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Leuk om te lezen: een thread op een Apple-fan forum van meer dan vijf jaar geleden, net nadat de eerste versie van de iPod (5GB, $399, mechanisch scrollweel) was uitgekomen. Één ding wordt heel erg duidelijk: ga nooit de Nostradamus op het internet uithangen, want de tijd haalt je in:

• “(…) it wont sell, and be killed off in a short time…and it’s not really functional.”
• “Great just what the world needs, another freaking MP3 player. Go Steve! Where’s the Newton?!
  
• “are you really aiming to become a glorified consumer gimmicks firm?”
• “Sorry Steve, this isn’t it…”
• “When many are calling for a pda, they release an MP3 player.”
• “Who cares about an MP3 player? (…) It’s so wrong! It’s so stupid!”
• “The Reality Distiortion Field is starting to warp Steve’s mind if he thinks for one second that this thing is gonna take off.”
• “trully revolutionary MY ASSSS!”
• ” sorry apple, yer cool styling and faster transfer rate only count for so much”
• “This iPod is for spoil rich kids with insane parents or an Apple fan as fannatic as a Taliban.”
• “Steve Jobs is under terrible consuling or is under too much pot.”
• “Do I really need ALL my songs ALL the time? uhm, no.”

Update september 2010: wat nieuwe quotes toegevoegd. En natuurlijk is dit de mooiste, van Slashdot.org net na de introductie:

“No wireless. Less space than a nomad. Lame.”