Macworld Rumors Fall Flat (Again)
January 6th, 2009
Wow. I don’t think there’s ever been a Macworld Keynote where all of the rumors preceding it were so completely off. The only rumors that proved to be accurate were the ones that surfaced late last night about iTunes nixing DRM.
Take this to heart: now that Apple’s market share has more than doubled in the last five years, the rumors are even more speculative and inaccurate than ever. Folks overlooked the fact that Apple was overdue for a new iLife & iWork suite, and that the Macbook Pro 17″ needed an update to match the current generation of models. Instead it was all high-flying ‘Gee, wouldn’t it be great?’ rumors that weren’t even on Apple’s radar. You gotta love Macworld.