The usual crowd where all there, Apple had a very large presence they even had a massive Apple Store section. I spent a good 20 minutes twidling with the iBook G4, and I have to say it is a solid bit of kit, and at the price point Apple have set I think they are on to a big seller, the only thing I don’t like is the 14″ models they are just to cumbersome. I had a goood play with the 15″ Powerbook, but in the end decided to put in an order for a 12″ Powerbook as planned, my hand was pretty much forced because Apple where offering a very healthy discount which accounted to basically free Airport Extreme card and a frre hard drive upgrade, roughtly £130.
On top of this they offered a 6 month interest free payment plan are they mad. I was tempted to say chuck in a Dual G5, but I didn’t. So with some luck in a week or two I will have this little beast. I’m just hoping that Apple doesn’t do anything drasctic at Macworld.
I ran into an old friend Ehab, who I have not seen since graduating from university, though we do sort of stay in touch via e-mail because we have a few common mates. Ehab is currently working for HP, as a retail channel manager which it would seem has many perks.
As for the rest of the show the usual big retailers where all present the biggest presence was Micro Anvika and Gordon Harwoods. Adobe where there in force pushing Creative Studio. Microsoft where there demoing Office and Virtual PC. The Games Area was pretty impressive G5s everywhere. I played with a G5 at length on the Apple stand, wow what a cool machine everytime I get my hands on it, I’m just in awe. Perhaps after MacWorld NY or Boston or whatever next July I might be able to justify one. iPods where selling like crazy, and at good discount rates about £15-£25 off depending on who you went to.
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