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I’ve never received so many replies to a post in such a short time. It’s obvious some mac site must have linked to me, which is why I’m only getting responses from that side of the fence.

First of all, this is just my shitty blog. I didn’t write this to get hits. I didn’t even expect people to read it. No need to bring out your tin foil hats or call me a Microsoft fanboy. I made an honest observation, based on this year’s Macworld keynote (which you must all agree was pretty fucking lame).

But this is fun! Let’s see if any of these guys can sway my opinion or if they’re just angry dicks who can’t help but take Apple-criticism personally:

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I watched the Macworld keynote recently. This is notable because I’ve never owned or even used a Macintosh computer. I have an iPod Nano (given to me by my former employer) but that is about it in terms my Apple-branded products.

The way I understand it Macworld is where people go once a year to have your minds blown. Maybe this was a bad year but I didn’t find anything remotely interesting in what I saw.

This is what I learned from Apple’s biggest event of the year:

• People love glass buildings.
• iPhoto knows my friends from my enemies.
• I can geotag my photos so I won’t confuse the photos I took in France with the ones I took in Bangkok.
• I can make amazing slide shows for my trips to Africa (finally).
• I can have amazing slide animations in my savings reports presentations.
• Pages ‘09 has a fullscreen mode.
• All of the above could be mine for only $158 USD!
• You can get a Macbook with a glossless screen but only if you’re willing to pay extra.
• Apple also makes batteries.
• Tony Bennett is old.

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