Posted by NRen2k5 on 11/10/05 14:04

That laptop part of the idea makes the whole thing pretty funny.

If you've got a laptop which can play ANYTHING, on a FIFTEEN INCH
screen, what's the big whoop about PAYING to watch APPLE-LOCKED video on
a TWO AND A HALF INCH screen?

Oh, sorry, I forgot. It's an Apple. That makes it magical and incredible.

- NRen2k5

pluto@quentincrisp.com wrote:
> I am *so* with you on this.
>
> I walked by the Apple store in Soho, New York, last Friday night, and
> the place was absolutely jammed: not with regular people shopping, but
> with technogeeks. These folks wouldn't be caught *dead* using a VCR
> when they could hook their little iPods up to their laptops, log onto
> iTunes, and pay a couple bucks to watch it on a miniature screen.
>
> Honestly, I'd sooner date a Scientologist.
>

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