Souring on Apple

I'm tired of all hype and no show. Apple has nothing new to offer, what a surprise! I like Apple but they are way over priced, so while I might have to go with Vista at least it's affordable. Apple needs to drop their prices and up their computer performance if they are ever going to compete with HP, Toshiba, Sony, or Dell. Until then I'll take the latter and use the extra $1,000 on something else.

So, you're sick of the hype, too?

Try Linux. What Google uses to run their servers. What the U.S. government uses to run their supercomputers.

No marketing department. Just performance.

Are you the guy who says, "I'm a PC" on Apple ads?

Are you the guy who says, "I'm a PC" on the Apple ads? You sound a little bitter.

As the parent of a college student I find it sad and curious that Apple's new products and pricing weren't available just a few weeks ago, when we (and many others) were purchasing.

"At the risk of sounding like a grumpy old crank"

Yup.

clearly as a writer who has to see way too many of these presentations, unless it's eye-popping big news, not likely that anything will be impressive. for the rest of us, it's about the little things that apple does that makes using their devices a more pleasant experience. i'm one of those fortunate ones who has both PCs (Dell & HP) and Macs laptops at my disposal (one of each at my desk), and i can safely say that Macs now rule my day. they look better, feel better, perform better, and are clearly better thought out. something simple like opening one up and it's instantly on. every PC maker has had a chance to get this done w/their systems, and still nothing. it's not rocket science nor a lot to ask for, but it's this attention to the small details (aka. "sweating the small stuff"), that makes even this basic announcement fm apple, significant. something simple like removing the click bar and making the track pad clickable makes a usability diff when you're on a computer several hours per day.

clearly as a writer who has to see way too many of these presentations, unless it's eye-popping big news, not likely that anything will be impressive. for the rest of us, it's about the little things that apple does that makes using their devices a more pleasant experience. i'm one of those fortunate ones who has both PCs (Dell & HP) and Macs laptops at my disposal (one of each at my desk), and i can safely say that Macs now rule my day. they look better, feel better, perform better, and are clearly better thought out. something simple like opening one up and it's instantly on. every PC maker has had a chance to get this done w/their systems, and still nothing. it's not rocket science nor a lot to ask for, but it's this attention to the small details (aka. "sweating the small stuff"), that makes even this basic announcement fm apple, significant. something simple like removing the click bar and making the track pad clickable makes a usability diff when you're on a computer several hours per day.

My daugher, who is a college Sr and purchased a MacBook less than 15 months ago, just had the hard drive crash and burn. She was referred by her local Apple store to someone to try to retrieve the data on her hard drive. He told her that there have been numerous problems with the MacBooks sold around that time (June '07) and that Apple knows about it but has not notified owners nor issued a recall. None of the data could be retrieved and because she had not done any backups, lost everything. She should have done back ups but Apple should have notified owners, especially since she had gone to Apple about a month previously when it froze up and they just passed it off as a simple glitch and did not say anything about the possibliy of future problems.

The improved MacBook will bring Apple into the enterprise notebook mix to a much greater degree than it has been in the past. The old MacBook had substandard graphics and just didn't look corporate enough, the MacBook Pro was too expensive to deploy as a mainstream system, and the MacBook Air was underpowered; the new MacBook is much closer to the sweet spot for corporate laptops.

I can't afford a Lexus, but I can afford a MacBook and an iPhone. Complain all you want, but people will pay for great design and engineering. If they hold an event and release crappy products, then you have every right to complain.

Until I can purchase parts and build an Apple computer at a reasonable price, I personally will refuse to purchase one. I liken them to PC companies, like Dell and HP, a lot of money for little performance. If you do the research and plan you purchases you can use the money to purchase the parts that could easily out perform the Mac and its PC counterparts. If you want performance go independent PC if you want image go Apple.

Apple products are fantastic, and will be sold to India and China. Both countries now have our jobs, and our money. I don't want to leave out the oil producing countries. They too will be able to afford apples. Americans have lost 3.69 million jobs in the past few years. Sent overseas. Basically Americans will not be able to afford all but the cheapest laptops and cars, made in India and China. Thanks guys, good work, you all deserve a pat on the back and a huge Christmas bonus.

Apple products haven't lived up to the hype for a long time. Its customer service is great if you have a question, but if something is wrong with your computer, good luck. My family had 3 laptops. Two were dead within days after the extended repair contract (3 years). The other was repaired within warranty, only after the investment of many hours of time on the "AppleCare" phone line. After the computer reached the ripe old age of two, it was referred to as an "older" model, the implication being that I should just buy a new one if I wanted to be cool. Apple is much better at maintaining an image than in delivering and maintaining a product. In our house, Apple is "Crapple."

Well, aren't you a cranky writer.

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