“Apple Computer fans here in Beantown are growing accustomed to life without Steve Jobs — and without other Apple fans, for that matter. Here at Macworld Boston — the annual gathering of the East Coast Mac fans — not only were Apple and its CEO missing; so, too, were the bustling crowds of shows past,” Mark Baard writes for Wired News.
“With no Jobs, and no big product announcements, there seemed little for people to talk about, though there were plenty of programs and tutorials for IT managers, GarageBand users and those wanting to break into the exploding podcasting scene,” Baard writes. “Organizers, who also run the annual Macworld in San Francisco in January, cast the Boston show in the best possible light. Without Apple, ‘it’s become more of users’ community type of event,’ said IDG World Expo spokesman Mike Sponseller.”
Full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: Yawn. For some time now, the only real MacWorld takes place once per year in San Francisco, CA. Furthermore, this east coast exercise gives the impression that Macs are unpopular, that nobody attends Macworld Expos. Change the name or put the thing out of its misery.
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