Three bits of news got me thinking about personal computers last week. The first was the “surprise” announcement from Apple that it was getting into speakers and, yawn, building an Intel-based Mac Mini. The second was the HP/Gateway settlement, and the third was the “secret” Microsoft Origami project, which most got wrong in initial reports. What if Apple held one of its famous, secret-revealing press conferences and no one came? That’s what happened for the most part last week after the company announced its new Mac Mini and iPod speaker set.
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Trials and Tribulations for Apple, Origami, HP and Gateway
Posted by: Rob Enderle March 6, 2006 05:00 AMThree bits of news got me thinking about personal computers last week. The first was the “surprise” announcement from Apple that it was getting into speakers and, yawn, building an Intel-based Mac Mini. The second was the HP/Gateway settlement, and the third was the “secret” Microsoft Origami project, which most got wrong in initial reports. What if Apple held one of its famous, secret-revealing press conferences and no one came? That’s what happened for the most part last week after the company announced its new Mac Mini and iPod speaker set.