Today's the day that the annual grand conclave of Apple cultists meet for one last time in San Francisco for 25th Macworld Conference & Expo. For those of you who don't own one of Apple's shiny, overpriced gadgets, Macworld's Christmas for geeks. All the major geek blogs cover it–in real time– breathlessly awaiting Apples's announcement that there's "one more thing" they want to show. This thing, no matter what it is, sets the nerd geek hordes into writhing fits of orgiastic glee that they communicate by iPhone to all their friends/blogs/twitters as a constant stream of "!!!1ONEONE!!!111"
Which is fine by us, because let's face it– The Mac is the gayest computer ever created. Not 'gay' the way your sixteen-year-old sister means it, but rather gay as in, your Mac would never be caught dead in beige, gay. Don't believe us? We'll prove it.
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Super delicious computer company Apple today came out against Proposition 8, which would (say it with us!) overturn gay marriage in California.
From a message left in the "hot news" section of Apple's website:
Apple is publicly opposing Proposition 8 and making a donation of $100,000 to the No on 8 campaign. Apple was among the first California companies to offer equal rights and benefits to our employees’ same-sex partners, and we strongly believe that a person’s fundamental rights — including the right to marry — should not be affected by their sexual orientation.Apple views this as a civil rights issue, rather than just a political issue, and is therefore speaking out publicly against Proposition 8.
You go on with your bad self, Apple! Work!
The hottest, newest creation from Apple. It's so sleek it almost seems useless. But we don't want to tell you too much about what it does, because… Well, we're not quite sure. Just watch the commercial, after the jump.
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One thing we remember about New York city is that people love to wear their "New Yorker" status on their sleeve, or in their pocket. To celebrate tonight's opening of the new Apple Store on 5th Ave. in Manhattan, Incase is unveiling these new iPod cases that feature an embroidered Manhattan skyline and will only be sold in Manhattan. So sleek, so New York. Go wait in line to get one tonight!
Launch of New York Landmark Collection [Incase via Uncrate]
As if you needed another reason to buy one of those pretty MacBooks we profiled last week, Apple is now taking a more aggressive approach to recruiting queer customers via the Apple Store website:
Meet Jack, or Jim, or… We don't really care what his name is. Help us switch, sir!
[Image via The Malcontent]
Just think how all the gays will go green with envy as you sit "writing" at your local gay hangout of choice on this gorgeous machine. There is something about the sleek silver case that screams "creative," and who doesn't find that sexy?
No matter how jaded we get, inches never cease to impress us, especially when they are describing the LCD size of a beautiful Apple laptop. The new MacBook Pro has two Intel processors inside, which makes it five times faster than the fastest Apple notebook currently on the market (The 1.67 Ghz Powerbook G4). The whole package gives you the nice screen and processors plus 1GB of SDRAM, a 120 GB hard drive, 256MB video memory, and an 8x double-layer Superdrive. And it's all for the bargain price of $2799. That is pretty steep, but since Apple has made us accustomed to far more obscene price tags, it sounds like a bargain to us.
MacBook Pro [Apple]
On (the rumored grand opening date of) May 20, there will be one more gay reason to visit 5th Ave. besides Hugo Boss and Tiffany's. Apple is opening a new cube-shaped store in front of FAO Schwartz that will be open 24/7 for all you rabid, late-night shoppers. We hope this store will have a "genius bar" that is open late at night too. The geniuses always look cuter after a few drinks.
24/7 Apple Store in Manhattan Pics [Gizmodo]
• We prefer Tom Ford photoshoots where the fashion guru is frolicking with barely dressed triplets and not naked starlets. [Just Jared]
• Tip to Karl Lagerfeld: stick to fashion. [NY Daily News]
• Don't expect The Gays' two favorite music divas, Madonna and Mariah, to get all friendly at tomorrow night's Grammy's. They're being kept apart. [NY Daily News]
• Apple has cut the price of the Shuffle and added a Nano that we might actually be able to afford. [Reuters via Yahoo]
• Foreign HIV/AIDS infected sporty types get the OK to travel to the Gay Games. [Chicago Tribune]
• The San Francisco Library is giving homophobes in the Bible Belt something new to protest: a traveling exhibition on gay history is coming to the Midwest and the South. [San Jose Mercury News]
• Brokeback Mountain wins even more awards. This is getting way too easy. [AP via Yahoo]
• Heath Ledger sees his film being yanked from a Utah theater at the last minute the same way we do: "hilarious and very immature." [Herald Sun]
• New Jersey Governor Richard Codey will likely put his John Hancock on two bills that would finally give same-sex partners equal inheritance and funeral rights. [Newsday]
• Stephen Gately continues the new scorching hot trend for out British celebs: getting married! [The Advoacte]
• First big news from Macworld? Speedy Intel-fitted computers! [Macworld]
• Proving that gay voters are not one-issue voters, Brian Ellner jumps on board Bloomberg’s reelection campaign. You know, because Bloomberg so has our backs.
• A pink Madonna iPod Nano? God does listen to our prayers! Via Jordy.
• In a ruling that could affect gay families, the Ohio Supreme Court recognizes children’s rights and “definitions of family that go beyond mom, dad and kids."
• Because having your face in the gay newspaper will surely keep you on the DL. Thanks Daniel.
• Varla Jean Merman is playing Trannyshack tonight in San Francisco. Although we are confused as to how she fits into the theme: “an intimate evening of Satan worship and Rock and Roll.”
Gays love their gadgets. But we also love color and that means when shopping for computers many homos are a bit let down with their choices. Black, white, or grey anyone? Boring.
We know that Apple has tried to give us some options in the past, like the iPod Mini in pink, but usually even the designerati at Apple play within the black and white worlds of computer color schemes.
There now is another option. And it is pretty flaming. Color Ware sells new computers in magnificent and bold colors. Want an iPod in candy apple red? No problemo. A canary yellow laptop? Sure. And for you butch queens out there they even color X Boxes.
The products are only slightly above retail and worth every cent. We cannot wait to match our Pumas with our iPods.
We have to have the new iPod Nano. Apple's latest invention is pencil thin and holds up to 1,000 songs. Well, 1,000 if you are heterosexual. Its more like 750 songs. All good gays know that to be the case since our digital music collections include one too many 10 minute Deborah Cox remixes. Shhh. Don't laugh.
Replacing the colorful Mini, the Nano's design will fit snugly in our shorts' pocket at Crunch or in our suit's dress pocket commuting to work.
And now that Madonna's entire catalog has been released on iTunes there is absolutely no reason not to snatch up the Nano. Knowing Apple's stocking issues in the past we are sure their initial run will sell out quicker than a ray of light.
