Keynote-a-Bust#comment-46 So, AppleTV was kind of dumb (I agree). However, the iPhone does run OS X which probably qualifies it as a Mac, since every other Apple-sanctioned hardware that runs OS X is also a Mac. Also, they are currently being sued by Cisco over the name "iPhone". It wouldn't surprise me at all if the name got changed to something like "MacPhone". So, if it had OS X and the name to match, would you still consider it unfit for MacWorld? So, AppleTV was kind of dumb (I agree). However, the iPhone does run OS X which probably qualifies it as a Mac, since every other Apple-sanctioned hardware that runs OS X is also a Mac. Also, they are currently being sued by Cisco over the name “iPhone”. It wouldn’t surprise me at all if the name got changed to something like “MacPhone”. So, if it had OS X and the name to match, would you still consider it unfit for MacWorld?

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