Who Defines Value?
In the final analysis, we should have been far more impressed at the value. Why weren’t we? My guess: That’s not what Steve Jobs was preaching. The gospel from the Stevenote is that OS X 10.1 will blow you away in September, the top end Power Macs can outperform Intel’s best, and iDVD 2.0 is remarkably cool. Yes, Jobs did mention value. The 500 MHz iMac is the first Mac to include CD burning for under $1,000, the G4/867 drops the price of burning a DVD by $1,000, and both the Mac OS X 10.1 and iDVD 2.0 updates will be free. Jobs mentioned that, but he didn’t push it strongly. Our role as journalists, in the broadest sense of the word, is to hear what Steve Jobs says and report it. Our job as advocates is to hear the same keynote, ruminate on it, and make our own reasoned judgements. That may take days as we weigh conflicting thoughts and receive input from others. We have a right to wade through all the information and be disappointed. I’m disappointed the hardware isn’t keeping up wit
