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Today was the big Macworld Stevenote, where the lights dim in some areas of the country from all of the server load generated by millions of clicks on browser refresh buttons.

As an iPod Touch owner, I am severely cheesed off about charging $20 for the upgrade. WTF? This is stuff that should have been in revision one, everyone pointed it out, and now you’re wanting $20 more bucks? Please. I’m expecting an iPhone-price-drop-style reversal on this one, but you think they would have learned from that experience.

I’ve seen the argument made that you bought the iPod touch without those applications- But the Apple TV got an update for free today too, an update I see as a lot bigger than the touch’s.

Also, the MacBook Air: very sweet. But, Apple glossed over the fact that the RAM is not upgradeable. At least they put 2 gigs in- probably a reasonable compromise for what that machine is intended for. Also the solid state hard drive is very cool, but it’s clear why that wasn’t made standard– it’s a $1K addon(!)

(part 1 of the backlash, for those keeping track at home, was the aforementioned reaction to the iPhone price drop)