[Ti] OT: Happy 1 Ghz Powerbook users!

[~flipper]

Kulick "[memeticsystems.com]" offered:

>As a long time Unix and PC user, the discovery/release dates are not
>nearly as closely guarded.  I merely voiced my disappointment, I did not
>saturate the list, curse, or moan, just said I was disappointed which is
>not unreasonable.
>
>To tell people to get over it or stop whining is a bit harsh and I think
>undeserved.  Had you spent a better part of 3000K (which unfortunately I
>am not equipped to do again for some time) less than 2 weeks ago you
>might have felt the same.  It is just a bitter pill to swallow.  I am
>smarter and better for the experience.
>
>Sincerely,
>
>Aaron

A lot of us have empathy with you, aaron. Cyn, if I read her 
correctly, was giving you the 'party line', in other words, passing 
along what she was told, she went on to empathize.

I am amazed that none of the people-in-the-knw [even the 
rumor-mongers] hit this one. A lot of us were aware that Apple had 
been buying tons of 17" LCDs, but everyone, as far as I know, assumed 
they were set to ramp up the iMac to a 'larger' screen, and were 
buying the 17s to fill future 'low-end' iMac orders. Rumors centered 
on a 19" iMac.

anyway, Apple has to keep the R&D, which they've been doing, 
basically, for the entire PC industry for well over a decade, under 
'wraps'. The same things will be available on Dells, ....in a couple 
years.

~flipper