Comments on: Stevie’s not sick, he just wants to do his own thing

By: Mario

Mario — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 06:24:27 +0000

Does this mean I can’t haz a 32GB IPHONE in January 09…no?

By: MaxPayne79

MaxPayne79 — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 00:16:26 +0000

Apple Expo has been canceled indefinitely as of Dec 17th.

Where are my touchscreen macbook?????
:’-(

By: MaxPayne79

MaxPayne79 — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 22:33:48 +0000

Ya…this is rubbish. I can’t believe jobs is not going to do the FINAL keynote speech. That’s just sad. He’s been there since day one and this is how he punks everyone off? I don’t know…something’s a foot. Leaders don’t make moves like these unless there is something negative going on. it may be positive for them, but negative for the brand. But it is a perfect time for jobs to leave and start something new because he’s achieved everything he’s wanted and apple is in a fantastic shape.

Unfortunately with jobs gone hypothetically speaking for the time being, I don’t believe apple management will have the bullheaded and revolutionazingly spirited approach to brand expansion and implementation like Jobs has. I always believed that apple was something Jobs had to make work so in essence, it’s his passion and his life purpose. For everyone else, i think it’s a job, and there’s a big difference.

Jobs, in major part is the reason why in 4 years apple shares went from $32 in 2004 to $200 in 2008 in after hours trading. $198 in official hours.

Oh well.
At least apple financed my pilots license and made the ipod, iphone and the unibody macbook in the mean time so all is good.

I hope he’s not leaving though.

By: midibite

midibite — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 20:28:16 +0000

/slaps faces

Thank you Apple fanboys…that’s how we treat ya!

By: 1adonis1

1adonis1 — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 19:03:14 +0000

Piper Jaffray has said to be telling clients that a shift in leadership roles is starting at Apple.

By: Danny

Danny — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 19:02:29 +0000

I’m not surprised that event shows would be declining in general but Apple is able to generate so much excitement off of MacWorld I assumed they were different. If there happens to be a blockbuster announcement (this might be the first macworld in 5 years were no one is, idiotically, I mean confidently, predicting a tablet) that would say something about his health and succession. I doubt it.

One thing though – I’m not saying Steve is sick but the idea that some analyst is sure he’d be the first to know is absolutely laughable. He’s got his ass to cover and he could hardly have enjoyed the tremor it put into the stock. His speculation is just as self-serving as anyone’s.

By: Paul

Paul — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 18:44:59 +0000

Since all major trade shows are in decline this comes at no surprise. Apple has not attended NAB and Apple Expo either. The cost is staggering these days. AVID cancelled NAB this past year. Belkin and Adobe cancelled booths at Macworld. Google reduced their booth size.

Apple Expo 2009 in Paris is cancelled and E3 has shrunk as has InfoComm and DVExpo. Macworld NY died. Macworld Boston was a joke. Comdex died. With a declining economy and the Internet cutting into trade shows buzz. There is little reason to spend this money. My own company does not do these shows anymore either.

I doubt this has anything to do with Jobs health, if Apple wanted to do the show they would just do it. They clearly have been pulling back from trade shows for the last few years.

By: David H Dennis

David H Dennis — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 18:14:07 +0000

I am very sad about this. As far as I know, MacWorld was the only opportunity for people outside the press to see Steve speak live and in person. I was hoping some day in my life to make the pilgrimage to San Francisco to see him speak and now it looks like I may never have the opportunity to see Steve speak in any capacity. For this reason, I really wish they had done one last keynote with Steve before retiring him to the usual press events

On the other hand, I have attended trade shows as an exhibitor in the past. I always found them fun but they are also stressful and horrendously expensive due to the Union lock on convention center services like electricity and Internet. From a purely financial point of view and an elimination of stress point of view, dropping MacWorld was probably a good decision.

By: Dtest54

Dtest54 — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 17:55:27 +0000

love the conspiracy people, I guess Steve is a victim of his own keynote success. Can he not take a show off? I mean he does have other things to do….

By: 1jaxstate1

1jaxstate1 — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 17:15:34 +0000

Bullshit, considering how long have they been doing Macworld. And take into the fact that his last keynote was aweful, and he was frail thin, there has to be something more than Apple just wanting to run things.