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I think the point is many users have a monitor, keyboard and mouse, so for them a Mac Mini has a purpose.
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Apple's Greatest Mistakes of All Time
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They sell Apple's at Best Buy
I think the point is many users have a monitor, keyboard and mouse, so for them a Mac Mini has a purpose.
Then take up the Commodore Vic-20, or the Amiga. That'll make you about as different as different can be.
They sell Apple's at Best Buy
I think the point is many users have a monitor, keyboard and mouse, so for them a Mac Mini has a purpose.
He he, I absolutely agree.
However, being a one laptop-kind of guy, sometimes I wonder if I should go for a decent desktop. Now, I can do my work on my MBP just fine (I do audio, write and "stuff"), but I would really like to have a desktop with a fast _and_ big HDD, and certainly with better specs overall than my 2.33GHz MBP.
And this is where I hit a brick wall with apple products. I can either:
a) buy a laptop-in-a-shoebox, having _less_ expansion, much less speed, and generally butt-slow performance.
b) buy an all-in-one like the iMac. Now, anothe reason for wanting a desktop is, to me, getting an external screen while having most accessories and cables hidden away. With the iMac, this is not a solution. I could just well raise my laptop then (apart for the screen size, of course).
OR, I could:
c) buy a Mac Pro. Which, frankly, is horrendously overkill, a waste of power, a waste of money, not to mention, a huge waste of space.
Now, I know for a fact, that I won't be buying another Apple computer soon (I'm going hackintosh through a Thinkpad), but I have a hard time believing that there aren't a lot of people with about the same needs and wants as me.
I know, I know, you didn't claim anything opposite of what I do your post just got me thinking, that's all.
Jimmy, that's it. I dislike America and most Americans now even though I have some American friends (they are an exception). The American society is nothing but based on aggression, fear and celebrity bimbo. They have little history and can be the most mean, loud-mouth, arrogant and obnoxious people on this Earth.
There, I feel better now.
Any ways, I will stop this arguing with you now. You win this case because I have little energy arguing with you now.
adorable. Because I'm a little more well informed than you you now hate the country I currently reside in? I'm glad I finally met my goal.
Jimmy, that's it. I dislike America and most Americans now even though I have some American friends (they are an exception). The American society is nothing but based on aggression, fear and celebrity bimbo. They have little history and can be the most mean, loud-mouth, arrogant and obnoxious people on this Earth.
There, I feel better now.
Any ways, I will stop this arguing with you now. You win this case because I have little energy arguing with you now.
Wow, generalize much?
I'm sure it has already been mentioned in this thread but it so annoys me that I am taking the risk of possible beheading, by mentioning it again (and again if I have to!)
WHY O WHY are there only 2 USB slots on the MBP 15"?
It's a shame that for the price I paid I still have to get extra equipment in order to have more USB entries...
Shame shame shame...
Love my MBP though and would not change it for any other notebook
I have to agree; the lack of proper amount and style of ports is annoying. It's ridiculous that on my $1000 PC, I have 3 USB ports, but if I want an Apple laptop (which I do in the future) I have to spend $2800 for the same number of USB ports. Besides, I don't want a 17" computer with three USB, I want a 15" with three USB without having to buy a hub. Also, I think maybe one of those things that reads SD cards being built in would be good for photo professionals.
So how do all Americans conform to your idea of them? Unless you've met every American in the world, you're not qualified to make a remark like that. Seems very small minded of you. You don't see me making blanket comments about everybody from where you're from.
The topic is "Apple's Greatest Mistakes of All Time," which is not the same as "things which annoy me personally."
Well, I just think it's a bad idea of Apple's to not put enough ports on certain computers (or under power them for the price-that's a topic for another thread though). I think they lose some business by not doing that, though you're right, it's not their "greatest mistake."
However, people deviate from the original topic of the thread all the time; I made a thread a few days ago that started out with people answering the question; unfortunately, there is little more than discussion about part of the topic, as opposed to people answering the original topic. Like someone said in that very thread, it's a public forum, not a survey; people are going to talk about other things than just the original topic. That's just how life is.
Sure people drift off topic all the time, but that's no reason to not remind them what the topic was supposed to be when it happens.
The fact is, probably dozens of threads get started every week about people's various pet peeves. This thread was about something else.
The fact is, probably dozens of threads get started every week about people's various pet peeves. This thread was about something else.
Greatest mistake ever... Hmmmm... I second or third or fourth (or whichever number of person I am to do this) the Pippen.
lol, at first I thought I misunderstood you, as I really hate the introduced isight on their "pro" laptops.
Then I realised you meant the original isight, the external FW-thingy.
To all that hate on poor pippin
The Pippin was ahead of its time. Microsoft jacked pippen's greatness. For example watch this youtube video and you will understand. Also, it is really really scary how this promo is like the iphone SDK opening speech. They should of called the Iphone Pippen 2. Poor Pippen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLf_uqhVA0k&feature=related
The Pippin was ahead of its time. Microsoft jacked pippen's greatness. For example watch this youtube video and you will understand. Also, it is really really scary how this promo is like the iphone SDK opening speech. They should of called the Iphone Pippen 2. Poor Pippen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLf_uqhVA0k&feature=related
wow you clearly have no understanding of processors and their designs yet you are quick to say the move to intel was the worst apple has ever done
why do you hate intel so much? seriously? they offer so much more than ibm was. were you not around when ppc updates were far and few between?
it is ALL about the os, not the hardware. as long as the hardware is quaity, i could care less if "pc's" use the same thing
did you hate apple when they used ppc, they shared the same screens, hd's, ram, optical drives, and various other compoents? yet only the processor defines the mac huh?
you need to have factual evidence and know what you are talking about rather than spout fanboy comments
I personally feel the switch to intel was the among the BEST things apple has ever done along with os x and the resurgance of apple with the imacseriously some people...
i think the worst thing apple has ever done was make itself into a religion to some people (or would that be under things that annoy me the most lol)
