Comments on: More names pull out of Macworld 2009 http://www.applegazette.com/macworld/more-names-pull-out-of-macworld-2009/ Apple Gazette - An Apple Blog Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:47:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Robert Pritchett http://www.applegazette.com/macworld/more-names-pull-out-of-macworld-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-89783 Robert Pritchett Fri, 05 Dec 2008 20:22:38 +0000 http://www.applegazette.com/?p=4416#comment-89783 Worse. Unless Apple comes up with a "reason" to attend, most folks will "watch it on the Internet". Oh, and the prices for a booth are more than I can afford. They need to drop the prices for vendors, manufacturers and the rest of us. Or just make it a "Virtual Expo" with door prizes, etc. Those work , assuming "they" get enough bandwidth to show products and have a Mac-friendly website to do the show. When we can do networking via MyAppleSpace, LinkedIn, YouTube, do Internet conference calls with video etc., it makes precious little sense to go to San Francisco unless you really, really need to go eat the sourdough bread or enjoy seafood at Fisherman's Wharf. I'd go just for the Ghirardelli chocolate. ;^) But Apple has not shown me any compelling reason to attend the Expo. Where's the buzz? Where's the excitement? No, "everybody" is already overspent, overdrawn and credit-card bouncy. MacWorld could shut down the Expo for lack of interest and few would actually notice (except in the Apple Media, where I work). Expos are so "last year", for high tech. Worse. Unless Apple comes up with a “reason” to attend, most folks will “watch it on the Internet”. Oh, and the prices for a booth are more than I can afford. They need to drop the prices for vendors, manufacturers and the rest of us.

Or just make it a “Virtual Expo” with door prizes, etc. Those work , assuming “they” get enough bandwidth to show products and have a Mac-friendly website to do the show.

When we can do networking via MyAppleSpace, LinkedIn, YouTube, do Internet conference calls with video etc., it makes precious little sense to go to San Francisco unless you really, really need to go eat the sourdough bread or enjoy seafood at Fisherman’s Wharf. I’d go just for the Ghirardelli chocolate. ;^)

But Apple has not shown me any compelling reason to attend the Expo. Where’s the buzz? Where’s the excitement? No, “everybody” is already overspent, overdrawn and credit-card bouncy. MacWorld could shut down the Expo for lack of interest and few would actually notice (except in the Apple Media, where I work).

Expos are so “last year”, for high tech.

]]> By: John http://www.applegazette.com/macworld/more-names-pull-out-of-macworld-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-89782 John Fri, 05 Dec 2008 19:47:38 +0000 http://www.applegazette.com/?p=4416#comment-89782 I am a little surprised with Belkin pulling out, seeing that they have been releasing a lot of apple-only products (espeically in the iPod/iPhone category) and usually get solid reviews from MacWorld. Maybe the fact they are pulling out is a sign of something else behind the scenes going on... I am not about to put my tin foil hat on and speculate about Adobe -- everyone know the Kumbaya relationship they have had with Apple... I am a little surprised with Belkin pulling out, seeing that they have been releasing a lot of apple-only products (espeically in the iPod/iPhone category) and usually get solid reviews from MacWorld. Maybe the fact they are pulling out is a sign of something else behind the scenes going on…

I am not about to put my tin foil hat on and speculate about Adobe — everyone know the Kumbaya relationship they have had with Apple…

]]> By: Michael http://www.applegazette.com/macworld/more-names-pull-out-of-macworld-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-89776 Michael Fri, 05 Dec 2008 15:43:32 +0000 http://www.applegazette.com/?p=4416#comment-89776 @kyre Well, I do all the writing, but I didn't design the site (although I did design the layout) , and I don't own it. :) So there are others involved @kyre

Well, I do all the writing, but I didn’t design the site (although I did design the layout) , and I don’t own it. :) So there are others involved

]]> By: anonymous http://www.applegazette.com/macworld/more-names-pull-out-of-macworld-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-89775 anonymous Fri, 05 Dec 2008 15:24:42 +0000 http://www.applegazette.com/?p=4416#comment-89775 A couple of grammatical nitpicks. You meant "scaled *back* this year." and "the economy is having an *effect*" A couple of grammatical nitpicks.

You meant “scaled *back* this year.” and “the economy is having an *effect*”

]]> By: krye http://www.applegazette.com/macworld/more-names-pull-out-of-macworld-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-89774 krye Fri, 05 Dec 2008 14:26:41 +0000 http://www.applegazette.com/?p=4416#comment-89774 Tricky. This whole time I thought it was just you. Tricky. This whole time I thought it was just you.

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