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I'll never understand remarks like that. The people who can put together something with similar functionality to Dropbox are by far in the minority. It's like h
by toxican 10y ago
I'll never understand remarks like that. The people who can put together something with similar functionality to Dropbox are by far in the minority. It's like having access to tons of scrap and be able to weld and dismissing metal bed frames because "I can do the same thing with some welding and scraps".
Also the claim that it would eliminate my need for a USB drive was 100% on point.
- ido 10y ago"No wireless. Less space than a Nomad. Lame."[0] [0] https://slashdot.org/story/01/10/23/1816257/apple-releases-ipod https://slashdot.org/story/01/10/23/1816257/apple-releases-i...
- chillydawg 10y agoSome great throwback comments in that /. thread. Love it.
- aarongray 10y agoRaise your hand if you have iTunes ... Raise your hand if you have a FireWire port ... Raise your hand if you have both ... Raise your hand if you have $400 to spend on a cute Apple device ... There is Apple's market. Pretty slim, eh? I don't see many sales in the future of iPod.
- noer 10y agoSlightly off topic but: "Plus, you can use it as a portable disk. No "content protection". Yay!" That was one of the best features of the original ipod line. Not only did was it a device to play music with, I could also use it as removable storage.
- untog 10y agoEveryone always digs that out, but the first iPod was kind of lame. I don't think it's unfair for someone to have pointed that out at the time. Especially when it's a hardware product - sure, the line is going to get better but you're not going to get a free upgrade to it.
- avar 10y agoThat "someone" is Rob Malda, who ran Slashdot. In a way that comment embodies how the "old guard" on Slashdot was left behind in their predictions of what technology would become pertinent post-90s. On the other hand if you look at iPod sales numbers he was right. Their sales really didn't pick up that much until they released some new models: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ipod_sales_per_quarter.svg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ipod_sales_per_quarter.sv...
- mturmon 10y ago"Not unfair to point out" -- true. But, the linked comment does miss the point. Specifically, it is doing a hardware spec comparison and not thinking about what it means when a large player is entering the market with a more-usable device. And the linked comment (which is indeed an old chestnut) is typical of the spec-by-spec comparisons you still see in the tech press, and here on HN. It's a small reminder to look at the bigger picture.
- throwawaymsft 10y agoIt's strange how many aren't self-aware enough to realize when they aren't the target market.
- pbhjpbhj 10y agoI always assumed it was more about boasting than lack of self-awareness. Like how people post the same comment over again, I presume just to show they also thought of it.
- Dirlewanger 10y agoThey are the highly technical types that quite bluntly aren't ever going to be entrepreneurs because that's not how they see the world. They just do everything themselves. Not a bad thing, that's just what it is.