I think another bit of context that is often missed with this quote is that there was substantial rumor-mongering about what Apple was doing, and a lot of peopl

I think another bit of context that is often missed with this quote is that there was substantial rumor-mongering about what Apple was doing, and a lot of people were expecting something a little more obviously revolutionary or at least further-along-the-tech-curve than a design-optimized MP3 player.