Ask HN: Yesterday's Apple Event a bit... weird?
1: Did anyone think yesterday's presenters were a bit nervous? Cook stumbled on some words, almost all of his presenters did also. The Black Knight reference was such a dumb mistake to make it's almost comical - if your such a fan of the Dark Knight, you'd have gotten the name right. I'd have at least corrected myself...
2: Everything was incremental which I think was to be expected; what I didn't expect was non-retina display MacBook Pro's to basically receive 0 updates and the strong push towards Retina based MBP's - the 15 inch MBP Retina which is what I would purchase if I was in the market for a new laptop seams higher priced then usual. For sure, this is to account for the retina display, but... ?
3: I like that the iPad Mini is more or less identical to the iPad Air and I think the price points are good. Why no Gold version? Both iPads got the A7 and motion processors. I can understand no Touch ID knowing how Apple operates - new features like this are held back a year (for no apparent reason) but at least make the lines match. I could imagine the house wifes and the like buying gold iPad Minis to match their new gold iPhone 5s.
4: The whole thing seamed pretty unrehearsed and kinda dry. I am NOT attributing this to Steve Jobs not being present, unlike most will in the press. I think Tim Cook is doing a fine job (albeit, incremental) it just all seamed a bit... sloppy?
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