Look, I wouldn’t mind watching 2 iPhone events every year lol.
Haven’t missed a apple event since the iPhone 4 event, watch every event live, I know, I need help. ?
The first Apple event I ever remember watching was the launch of the original Sawtooth G4 PowerMac. When we all learned what a "gigaflop" was! I haven't watched ALL of them since, but most. It will never get any better than the original iPhone intro.
I don't think we've ever seen anyone as natural at product reveals than Steve Jobs. Even his contemporaries at Apple like Phil Schiller sounded hammy in comparison. And they all now sound like they are reading off scripts. I like Craig Federighi (sp?) but he still seems a little too polished. Jobs had it all down. His dress code was presentable but far from overly polished, his delivery somehow felt more sincere than the others'. He was there to show you how cool he thought the products were, and he was better at selling that than anyone. That's probably not fair, Phil Schiller was, I'm sure, just as sincerely excited, but his delivery still felt a little "acted" in a way that Jobs' wasn't. The closest to him might have been Scott Forestall. In this area, Tim Cook is not in the same ballpark, not even close.
Apple events have always been fun viewing. But when Steve Jobs was around, they were MUST-SEE viewing!
EDITED TO ADD: I know it is fashionable among some--not so much here at MacRumors--to diss on Tim Cook, and to trot out the absolutely inane "this [perceived bad product] would not have happened under Steve Jobs". I'm no judge, really, of their skills as CEO. But in this respect, at least, Steve Jobs was (and is) without peer.
