You dredge up something from 5 years ago? Really? You haven’t been watching their rollouts for the last few years. Look at the latest one where the new Mac Pro with retina screen was announced - available same day. By the way, I was at that presentation when Steve Jobs announced the iPhone, and it was on full display for all to see - nothing hidden and not some vague promise without anything tangible like Microsoft announcing the Surface. Where are the specs?
Not all Apple product announcements are “available today”, but they’re generally available either immediately or within a week or two, with a date certain, of the product announcement. I believe the 3rd-generation iPad that just came out was available about a week and a half after it was announced, for example. (In the U.S., at least. Some other countries had longer to wait.)
When Apple does make an announcement with a somewhat vague date, it’s a software release such as the upcoming Mountain Lion (”July”) or iOS 6 (”this fall”). These announcements also are made concurrent with making developer previews available, so it’s not truly vaporware but an advance announcement of a product with the lead time necessary to get the developers up to speed to make their products work on the updated OS.
You were having a whine about Microsoft showing the surface computer before it's release, so of course I brought up Steve Jobs first showing the iPhone a good SEVEN MONTHS before launch(as compared to Microsoft announcing the surface tablet only 4 months before launch).
Applebots!
You people are such pathetic hypocrites, and just so plain nuts!
Umm.. we are talking about when the iPhone was FIRST introduced mate..this one right here:
About how Steve Jobs first of all intrduced the iPhone on Jan. 9, 2007, but then the iPhone never went on sale until June 29, almost seven months later?
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9007628/Update_Jobs_touts_iPhone_AppleTV_
Were you at that one too?
"not some vague promise without anything tangible like Microsoft announcing the Surface”"
Funny. The guys at Wired magazine(not the most friendly Microsoft magazine I know of), had a hands on with the “nothing tangible surface”(according to you), and thought it was GREAT!
Wired:
Hands-On With Microsoft Surface Tablet for Windows RT
“But how does the device actually look and feel up close?
I spent some hands-on time with Microsoft Surface for Windows RT right after the announcement
The Surface tablet is definitely impressive, and it’s clear that Microsoft is serious about manufacturing full-fledged mobile hardware. The company’s hardware division, most known for making mice and keyboards, has come out of its software counterpart’s shadow to create a tablet that can rival the iPad and wipe out Android devices
It’s a simple setup, and again, it just plain works....
From what I saw at the event, Surface is a serious, refined, clever piece of hardware. The tablet is well-built, and comes with a lot of cool features #151; like the kickstand and available ports — that comparable tablets lack”
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/06/hands-on-with-microsoft-surface-tablet-for-windows-rt/
But hey, given the amount of rabbid, mindless, nasty trolling we have been getting from the Aplebots on the Microsoft surface tablet threads on every Internet board, the Applebots must be really worried. That is always a good sign.