AGoglanian said:i think it was great to see the emacs in so many schools though. despite how we may feel about them
Yeah, someone should mod a fast eMac into a G3 iMac case. That'd be worth it.
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Yeah, someone should mod a fast eMac into a G3 iMac case. That'd be worth it.
I hate the fact that all of their refurbished computers are almost as much as a new one! That blows.
My Tiger installation seems to have a fair few niggling but minor bugs. Things like bluetooth menu icon continually disappearing, speaker balance keeps changing etc. I hope things like this are not passed onto 10.5.
They're a little slow with software/application updates but I'm hoping this is because they're busy tying up loose ends and developing new things for Leopard.
They're a little slow with software/application updates but I'm hoping this is because they're busy tying up loose ends and developing new things for Leopard.
The only thing I dont like about Apple is the way they release products. But after coming to macrumors its alot easier to time your purchases.
My MacBook Pro.
They forgot to fix the thing they were supposed to fix and the computer was out for ten days.
I'm dropping it off again tonight before I leave on vacation. Hopefully it'll be fixed by the time I get back (seven days).
And their failure to acknowledge some of their mistakes, like the whine (they have admitted it, but very late).
The last thing would have to be how they dropped an S-Video adapter in the MBP so I have to buy an S-Video adapter. But that's a very minor problem.
They forgot to fix the thing they were supposed to fix and the computer was out for ten days.
I'm dropping it off again tonight before I leave on vacation. Hopefully it'll be fixed by the time I get back (seven days).
And their failure to acknowledge some of their mistakes, like the whine (they have admitted it, but very late).
The last thing would have to be how they dropped an S-Video adapter in the MBP so I have to buy an S-Video adapter. But that's a very minor problem.
I would like to see an AppleCare for cosmetic defects. Staining(pitting) on my PB is going to drive me insane.
Mighty Mouse is no good. Some interesting stuff, but ultimately form stomped over function.
Expensive RAM. I'll pay a premium for "Apple Ram" just to have it nice and installed for me, and so AppleCare doesn't get on my back about it - but the current premiums are ridiculous.
Ever since switching to Apple, my work productivity has dropped because I read sties like MacRumors. Then with the little money I make, I go buy shiny things from Apple. It's a vicious progression.
Mighty Mouse is no good. Some interesting stuff, but ultimately form stomped over function.
Expensive RAM. I'll pay a premium for "Apple Ram" just to have it nice and installed for me, and so AppleCare doesn't get on my back about it - but the current premiums are ridiculous.
Ever since switching to Apple, my work productivity has dropped because I read sties like MacRumors. Then with the little money I make, I go buy shiny things from Apple. It's a vicious progression.
All stlye, zero practicality, with the exception of the new Mac Pro, the pictures of that things insides would make any engineer cum.
Seriously they should be easier for users to service themselves, and be more durable. COUGH THINKPAD COUGH
Seriously they should be easier for users to service themselves, and be more durable. COUGH THINKPAD COUGH
iHotu said:
What's so bad about that, sounds reasonable to me. Unless you were under warranty and they made you pay regardless.
1) By far my biggest complaint is the lack of a "real" 2 button mouse and/or trackpad. Although I have gotten used to the 2-fingers-on-the-trackpad-right-click-cludge they came up with.
2) The lack of product between the iMac and the MacPro. There are alot of people who would like a new desktop machine but don't want a built-in monitor to come with it. So its either a Mini or the huge jump to the Pro.
3) No Apple Store within 3 hours of me.
2) The lack of product between the iMac and the MacPro. There are alot of people who would like a new desktop machine but don't want a built-in monitor to come with it. So its either a Mini or the huge jump to the Pro.
3) No Apple Store within 3 hours of me.
1. form overriding function
2. aesthetics - oooh, white plastic. That's just better in every way than, uh, black and gray plastic.
3. the cult
4. useless new features of OSes. I want something stripped down that just works. I don't need Dashboard or Time Machine or Stationery or making Mail into a bad imitation of MS Outlook circa 1975.
5. Rigidly controlled product lines, introductions, etc. - I want to be sold a product that will be used. I do not need to be sold a lifestyle. White earbuds are not my life.
6. Branding - the 1984 ad is ironic given that Apple has taken branding and groupthink to scary, scary levels that turn me off.
7. the hardware tax - I know, I know, someone will say that the prices are fine for equivalent products (partially true), but that's the thing: Apple only has two real desktops. There are no 'equivalents' to a mid-range or upper-mid range PC, so you're forced to shell out more for features you don't need to get the few you do.
8. 'the Genius Bar' - why always staffed with morons?
9. Applecare.
10. Qaulity control, quality control, quality control and a systemic refusal to admit to problems that exist.
11. Apple Stores only appear in the yuppiest of neighborhoods. I'd browse your wares far more often if it didn't require spending time in gentrification city, Steve-O.
There are more. I dislike more about Apple than I like about it, but I'll put up with it because Windows gets in my way a helluva lot more and Linux doesn't do what I need.
This, of course, is why all the fanboy dreams of a user-installable OS X (allowing Apple to TAKE OVER THE WORLD with OS market share) would never work - because Apple hardware wouldn't sell.
2. aesthetics - oooh, white plastic. That's just better in every way than, uh, black and gray plastic.
3. the cult
4. useless new features of OSes. I want something stripped down that just works. I don't need Dashboard or Time Machine or Stationery or making Mail into a bad imitation of MS Outlook circa 1975.
5. Rigidly controlled product lines, introductions, etc. - I want to be sold a product that will be used. I do not need to be sold a lifestyle. White earbuds are not my life.
6. Branding - the 1984 ad is ironic given that Apple has taken branding and groupthink to scary, scary levels that turn me off.
7. the hardware tax - I know, I know, someone will say that the prices are fine for equivalent products (partially true), but that's the thing: Apple only has two real desktops. There are no 'equivalents' to a mid-range or upper-mid range PC, so you're forced to shell out more for features you don't need to get the few you do.
8. 'the Genius Bar' - why always staffed with morons?
9. Applecare.
10. Qaulity control, quality control, quality control and a systemic refusal to admit to problems that exist.
11. Apple Stores only appear in the yuppiest of neighborhoods. I'd browse your wares far more often if it didn't require spending time in gentrification city, Steve-O.
There are more. I dislike more about Apple than I like about it, but I'll put up with it because Windows gets in my way a helluva lot more and Linux doesn't do what I need.
This, of course, is why all the fanboy dreams of a user-installable OS X (allowing Apple to TAKE OVER THE WORLD with OS market share) would never work - because Apple hardware wouldn't sell.
GooMan said:1) By far my biggest complaint is the lack of a "real" 2 button mouse and/or trackpad. Although I have gotten used to the 2-fingers-on-the-trackpad-right-click-cludge they came up with.
2) The lack of product between the iMac and the MacPro. There are alot of people who would like a new desktop machine but don't want a built-in monitor to come with it. So its either a Mini or the huge jump to the Pro.
3) No Apple Store within 3 hours of me.
I agree with the second one!
milozauckerman said:
My iBook, iMac and MacBook are quite functional, thank you.
milozauckerman said:
How does this matter? Who cares what colors they are?
milozauckerman said:
What cult?
milozauckerman said:
Useless to you. When you become the majority of Apple's users, then they might listen.
milozauckerman said:
You're buying a product and the 'lifestyle.' And you don't have to use the white earbuds, you know. Third-party ones do work.
milozauckerman said:
So you expect them to become generic and bland?
milozauckerman said:
If you can come up with a machine for Apple that won't cannabalize iMac or Mac Pro sales, I'm sure they'd love to have it.
milozauckerman said:
Morons? Evidence? Maybe just the staff at your Apple Store aren't that smart. But, of course, if it's like that at your store, obviously it's like that at every store, right? </sarcasm>
milozauckerman said:
What about it? When my iPod died, I sent it back to AppleCare and got a brand-new one in less than a week. Quick, fast service, no questions asked.
milozauckerman said:
Apple has excellent quality control. The 'problems' you refer to have been blown extremely out of proportion. It's not that they don't exist, it's just that they don't exist to the extent the Internet makes it appear.
milozauckerman said:
Waaah, waaah waaah. Maybe you should contact Apple and ask them to put a store in a ghetto. Will that work for you?
What's Apple's real problem? Being made up of fallable humans, just like every other corporation on Earth.
I have to agree on this one. In a lot of ways I actually like 10.3 better than 10.4 for this reason. While some of 10.4's features are great (I do like Dashboard, but could easily live without it), it seems like some of the quality control went out the window. I would like to see more of the "rock-soild" and less of the flashy new features.milozauckerman said:
baleensavage said:
Let's be serious, from a company who shows off Core Animation as a feature, you know they care about making their OS the shinnest of the land.
Mackilroy said:
Actually milozauckerman has good points on both of these. If Apple really wants to increase their market share they need a midrange desktop. All-in-ones and compact computers just don't cut it for everyone. I have no interest in an iMac and in no way can I afford a MacPro, nor do I need that kind of processing power. Its all about upgradability. I want a computer that I can expand, put a couple of hard drives in, throw in some PCI cards, but I dont need a 3 ghz Xeon.
As for the Apple stores, the nearest one to me is 5 hours away. Enough said.
Most of the other stuff I disagree with, but those points do have validity.