Comments on: Apple Can’t Have My $20 http://usabilityworks.org/2008/01/16/apple-cant-have-my-20/ Making next year's Human-Computer family reunion a lot less uncomfortable. Wed, 03 Dec 2008 21:36:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: $20 For the Ipod Touch Upgrade http://usabilityworks.org/2008/01/16/apple-cant-have-my-20/#comment-51361 $20 For the Ipod Touch Upgrade Wed, 16 Jan 2008 23:06:10 +0000 http://usabilityworks.org/2008/01/16/apple-cant-have-my-20/#comment-51361 [...] Lots of people are bitching about the $20 upgrade price for the Ipod Touch January upgrade, but frankly I don’t mind to pay it and I’m ecstatic to catch up with my IPhone brothers and sisters. [...] [...] Lots of people are bitching about the $20 upgrade price for the Ipod Touch January upgrade, but frankly I don’t mind to pay it and I’m ecstatic to catch up with my IPhone brothers and sisters. [...]

]]> By: Paul Robinson http://usabilityworks.org/2008/01/16/apple-cant-have-my-20/#comment-51360 Paul Robinson Wed, 16 Jan 2008 23:01:08 +0000 http://usabilityworks.org/2008/01/16/apple-cant-have-my-20/#comment-51360 If this Keynote only costs me $20 I'm getting off easy. Macworld Keynotes are historically much harder on my credit card. If this Keynote only costs me $20 I’m getting off easy. Macworld Keynotes are historically much harder on my credit card.

]]> By: Matthew Oliphant http://usabilityworks.org/2008/01/16/apple-cant-have-my-20/#comment-51358 Matthew Oliphant Wed, 16 Jan 2008 16:14:22 +0000 http://usabilityworks.org/2008/01/16/apple-cant-have-my-20/#comment-51358 Also, <a href="http://patrickhaney.com" rel="nofollow">Mr Haney</a> points us, <a href="http://twitter.com/notasausage/statuses/605824732" rel="nofollow">via Twitter</a> of course, to <a href="http://blogs.cnet.com/8301-13509_1-9850999-20.html" rel="nofollow">a post on c|net about the why of the $20</a>. Seems we are doing it to appease the kids in accounting. Granted, that is important, but why not just charge $3.99. The same price as a new release movie rental on iTunes. But not the HD ones which only come in HD if you have the AppleTV. Also, Mr Haney points us, via Twitter of course, to a post on c|net about the why of the $20.

Seems we are doing it to appease the kids in accounting. Granted, that is important, but why not just charge $3.99. The same price as a new release movie rental on iTunes. But not the HD ones which only come in HD if you have the AppleTV.

]]> By: Matthew Oliphant http://usabilityworks.org/2008/01/16/apple-cant-have-my-20/#comment-51357 Matthew Oliphant Wed, 16 Jan 2008 16:10:13 +0000 http://usabilityworks.org/2008/01/16/apple-cant-have-my-20/#comment-51357 I didn't realise that about Time Machine. Given they went out and created a new product instead of releasing an update to give promised features, my guess is they won't be offering the update. Which seems to go against everything the Air represents. "Everything is wireless. Apple leads the way." I didn’t realise that about Time Machine. Given they went out and created a new product instead of releasing an update to give promised features, my guess is they won’t be offering the update.

Which seems to go against everything the Air represents. “Everything is wireless. Apple leads the way.”

]]> By: alex http://usabilityworks.org/2008/01/16/apple-cant-have-my-20/#comment-51353 alex Wed, 16 Jan 2008 15:27:26 +0000 http://usabilityworks.org/2008/01/16/apple-cant-have-my-20/#comment-51353 It is not so much the value of the apps - I simply resent being made pay for something that was deliberately withheld and is now not anymore. And I have another issue with time capsule. When time machine was first presented it featured network backups to hard discs attached to an airport extreme base station. That feature was not present in the shipped version of Leopard. Now they sell an airport extreme with the hard disc built in to offer exactly that. So can I expect that a software patch will help extreme owners or am I expected to buy the new version (time capsule)? Not good... It is not so much the value of the apps - I simply resent being made pay for something that was deliberately withheld and is now not anymore.

And I have another issue with time capsule. When time machine was first presented it featured network backups to hard discs attached to an airport extreme base station. That feature was not present in the shipped version of Leopard. Now they sell an airport extreme with the hard disc built in to offer exactly that. So can I expect that a software patch will help extreme owners or am I expected to buy the new version (time capsule)? Not good…

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