iPhone

[Spino]

So, judging by the sentiment in this thread, none of the objections I raised to the iPhone are salient. The real reasons to avoid it are:

• It does too much
• Apple is teh suxx0rz

You forgot one...

[LIST]It does too much



I'd give Apple a fair shake if their computers didn't sport a default one button mouse for oh, a thousand years and if they actually served a useful purpose beyond basic applications... like being able to play tons of cool computer games.

Seriously now, most of us here in the Org love our computer games. If we didn't then barring any need for 3D, multimedia or intense number crunching work we'd all be perfectly happy with state of the art computers from 4-5 years ago.

Now that Apple has opened the floodgates for the all-in-one phone market I cannot wait to see what the competition has to offer.

(Be nice - Beirut)

[Mikeus Caesar]

You forgot one...

[LIST]It does too much

You forgot one as well!

[LIST]It does too much
I'm deadly serial though, Apple do suck. As countless people in this thread have mentioned, they rely on the 'sheeple snowball effect', whereby one very well known sheeple buys an Apple product, and then more and more sheeple buy from Apple. This gets media attention, and results in even more sheeple buying.

A good example would be my school - a few popular people got iPoops, then not-as-popular-but-still-popular people got them, then gradually everyone got one. Now the only people i know of in school who don't use iPoops are my large group of friends - we all use MP3 players by people such as creative.


And before any Apple fanatics out there go on the defensive against me (if there are any here at the .Org, heaven forbid), might i just point out that i also don't have a great like of Microsoft, but unlike you i don't view them as the 'great satan' - i view them as a company that bothers to allow their software to be compatible with nearly everything else.



(No flame & troll posts please - Beirut)

[lars573]

I think of M$ as the devil I know. Plus competing with Sony in the game console market has forced them to be less evil. Granted only a little.

[Big King Sanctaphrax]

The proprietary nature of Apple products puts me off the iPod, and this too. If, as Lemur alludes to, it can be cracked, I might consider getting one-assuming no other company has brought out a superior product in the same area. The only real things that Apple's gizmos have going for them are looks, which no real geek would pay heed to, and the touch-screen interfaces that they go for, which I dislike. Give me proper buttons any day.

As for Macs, I avoid them as I don't like being patronised by my computer.

[Bijo]

Apple Schmapple. I know some people who use music production software on Macintosh. And granted, for music technology, studio stuff, etc., it ain't bad stuff. But Windows software ain't bad either. But you know what's the real killer? The Apple software they got is CRACKED. Oh joy, oh joy. I rejoice when such news, sounding like heavenly divine music, reaches my ear.

Apple is a wretched fiend. M$ is a wretched fiend. They are both wretched fiends.

As currywurry said, M$ got compatibility. Though I heard (been a while actually) Apple computers were going to use different processors or something? Intel-based ones? x86? Well, whatever, you know what I'm talking about, and it'd mean there would be more compatibility.


Anyway, back to topic, the iPhone ain't a bad name I think. The 'i' certainly has a flair to it, though it gets tiring. Why is it always the 'i', eh? iThis, iThat, iWhat, iBoom, iBadabing-badaboop! i!
Somebody tell me, what's the thing with 'i'. And reading that article gave me some sense to what an evil Apple is, like any other company (at least many). Bunch o' conmen, stealing stuff. Fie!

[lars573]

It's true Intel based Macs can run windows. I've seen such a beast on demo at my local Futureshop once. It even had a two button mouse! Via boot camp and partions Intel Macs can boot Mac OS, Windows, or Linux all on the same machine.

[Banquo's Ghost]

I would like to thank the posters in this thread.

I now understand my worthlessness as a human being because of my choice of computer.

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

Really, the antipathy and stereotyping in this thread wouldn't be out of place in the Backroom.

[Bijo]

I'm cool, I'm cool. *takes a sip of coffee* *breathes calmly* Okay, to continue...

It's true Intel based Macs can run windows. I've seen such a beast on demo at my local Futureshop once. It even had a two button mouse! Via boot camp and partions Intel Macs can boot Mac OS, Windows, or Linux all on the same machine.

Now there's some interesting stuff! I'm talking about the two-button mouse of course!
But really... to be able to run Windows, Mac OS, and Linux is some good stuff.
I've been thinking of switching from Windows to (a version of) Linux, but since I don't know anything about it, it's kinda messed up. And I'm not sure if Linux supports everything Windows supports. Probably not of course, but I can hope, right? There should be a standard or something, like Windows XP and Mac OS X, etc., made by one commercialized group who has total control, yet they should keep the beauty of how it's been developed up until now, if that's at all possible.