Hello folks, my name is Willie and I'll be filling in for my good friend Bill Palmer for awhile here on billpalmer.net while he attends to some other matters. I'm neither going to attempt to mimic his writing style nor pretend to mimic his views on the Macintosh universe, as neither one of those moves would do anyone any good. I am, however, a long-time Mac user, so I've got quite a few topics I'd like to touch on. Take the journey with me, and I promise you'll be rewarded...
First things first, I want to make a few comments on the new G5 iMac. I don't really understand why Apple is trying to say that the new iMac looks like the iPod. I mean, for starters, they don't even look much like each other; for instance, the iMac is a lot bigger. Also, despite what you'd expect, the new iMac does not have a mirrored backside. So how about it, Apple, where's my mirrored backside?
Moving on, I think it's just terrible that Apple has decided to use the name "Tiger" to promote the next version of its MacOS X operating system. I mean, did they even ask Tiger Woods' permission first? Also, how can you name an operating system after a golfer, anyway? I don't see Microsoft calling the next version of Windows "Nicklaus" or anything (although I think it would be kind of funny if they called it "Palmer").
Finally, I have no idea what Apple was thinking when they decided to put Jon Stewart in charge of their new iPod division. I mean, what the heck? It's not as if Jon Stewart isn't busy enough hosting "The Daily Show" on Comedy Central. The worst part is that I just don't understand why Steve Jobs thinks that putting a talk show host in charge of a hardware division is a good idea, and if they really wanted a talk show host, they should have gone after Craig Kilborn. He's not as funny as Jon Stewart, but at least Kilborn is currently looking for work. I mean, he's got time on his hands and all. How on earth is Jon Stewart going to.... oh, wait a minute, I read Apple's press release wrong. Turns out they put Jon Rubenstein in charge of the new iPod division, not Jon Stewart. That's not really very good, because I've seen Jon Rubenstein speak, and he's really not very funny at all. He'd make a terrible talk show host. I don't get it.
So that's all for this time. I'll keep writing a new column each day until my good friend Bill Palmer is ready to resume his lead-columnist duties. Tomorrow I'm going to look at the possible connection between AirPort Express and Outlook Express. I think they're a lot more alike than anyone realizes. But we'll save that for tomorrow...
