Subj : Bye Bye iPod
To   : Nightfox
From : Moondog
Date : Wed May 11 2022 01:02:00

  Re: Bye Bye iPod
  By: Nightfox to Ennev on Tue May 10 2022 05:13 pm

 >   Re: Bye Bye iPod
 >   By: Ennev to All on Tue May 10 2022 06:54 pm
 > 
 >  En> https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2022/05/the-music-lives-on/
 > 
 >  En> We will say what we want, but Apple would have been dead and gone witho
 >  En> that product. The translucent iMac brought them back, but iPod ensured 
 >  En> cash flow that paved the way for iPhone.
 > 
 >  En> I had an mp3 player before getting an iPod eventually and never looked
 >  En> back. They nailed the coffin on other players with the intuitive interf
 >  En> with the scroll wheel. Just sad that it was also a vanity product. You
 >  En> didn't have white earphones with the iconic white wires. What was wrong
 >  En> with you?
 > 
 >  En> What do you think?
 > 
 > They say "while supplies last", like it's a limited edition or something..  
 > 
 > Before the iPod came out, I remember seeing the Diamond Rio MP3 player in st
 > irs.
 > 
 > In 2001-2002, I did have an MP3 player, but it was a different brand.  It us
 > ad a lot more storage than the previous MP3 players I had.
 > 
 > Apple's iPods were easy to use, but I always found it weird that so many peo
 > 
 > Nightfox
 > 

I call it the Cult of Steve Jobs.  He had a vision of making machines that
did not have the traditional machine characteristics.  His obsession with not
putting loud fans in his products was another example.  During his exodus
from Apple, their desktop designs were hard to tell apart than other
desktops, and the Mac all in one designs were becoming a thing o fthe past
with their smaller integrated displays.  When I was at Zenith Data Systems,
the customer point of veiw they adopted was "a computer is a box."  The custom
er is less obsessed with what is in the box than he is about what he can get
out of the box.  Reliability was viewed over fashion.  McDonalds does not
make gourmet food, however the concept they live by is consistency of
product.  You can go to any to any McDonalds in the USA, and have a good idea
what your foos will look like and taste, granted the folks in the kitchen are
keeping consistent.  ZDS was consistent with good engineering, however they
overlooked the consumer market versus making a living off of large purchase
orders such as the military and government agencies as well as commercial
businesses such as Prudential, The NFL, or Met Life.

Back to the Cult of Jobs, the shape and feel of the box is as important as
what comes out of it.

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