blech:
posted on 2003/09/26 11:36
'Dell today issued a press release announcing their intention to rip off every single good idea Apple has had over the last year or so.'
The iPod's over a year old, of course, but that's part of what stevenf is referring to.
Shame it's an ugly little blighter. (And, unlike the iPod, note all that clutter on the front. Digital Juxebox? What, you're going to forget what it is?)
((with apologies to Trelane for stealing his line))
jerakeen:
blech:
Wired what?
jerakeen:
Wired on this subject. It's puff, but what the hell, I'm not spooling much recently, I feel I need to bulk up my numbers here.
blech:
That's not a very good punchline.
hitherto:
Dell are going to sell flatscreen TVs? Oh dear. Stick to what you're good at, Dell: desktops.
Given that every Dell laptop I've ever seen is an easily-breakable sack of poo, I wouldn't trust their Digital Jukebox (shitty name) to actually stand up to much usage.
blech:
The Register: 'consumer electronics require a certain magic touch that Dell has not proved it can pull off.'
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Quarter Life Crisis / The day: More summer school lectures throughout the day. Interesting stuff. Fun situation on my way home: A father and his little son were paying in front of me and the...
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freeform goodness / Ketchup links: Dell's FugliPod... Still wondering how a computer company can take in billions of dollars in annual revenue and only divert about 50 cents worth of it into industrial design. Savages.
We hate you all. Yes, especially you. Sod off and DIE