Submit your breaking news stories and original articles to us by contacting us
In the past few weeks before the WWDC began, Apple Rumor sites were abuzz with speculation about what new products we could all begin thinking differently about. As is the case, the speculation ranged from accurate (several sites predicted the new LCDs) to highly innaccurate (massive iMac design overhaul/g5 processors) to very very tired (Apple Handhelds, Apple Tablets).
What I always find interesting is the existence of this rumor mill culture. For a company with 2% market share (or whatever the precise number is now) there do seem to be an inordinate amount of sites dedicated to discussing what it may or may not release. For instance, some mac forums have polls about which of the many their readers rely on.
And, when any community becomes large enough; it spawns parodies of itself.
The Crazy Apple Rumors site is dedicated to bringing you the finest in Apple and Apple Rumor related satire, and they do a bang up job of it.
Category: Uncategorized
2 Responses for "That Crazy Apple Rumor Mill"
June 29th, 2004 at 1:46 pm
1Heh, well 2% my seem insignigicant when that is 2% of 800 million (or whatever) then you are dealing with a much bigger number. The Mac culture has always fascinated me in how they tick.
June 29th, 2004 at 3:01 pm
2I guess part of what amazes me is that not only is there no similar community for the PC world, but people don’t even seem to care. I mean, I don’t even know if Dell announces product releases, or if they just update their online store listings.
Apple on the other hand, doesn’t just upgrade it’s computers, it has a rabid fanculture on the edge of its seat waiting to hear what new is coming from Apple.
RSS feed for comments on this post
Leave a reply