<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><HTML><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Geneva" FAMILY="SANSSERIF" SIZE="2">In a message dated 6/7/05 1:51:16 PM, shawn@yourmaclife.com writes:<BR>
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of Apple's ADC Premier Membership and $500/year to be a ADC Select Member.<BR>
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$999.00 isn't all that much for *serious* developers (members willing to pay<BR>
the above membership dues) to have a smoking hot machine on rental for a<BR>
year.<BR>
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Shawn makes great points in his two recent posts. There is too much misinformation going on and not enough education. Facts are being established even as we write these posts. It's simple really... Apple will be Apple. Just trust in that fact. They've got some great engineers and designers who are champing at the bit to step into the future. I am looking forward to seeing what kind of tricks Jobs has induced at Intel...it's gonna be fun to watch this unfold. Have we forgotten what Jobs did to market the iPod? He's nobody's fool. Look at the Players: Sony, Nintendo, MS XBox, Apple...whew how Machiavellian. Let the Platform Wars being.<BR>
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