Paul Thurrott, yes that Paul Thurrot, writes about Apple for Connected Home Media in his article this week entitled, “Apple Makes Its Case for the Connected Home in 2004.” What Thurrott writes in this article may surprise you, even with some of his usual qualifications.
Thurrott writes, “In my opinion, there’s never been a better time to support Apple. If you’re interested in digital media, home networking, and personal computing, you should know that Apple’s product line-up has never been stronger.”
Of Apple’s new iPod lineup, Thurrott writes, “I’m a huge fan of the less expensive and arguably more capable Dell DJ but the iPod is clearly the device to which all other digital-audio players aspire. The iPod has always had good looks and a clean design, and now it has a less lofty price and better battery life to boot. Recommending the iPod without reservations is getting easier and easier.”
[MacDailyNews note: Paul documents opening his new 20GB 4G iPod in pictures here with tongue firmly in cheek, or maybe, deep down inside, he really wanted to snap and post those pix?]
Thurrott calls Apple’s AirPort Express “an incredible home-networking solution that can only get better.”
Then Thurrott really outdoes himself by writing, “If you’re tired of constantly updating your computer with security patches, afraid of launching email attachments, or fearful that simply opening Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE) will expose your system to untold spyware maladies (which isn’t far from the truth), I have a solution for you–the Mac. And, yes, Macs are a little bit expensive compared to that PC you’re using. But as your parents might have told you, you often get what you pay for… Macs are more elegant than PCs, generally more reliable, and far less likely to succumb to an electronic attack largely because attackers don’t target Macs but also because the Mac’s underlying UNIX technology is so mature and well written… Sure, your software choices will be less plentiful than they are on the Windows side, and yes, you might suddenly find yourself advocating the Mac to friends and family as if you were the technological equivalent of a crusader. But that’s the effect the Mac has on many of its users–the same combination of satisfaction and excitement that grips TiVo owners. There’s just something right about a Mac… You won’t be disappointed.”
Read Thurrott’s full article on the Connected Home Media website here.
MacDailyNews Take: Now we know where our missing monthly shipment of Cupertino Kool-Aid ended up. Paul, you’re not supposed to drink the whole case all at once! To our wavering Window-only readers, for information on smoothly adding a Mac OS X machine to your computing arsenal, please click here.
Related MacDailyNews articles:
Thurrott asks for portable Apple Macintosh buying advice – May 24, 2004
Tech writer: ‘Mac OS X is even with, or behind, Windows XP’ – May 20, 2004
Tech reporter: Apple needs to adopt subscription model or face ‘the Macification of the iTunes Music Store’ – May 13, 2004
Thurrott: Steve Jobs ‘unable to see the big picture, Windows-based music services will plow aside’ Apple’s iTunes – April 15, 2004
Thurrott: Apple’s ‘iPod Mini isn’t a sales phenomenon at all’ – March 25, 2004
Thurrott: ‘The Mac market is ending’ – March 08, 2004
Windows & .NET Magazine’s Thurrott ‘fears HP and Apple have just set back convergence an untold number of years’ – January 13, 2004
I’m shocked.
hell hath frozen over
I’m I seeing things….
I must be dreaming….
Is that really Paul Thurott or someone else?
Maybe he started to actually USE his Mac…
Wow, has Thurott left the “dark side?”
if this isn’t proof enough of what a whore he is, and how he is willing to say anything to get himself to print, then I fear nothing is.
It’s a little late for an Appril fools joke!
The Invasion has begun.
The tides are turning…this is gonna be a great Christmas for Apple, and next summer will be even better…
talk about a 180� !!!
GrapeGraphics…
Impossible. Thurott wouldn’t know what to do with a machine that didn’t get constantly bombarded by port probes and email viruses.
hahahahhahhahahha, great Link, Jack…
Well all I’ve got to say is that it’s about damn time!
The End of Days is upon us. I think I see Governor Schwarzenegger at the door…RUN!
At least he found the words to correct his past “stupid” comments.
He must be careful or M$ may sack him.
Oh uh…sorry, our backup Thurrot-bot must have gotten out. We’ll pick him up and make sure the other one gets back to spewing FUD posthaste.
And then again, it might just have been who was paying him to write the article. M$ pays, he is anti-Mac. Someone else pays – he is pro-Mac. I would like to be idealistic on this though and think that he has finally seen the light. Time will tell.
you get what you pay for:
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“There is hardly anything in the world that someone cannot make a little worse and sell a little cheaper, and the people who consider price alone are that person’s lawful prey.
It is unwise to pay too much, but it is also unwise to pay too little. When you pay too much, you lose a little money, that is all. When you pay too little, you sometimes lose everything because the thing you bought is incapable of doing the thing you bought it to do.
The common law of business balance prohibits paying a little and getting a lot… It can’t be done. If you deal with the lowest bidder it is well to add something for the risk you run. And if you do that you will have enough to pay for something better.”
– John Ruskin (1819 – 1900
someone needs to check to be sure paul took the right meds–this is like one of the symptoms of an individual who’s about to off himself..y’know emotional ascent and then deep crescendo..
This article should be printed on acid free paper, sent to Paul for his signature and “framed” and placed on the main hall of the Apple Campus for all to see.
Looks we finally have the proof: Thurrot is schizophrenic.
I will not be surprised to read news in a week time from Thurrot about how great Longhorn is wrt OS X and that Apple is about to die (again).
The guy is a professional troll, nothing more, nothing less.
WTF!?! Either M$ misrouted his monthly payment or somebody at Apple must have sent Paul a check for the first time, one or the other! Either way he’s still a tool…
This is one of the few times that I think that a opponent of Apple Computer products has actually taken the time to investigate, review compare and provide an acceptably objective point of view on computing products.
The article almost has echo of reviews found in “Consumer Reports” about Apple Computer products.
In other news, the sun rose in the west today. Hell froze over. Cats & dogs are getting along.
For a self-professed Dull Digital Junkbox lover (it’s really a rebranded piece of junk from Creative), Thurrott sure got that Apple iPod 4G awfully quick!