This makes me wonder how many users are relatively new to Apple. As if this were the end of the world, so betrayed, as it never happened before. You can please all of the people only some of the time, and some of the people all of the time, but...

Frankly, compared to the G4 speed dump, this is nothing. Heck, I still remember the $3000 Mac IIvx coming out, and four months afterwards, the much better Centris 650 at the same price. No credits or gift cards then!