Why does Apple like to "announce" whenever they hit 1 million of something?

If other companies did this (Microsoft, Intel, AMD, Linux groups, etc., etc. etc....) they'd have to up it to 1 billion just so they wouldnt have to announce something every week.

Yawn.

When other companies do anything "new" a million times, you can bet they will press release it.

Have you read some of the press releases that come out from some companies?

Or are you bitter about Apple?

Well, let's take a look at a random sample of Microsoft PR:

http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2005/jun05/06-27MSToshibaStrengthenPR.mspx

Whoah, that's really groundbreaking! Notice that it's a SIGNIFICANT expansion of global relationship with Toshiba. Not just some kind of "normal" expansion. I also think that Apple should sit on news until it becomes as big as that.

They should also stop beaming their press info directly into "Guest's" head. Clearly, their brain scans are bothering him which is why he came to this Mac-news site to complain about the Mac-news he's seeing. It is unfair that he has to be exposed to Mac-news he doesn't want to see. Something should be done about that.

my my... sarcasm: the lowest form of humor (then again, I don't really think Small White Car succeeded in being humorous either).

"It is unfair that he has to be exposed to Mac-news he doesn't want to see."
I dont want to see? Who said I dont want to see? If I didnt want to see, I probably wouldn't

"Clearly, their brain scans are bothering him..."
Brain scans??? Well, now THAT'S newsworthy material, if it be true (I highly doubt it though).

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my my... sarcasm: the lowest form of humor (then again, I don't really think Small White Car succeeded in being humorous either).

Well, thankfully, I wasn't trying to impress you. So everything worked out just fine.

(I've always wondered what the highest form of humor is, BTW. Do you know what it is? Just curious, and you sound like you might know.)

me? Nah.. I'm not a funnyman. I do, however, like a bit of stand-up comedy.


(But then again, this promotion of "1 million" of everything that Apple tends to do is indeed quite funny!)

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(But then again, this promotion of "1 million" of everything that Apple tends to do is indeed quite funny!)

This is what I'm getting at. You say they're "promoting" it, but really, you have to go out of your way to see that kind of news. I don't see it on TV or in newspapers or anything. How can something like that seem silly to you if you're coming to a page like THIS?

Anyway, if it makes you laugh...go for it. I've never been one to stop people from enjoying themselves.

"You say they're "promoting" it, but really, you have to go out of your way to see that kind of news. I don't see it on TV or in newspapers or anything."

Um, so according to you, something is only "promoted" if its on TV or in a newspaper? Wow. Heh, if such were the case, hardly any computer company would "promote" ANYthing... ever! (Ever see news about Logitech or AMD on ABC Primetime News, CNN, in The New York Times, Washington Post, etc. etc.? No? Wow, they must never "promote" anything!).
Nay, my friend, promotion doesnt have to mean major media outlets like TV and the papers. A simple press release (which, low and behold, is what we have Apple doing here) definately helps to *promote* something (lol, the first hint you get is the word "press" in the term). Apple, (just like they did with Safari downloads...yes, DOWNLOADS!! LMAO -- compare that to the 17 million copies of WinXP sold and NO press release) is doing exactly that here.

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17 million copies of WinXP sold and NO press release) is doing exactly that here.

If I were Microsoft I wouldn't be touting a measly 17 million either. That's an incredibly LOW number compared to the installed Windows base.

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Um, so according to you, something is only "promoted" if its on TV or in a newspaper?

No, that's not my point at all. My point is that you would inadvertantly see it if it's on TV or in a newspaper.

So if it's being forced on you (like if it's on TV) then finding it annoying or funny or whatever would make sense. But if you have to actually go on the web to look it up, I don't see that as being very "in your face" and thus I don't understand what's bothersome about it.

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17 million copies of WinXP sold and NO press release) is doing exactly that here.

If I were Microsoft I wouldn't be touting a measly 17 million either. That's an incredibly LOW number compared to the installed Windows base.

Well, don't spend too much time trying to figure it out, 'cause it's not true. Just ask yourself this: If Microsoft never told anyone, how do we know it's 17 million copies?

Well, of course we know because they told us.

http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2002/jan02/01-07xpmomentumcespr.mspx

I'm not exactly clear why "not issuing a press release" is something to make up. It's a perfectly normal part of business that everyone does. Why try to pretend that Microsoft is too dumb to do something so simple? Of course they issue press releases about everything.

...not flamewar.

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...not flamewar.

Eh, I think everyone's being pretty nice. I mean, I'm not offended, at any rate. I certainly hope I haven't offended anyone else, either.

As long as no one's hurt there's nothing wrong with a little flamewar every now and then

17 million would be something to crow about? Okay... at the current rate of subscribing, Apple will reach the 17 million mark on 1 August.

Did Microsoft sell 17 million copies (not bundled with PCs) in a little over 30 days? Just curious.

1 million subscriptions in 48 hours = almost 6 per second. Not a bad rate for something like podcasts. BTW, Apple initially hoped that they would sell 1M songs on iTMS in the first year...it took something like two weeks. THAT is why they did a press release about it. It far exceeded their (and everybody else's) expectations.

(And do I think podcast subscriptions will maintain that rate? No. But that is not the point. The point is that the current rate is pretty phenomenal).

"If I were Microsoft I wouldn't be touting a measly 17 million either. That's an incredibly LOW number compared to the installed Windows base."
-Brutno
Um, apparently you dont know the whole story. It was 17 million in under 90 days... and YES, that is HUGE, compared to ANY OS ever.

"...then finding it annoying or funny or whatever would make sense"
"...I don't understand what's bothersome about it."

-Small White Car
Who said I find it annoying? Who said I find it bothersome? As for funny, well, then it only makes sense that I WOULD look for it advertantly.
As for the press release, thank you, didn't know about that one. But we must admit, **17 million** SALES of a *MAJOR* OS is a bit different than podcasting, which involved free downloadable *small* (meaning mb size -- thus easier to acquire and install, etc) software.

Wow! 17 million people begging for viruses and spyware. A phisher's dream come true!

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Wow! 17 million people begging for viruses and spyware. A phisher's dream come true!

Ahh... trolls come in all shapes and sizes....


(quite honestly, Guest, it can't be 17mil, at least, becuase I'm one of those XP users, and I dont have a single virus or anything. So really, its **at most** 16,999,999. I suppose there's a few others like me too )

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Wow! 17 million people begging for viruses and spyware. A phisher's dream come true!

You bet your butt!! Check this out...

http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2005/07/01/sophos_1h05_malware_report/

Back on the subject..I wonder who's paying for all that Podcast bandwidth.

Your point? That kind of article appears every so often. Doesnt matter -- how your computer (any computer) runs is based on not being an idiot. Dont open an email with "youwillreallylikethis.exe" attached to it, for example. (etc., etc.)

Anyway, how did a thread about Podcasting turn into the tired old blabbery used by Mac zealots everywhere (which never actually goes anywhere) of malware on the PC?



Again, double "Yawn"

Is that RC posting as Guest to try to fool us?

"Doesnt matter -- how your computer (any computer) runs is based on not being an idiot."

There might be one or two hundred million people or more out there who are intelligent but not computer savvy. I know that's hard for you to believe. Many allegedly intelligent people have been scammed by the Nigerian 401 scam, for example.

Again, more malware blabbery in a podcasting thread. You can talk about viruses and spyware til your face turns blue, but, and I know that's hard for you to believe, my computer runs great. So does everyone's I know. And according to their reports, its the same with their friends. Oh well. Keep talking about viruses.

Now, anyone have anything to say on-topic?