Marc Schelske

I am running it on a Macbook Pro with that very card, and it works fine. I have 2.4 Intel Duo and 4 GB Ram. The game is great. I'm running it on Bootcamp with windows XP. Everything is satisfactory.

There's a shift happening right now and most technology people aren't getting it. We've grown up watching technology grow by leaps and bounds, from my first Apple IIe to my Powerbook G4 and all the PC X86s in between. People are stuck on the idea of increasing technology. But that's the wrong angle, and why they misunderstand the iPhone.


Technology is becoming a lot like cars are now. Think about it. Most cars are essentially the same. Small differences in performance, small differences in use of technology. But they all essentially do the same exact thing -- haul you and your stuff around, while playing you some tunes. So, what makes one car a better buy than another one? Simple: the User Interface. You know - all that stuff you touch. The seats, the steering wheel, the gauges you look at. And there are people who are willing to pay for a great UI.

OK, it's true that a BMW is a much higher quality car than a Hyundai. That's a fact. But it's also a fact that at the basic level they do exactly the same thing. Haul you around.

The iPhone will be the BMW for a while. But just like with BMW, slowly those features will be adapted and brought into the marketplace by other manufacturers.

The analysts who say the iPhone isn't revolutionary are missing the point in exactly the same way as if people were criticizing the new BMW. "Oh, it doesn't bring anything new to the market. It's all being done already. My car can drive. I have a radio. I have leather seats."

Fine. You're right. Your Plymouth can do all those things, but the experience won't be the same as the BMW. Bottom line. And when the technology gets to the point where it's all essentially the same, what are we paying for? A better experience of that technology.