With the new Apple TV, Did Steve Jobs Really Just Introduce A $99 Macintosh?
ZNet’s David Gewirtz says: As you no doubt know by now, Steve Jobs did his one-more-thing thing and just introduced a $99, palm-sized Apple TV. On the surface, the new Apple TV is disappointingly mundane. It seemed almost completely likely that the new Apple TV (what everyone was convinced would be called iTV) would be iOS-based and essentially give you a big-screen iPad with a 10-foot interface. What Apple introduced instead was – wait for it – the Apple TV. Only less. Less features, as in no hard drive. Less money, as in $99 instead of $229…. It’s not exactly the game-changer everyone (including yours truly) pretty much expected. But here’s where the new Apple TV gets interesting….. For the full commentary, visit: http://zd.net/97u6EK Apple TV: What You Need to Know Macworld Staff say: Apple executives have frequently called the Apple TV a “hobby” as much an acknowledgment of customers’ lackluster reaction to the set-top box as it is the amount of attention the company has devote
