“Apple Computer chief executive Steve Jobs is reported to have been unhappy with some of the materials used to construct his $9 million glass cube outside the future home of one of the company’s flagship retail stores in Midtown Manhattan,” AppleInsider reports. “As a result, changes are already being made to the structure, which remains shrouded by large black panels as it awaits a formal unveiling alongside the 20,000-square-foot location later this spring.”
AppleInsider reports, “When workers began removing the black plywood panels from the cube last week, it looked as if construction was nearly complete. However, a report on ifoAppleStore explains the workers were instead swapping out sophisticated titanium hardware — positioned between the glass panels — because Jobs complained they were too conspicuous and interrupted the esthetic of the cube.”
Full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: Attention to detail. It matters. It’s also why we love him and his products. If you’re going to build a giant $9 million cube, you might as well do it correctly; especially if you plan to take it with you someday. We pity the bozos that botched those titanium couplings.
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Yeah, go make your own web site and figure out how to pay for the bandwidth.
All you 6 year olds, don’t point at the words, just read them and the ads don’t come up.
Even better, go away, we don’t need your idiotic comments getting in the way.
Why does this site need 30 or so ads on every page? How expensive is this place to run? The worst thing is that they’re not even set out well – the site looks crap now, like something you’d get with Windows.
All you suggesting not to mouse over the intellitext links:
Are you suggesting that we should ignore/defeat the advertising method du jour? Intellitext will go away, either because of mass defection or failure to generate clicks (clicks pay, mouseovers don’t). We’re trying to head off the first by complaining.
Also, the “hardware” link in the article is a Dell advertisement. Whatever it takes to pay the bills, eh MDN?
MDN: “Attention to detail. It matters.”
Like permitting Dell ads on MDN. Attention to detail.
Can’t you lot read? PithHelmet gives you control over ads. Duh!!!
From the title, I though some people had been caught shagging in there. The ultimate exhibitionists kinda thing.
I dont know why everyone is bitching about the ads. Just keep your friggin cursor away from them.
I’d like to get into the cube and take a look at the glass panel hardware. I’ve specced Pilkington systems for a similar application. I wonder if it’s the same and if Steve Jobs was ever shown an actual sample it?
I can certainly understand Jobs’ point. Sometimes you look at photos and spec sheets of hardware and fixtures, etc. and they look great, but when you finally get to see the actual thing, it looks and feels cheap or just not right.
A 9 million dollar mistake? Ouch.
MDN Magic Word: DEEP
As in Somebody’s going to be in some DEEP shit over this one!
For those complaining of the new ads – use FireFox and Adblock and add the offending links to Adblock’s list.
This site is actually pretty nice to navigate without all of extraneous ads.
Off topic (or on topic depending upon how you view it):
As most of you know I’ve been a longtime reader/poster here. Some of you may even know I’m the CTO/VP Engineering of two aerospace firms. Some of you may even have read in my posts that I have only one absolute rule which, if you violate it, will get you immediately fired. Don’t buy anything Dell. Buy Dell. Get fired. Period. Everyone is told that during their initial interview even before they are hired.
In my opinion Dell is the exact opposite of Apple. Dell’s idea of innovation is tweaking what is already out there, followw Microsoft and Intel roadmaps, and sells as many units as possible as cheaply (in all connotations of that word) as possible.
Thus: if MDN keeps up with Dell advertisements it won’t be too long before I won’t be visiting this site anymore.
Many of you won’t care about Dell advertisements. I do. To each his/her own.