Hi readers,
Thanks for keeping up to date with Apple, Inc. & Things i Think. This is the 100th post for Thunk Different since we began posting on April 20th, 2007. We also reached over 15,000 views yesterday, added Digg, del.icio,us, FARK, newsvine, and other RSS readers to the base of every posting starting yesterday. If you go back and check you will see a few more than that b/c i added them on popular posts.
What has ThunkDifferent done thus far?
Gotten the word out. The amount of news that Apple & readers like you come up with is astounding. It is so much fun to write about and thanks for the questions, i always love to get fan mail. i’m sure i will be better to keep better track of all of the other Apple RSS feeds now as i recent downloaded a news reader myself, turning 2.0 is a journey, not a destination. (or at least one i fully understand at this time anyway.)
What can we expect in the near future?
The Thunk Different podcast. Fo’ Sure. i started podcasting in January of last year if you would like to check out some of my old shows, just google “expatpodcast” or go to expatpodcast.blogspot.com. i have moved over to wordpress since then and am glad to say i am quite happy with them.
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WWDC, Whatcha think?!
Oh hell, i don’t know. i think that leopard will (hope) surprise. i have been reading about its architecture on some of the developer blogs and they have some interesting things to say. i personally think that in the next year we will see smaller more energy efficient chips from intel and AMD, touch screen imacs, and a big update to .mac service with iphone integration into the laptops, Apple TV, and more Google apps.
Tell us about the iPhone.
Oh, just read my posts and the links about from two days ago, not hot off the presses, but as current & steamy as anyone else has.
Tell us more!!!
i will, just keep reading and asking questions and i will get back to you personally, i just added jaiku today too, so keep posted by reading one of the hardest things i am working on right now. The Thunk Different. Blog.
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With Apple sharing it’s board room with both a former vice-president, Al Gore, and Google CEO, Eric Schmidt it is easy to see how the cutting edge application and green movement have become an integral part of the Apple business plan. Face it, they are smarter than, “the smartest people in the room.” Is this new collaboration just the tip of the ice berg or is this it for Google and Apple, or Googapplications?
It’s a decent deal and there are others, except now they have juiced the 15.4 inch mac book pros up to 2 gigs of ram and tacking on another $500.00 for that, yikes! Usually the refurbished macs ebb & flow according to my observations, and at this point there are a whole bevy of ‘books ripe for the taking including iLife 06, 1 year warranty, Tiger OS X, free shipping, and a new best friend.
It is reported by mac daily news that Apple, Inc. submitted a rather large order for a brighter, greener and better screen for the popular macbook laptop line. i’m thinking due to the exclusion of the 17 inch model, this accounts for an updated macbook line and not an updated macbook pro. This rumour shouldn’t be perceived as a negative view of the flagship laptop however, as i suspect grater things in store for the high-end mbp. What are your thoughts on this?
happen? It is being reported that big daddy MSN is in talks with the Stanford owners who created the first great search company on the web. No, not Excite, not Lycos, and i’ll be damned if its Alta Vista, I’m talking about Yahoo. Yes, like the owners of Google, the creators of Yahoo also went to Stanford. Must be a good school huh? I think many academics and those on wall street would agree. The companies Google and Yahoo are both worth billions bringing in more billions every year, and millions every single day. No wonder Wall Street is smiling on Yahoo, Inc shares right now, as of 9:45 eastern this May 4th, the stock has raised 15% today alone. It looks like the Remond software giant is very serious about this bid. Apparently Microsoft was in talks a few months back and the offer of 50 BILLION was declined. I’m not sure what the full market value of Microsoft is, but that is more money than the GNPof many countries. For instance, the Chrysler arm of 
I recently read an article on Macworld that i liked as it introduced some new software to me, as well as budgets for macs. The levels are $1500, $3000, and a $6000 budget. They don’t include taxes, or being smart and buying used/refurbished software. At any rate, check it out and tell me what you think. (
Apple iChat. So ideal no? With its beautiful interface, 1 click ease, and universal application on every mac and pc on the globe. Wait, er… that last bit, yea, that was phooey.
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