A Desperate Plea For Patience
When I was younger I hated Apple.
I was first exposed to the company at school, where we had several Apple 2's that were only rarely used. Not only did no one ever take the time to teach me how to use them or what was great about them, but my Dad had just bought a brand new Windows 3.1 PC with a Colour Monitor. The Apple 2's at school simply paled in comparison and the lack of compatibility between my Apple Discs and PC Discs drove me over the edge.
I continued to hate Apple into High School until after Steve Jobs returned to Apple and I read some Tech Articles about what he was up to at the beaten down company that could. Before long I was watching every Mac Promotional Video I could find, reading every article about the company I could locate, looking into the companies history, and drooling everytime Macworld, WWDC, or AppleExpo came along.
I've come to love their products and their community. A couple of years ago I bought an iPod and last week I bought my very first Apple Computer. However, there is one thing i've noticed about the Apple community that ticks me off every so often, especially now...
YOU'RE ALL A BUNCH OF IMPATIENT FOOLS!
Don't take that the wrong way, and I realize i'm generalizing. But not only do you want the future now, but you expect it! Dreaming is good but I read some stories that are just silly.
I read articles posted by people complaining about how their Mac won't play the TECHNOLOGY PREVIEW videos of HD QuickTime video, and how this is such a dissapointment since the iTunes Media Store later this year will NO DOUBT feature their selections in full HD quality.
Reality check. The only computers that can play the full quality HD videos found on the QuickTime site are PowerMacs and Xserves, neither of which are consumer machines. Let's not forget that the iTunes Media Store will be a CONSUMER service!
So far the web in reality has only touched on Standard Defintion TV quality. I believe this is where the strength of h.264 lies and where future video services from Apple will come from. SD TV's will still be around for a long time and when HD finally does take over our living rooms there's no doubt in my mind that Apple and the Internet will be ready for such a huge technical challenge.
Right now please, see what the true strengths in Internet Video and Apple are, and don't forget that unlike TV we're not bound to any particular resolution except for the sake of TV compatibility and marketing...
I was first exposed to the company at school, where we had several Apple 2's that were only rarely used. Not only did no one ever take the time to teach me how to use them or what was great about them, but my Dad had just bought a brand new Windows 3.1 PC with a Colour Monitor. The Apple 2's at school simply paled in comparison and the lack of compatibility between my Apple Discs and PC Discs drove me over the edge.
I continued to hate Apple into High School until after Steve Jobs returned to Apple and I read some Tech Articles about what he was up to at the beaten down company that could. Before long I was watching every Mac Promotional Video I could find, reading every article about the company I could locate, looking into the companies history, and drooling everytime Macworld, WWDC, or AppleExpo came along.
I've come to love their products and their community. A couple of years ago I bought an iPod and last week I bought my very first Apple Computer. However, there is one thing i've noticed about the Apple community that ticks me off every so often, especially now...
YOU'RE ALL A BUNCH OF IMPATIENT FOOLS!
Don't take that the wrong way, and I realize i'm generalizing. But not only do you want the future now, but you expect it! Dreaming is good but I read some stories that are just silly.
I read articles posted by people complaining about how their Mac won't play the TECHNOLOGY PREVIEW videos of HD QuickTime video, and how this is such a dissapointment since the iTunes Media Store later this year will NO DOUBT feature their selections in full HD quality.
Reality check. The only computers that can play the full quality HD videos found on the QuickTime site are PowerMacs and Xserves, neither of which are consumer machines. Let's not forget that the iTunes Media Store will be a CONSUMER service!
So far the web in reality has only touched on Standard Defintion TV quality. I believe this is where the strength of h.264 lies and where future video services from Apple will come from. SD TV's will still be around for a long time and when HD finally does take over our living rooms there's no doubt in my mind that Apple and the Internet will be ready for such a huge technical challenge.
Right now please, see what the true strengths in Internet Video and Apple are, and don't forget that unlike TV we're not bound to any particular resolution except for the sake of TV compatibility and marketing...
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