Neil Pomerleau

So Who Won the Bet?

Let look back at a couple posts that were made before the Macworld 2008 Keynote. There were my official keynote predictions, followed by Mr. Chovanes’ official predictions. For those of you who are unaware, we made a bet that the less accurate person would have to buy a sandwich for the winner. I’ve gone through the predictions and determined the winner in the fairest possible way, with a point distribution system. Let’s go ahead and look at my predictions first…

• iTunes Movie Rentals
  Result: YES
  Points: +1
• iTunes DVDs
  Result: YES
  Points: +1
• New iPhone Software
  Result: YES and NO (no new apps)
  Points: 0
• iPhone SDK Demo
  Result: NO
  Points: -1
• New iPhone (8mm, 16GB)
  Result: NO
  Points: -1
• Office 2008 Praised
  Result: YES
  Points: +1
• MacBook mini
  Result: YES and NO (no touch screen)
  Points: 0

FINAL TALLY: +1 Points

So, how did Mr. Chovanes do? Let’s take a look…

• iPhone nano
  Result: NO
  Points: -1
• New Mac mini
  Result: NO
  Points: -1
• Miniature Laptop
  Result: YES
  Points: +1
• Touch Mouse
  Result: NO
  Points: -1
• New iMovie
  Result: NO
  Points: -1
• iFlicks
  Result: YES and NO (rentals within iTunes
  Points: 0
• New AppleTV Software
  Result: YES
  Points: +1

FINAL TALLY: -2 Points

Looks like I’ll be enjoying a sandwich.

January 23, 2008 at 4:56 pm

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