“Rumours abound that hip hop star Just Blaze has told all about Apple’s much talked-about sub-notebook, after he was promised one for performing at a recent Apple Christmas party. The mystery machine is allegedly to be announced at Macworld in January,” Scott Snowden reports for Reg Hardware.
“According to website boygeniusreport, Mr Blaze was one of several music celebrities who performed live at the company-sponsored music event for Apple’s employees. In exchange for their work, each artist was promised a free notebook that will be unveiled at the Macworld expo in San Francisco.,” Snowden reports.
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The Boy Genius Report says, “Apple will 100% be announcing a new laptop at MacWorld. We’ve also heard the laptop will go on sale a week after MacWorld, too.”
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I’ll believe it when I see it. I hope I see it.
“Just Blaze”
There is some credibility. An expert on stems and seeds.
Hip hop isn’t music. It’s Tourette’s Syndrome in between court ordered medication.
I hope it’s not a notebook, rather a larger iPhone/iPod touch device…
Of what possible use could this be? If you have Steve’s phone, that’s all you will ever need. Excuse me now, I’ve got to pinch something.
You sound just like those people who have grown so old that they are basically obsolete and can no longer appreciate new things. Your great grandfather probably doesn’t think whatever you listen to is music either. Or whatever you read or see is art or literature.
Ampar, I know those black people scare you and all, but there are plenty of music scholars who would disagree with you.
Perhaps you should get over your fears and try to explain your theories of what is and isn’t music to some listeners of hip-hop in person? I’m sure that would go over well.
@Ampar
Genius definition! I will begin using it today! You are not always right, but this time you are dead on.
“Tourette’s Syndrome in between court ordered medication.” You ought to authorize this for universal use.
I wonder if he’ll have to buy AppleCare.
No. Hip Hop isn’t music.
Music is made by people who spend years learning to play an instrument, not 7 days with garageband.
Music WAS an art form, now it’s a way to get rich.
It sucks.
I should say in all fairness that there is a bit of talent in rap but come on, they don’t even have to “sing” in key, just in time.
Please, even if you are a rap fan you must admit. Listen to Boston’s first album then listen to M & M. If you don’t here the difference, well………….
pffft … this rumour is a bunch of rubbish. i don’t believe anything until the wawa sandwiches guy weighs in.
Attn: Hip Hoppers and Hip Hop Lovers
YOU are the reason Apple will NEVER be seen by 90+% of the country as a serious computer maker.
Very cute tunes players to drive your obsession – yes and yes. Computers – no, never.
To say hip hop isn’t music is one of the dumbest things I’ve ever heard in my life. I’m going to assume the only reason Ampar can spell is because of spellcheck.
It takes talent to be successful in every genre. It also takes a miracle to convince someone to believe your point-of-view in the comments section of a website, so why even try?
I myself have more eclectic tastes in music; like Mindless Self Indulgence and Electric Six
“I know those black people scare you and all . . .”
Where did I mention race? Are you high? Again?
Everyone knows Rock and Roll attained perfection in 1974.
That doesn’t matter, though. Hip Hop and Arm Pit farting are all legitimate forms of music.
“I’m going to assume the only reason Ampar can spell is because of spellcheck.”
You got me there. While you’re at it, look up “opinion”, Spankmeister.
You got me there. While you’re at it, look up “opinion”, Amparmeister
The boygeniusreport note was 3 days ago, and did not talk about a sub-notebook, but a “to-be-revealed” notebook. Obviously, that might be the anticipated sub-notebook, but could also be an update to one of the current offerings.
I have no credibility and you have no reason to believe what I say, but just for the record, this device was confirmed to me be another source at dinner last night. I very good friend of mine’s brother works at Apple and he told her about it over xMas because she was in the market for a new laptop. She is not a fanboy and didn’t realize she was spilling secrets when mentioning it in passing at dinner. Until I stopped her and said “what?” It’s just a really super thin and lightweight 12-13 inch laptop with no optical drive.
No touch screen or anything.
For the record.
I have what’s considered a pretty eclectic taste in music. My collection includes jazz, swing, blues, R&B;, funk, soul, disco, rock, pop, reggae, ska, surf, classical, punk, grunge, indie, country, bluegrass, heavy metal, electronica, folk etc. I keep up to date on a lot of the new stuff and have purchased many new releases from 2007 alone. I can listen to Burt Bacharach and Captain Beefheart in the same day and be perfectly happy.
But for the life of me, I would rather slowly gouge my eyes out than listen to a CD’s worth of hip hop or rap or whatever you want to call it. Good or bad, I don’t deny rap’s influence on society, but it’s just really, really, REALLY hard on the ears. Not to mention irritating, annoying, and just plain bothersome. If you can listen to rap/hip hop, more power to you, but I can’t get through 10 seconds without turning it off.
Tourette’s Syndrome is right……..
Yours is the most racist post here! What makes you think Hip Hop belongs to black people??? And if that’s possible, doesn’t Jazz? Isn’t it then possible to think that Jazz is a great art form and Hip Hop is pure garbage?
I sooooo agree with folks. Rap is s…t! It is a made believe art form from people that aren’t musicians.
Yuck
Unfortunately, rap and hip hop have moved beyond being a ‘black’ thing. There are too many brain dead white boys out there who are into that garbage.
Someone’s age, whether young or old, does not necessarily determine their likes or tolerances in music. My music collection runs from the Medieval period to the present, in all genres, including music from other countries around the world. I can accept and appreciate a lot of strange and bizarre vocal and instrumental types.
I cannot include typical rap and hip hop among them.
When they refer to many of these miscreants as ‘artists’ it makes me cringe. Now, if they actually do have any musical abilities and utilize them in their work, then I can accept that as music, even though I wouldn’t possibly want to listen to it. There are some recent songs that have rap blended into them that I don’t mind, but those performers have talent. Being black, putting on ten pounds of gold jewelry and wearing your cap sideways doesn’t mean you have talent or that what you are spewing out is music.
Scholars, whether in music or anything else, are a dime a dozen. You can always find some who will praise the newest and most different thing. Look at the art ‘scholars’ who think displaying bloody animal parts or vomiting on a canvas constitute art.
What’s sad is that if you get enough people who won’t speak their mind because they are afraid of being labeled racist or intolerant or an old fart, then this kind of crap becomes acceptable and mainstream. And now we have ‘Stars’ like Just Blaze who are treated like royalty when they haven’t earned or deserve squat.
Anyone who thinks I am a bigoted jerk for my feelings is welcome to believe that, because I really don’t care.
Wow, and you guys are all computer dorks.