On Dec 30, 2006, at 4:49 PM, Ted Roche wrote:
> "Do you really think Walt Mossberg of the Wall Street Journal goes to
> some secret underground Apple Store to buy his hot new iPod to review
> a month before it's even announced? Do you think hardware review sites
> sneak into processor fabs late at night to gain access to hardware
> samples that won't be on retail shelves for months? Do you really
> think they're sending all of that stuff back? Some are, some aren't,
> and to be honest, I have no idea if Mossberg keeps the top-secret
> stuff he's sent or not..."
Uh, the review wasn't for the laptop; it was for the Vista OS.
A better analogy would be if Apple sent a killer home theatre system
to the reviewer for free with no strings attached, on the hope that
he might evaluate the video iPod.
-- Ed Leafe
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