Such is the way of the newbie. I hate the fact the same questions crop up over and over again each week because nobody does a search, I can't come to these boards everyday because of the insane amounts of reoccurring questions.
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Such is the way of the newbie. I hate the fact the same questions crop up over and over again each week because nobody does a search, I can't come to these boards everyday because of the insane amounts of reoccurring questions.
Indeed. I've taken to closing the "I just got a MacBook, what software should I get?" threads just to try to remove the clutter.
"Apple lied to me!! I bought a 160 GB Hard Drive and it only has 157.8 GB of space!!! I want a refund and a new computer that actually works!!!!!"
Stupidest statment from Mac users? How about...
"The first 30 years were just the beginning... welcome to 2007"
"Redmond, start your photocopiers"
"Just one more sleepless night"
This is the number one thing that annoys me about Apple. They can sometimes seem so smug and up themselves and think the whole computing/music world revolves around them. And that attitude is showing more and more lately, in those tv ads and the last WWDC with all the Vista bashing. I want to like Apple but with that kind of attitude it just really puts me off them.
"The first 30 years were just the beginning... welcome to 2007"
"Redmond, start your photocopiers"
"Just one more sleepless night"
This is the number one thing that annoys me about Apple. They can sometimes seem so smug and up themselves and think the whole computing/music world revolves around them. And that attitude is showing more and more lately, in those tv ads and the last WWDC with all the Vista bashing. I want to like Apple but with that kind of attitude it just really puts me off them.
Those statements can seem kind of arrogant sometimes, but those were from Apple, not "Mac users." I think that stuff can be okay at something like WWDC, I mean, if you're a Mac developer, it's nice to have a little fun with the opposition. It's not like the main consumer audience is paying attention to WWDC. I know what you mean though, sometimes I think Apple pushes it too far.
yes, too far, way too far, many times untrue, especially they are running ads about mac can run office suites. lol, what if redmond pull all office:mac?
yes, too far, way too far, many times untrue, especially they are running ads about mac can run office suites. lol, what if redmond pull all office:mac?
The only people that actually care / complain about "how far" Apple is "pushing it" is people who actually care about their computers. So, what is that, like 2% of the world?
I think most of the general population either doesn't care at all, or finds the ads slightly funny, in a calm sort of way.
Really I think it's just people on Mac forums who recently bought their first Mac and don't want to admit they've wasted a good amount of their computing life on PCs. Nobody else takes it seriously. It's just advertising. And isn't that what all advertising is? One company saying their products are better than the other? What do you people expect, Apple to say "Yes, PCs are great, and we're just as great, and everything is great, so if you ever feel like it, try a Mac." Get off this nonsense...
Just earlier...
"If I buy an iPod used from eBay instead of one from Apple, can I still hook it up to my G3?"
"If I buy an iPod used from eBay instead of one from Apple, can I still hook it up to my G3?"
"Have you repaired permissions?"
I'll go with that one. Somehow, people seem to thing that this utility is "the magic cure-all". A handy utility? yes, but a magic cure-all? No.
i can't stand when newbies come in and feel the need to bash Windows or Dell, or such... i mean, i'm sure you like apple and mac, but you really don't have to do that.
if a newbie post a thread and ask for help and such, and uses terms such as 'windose" or "winblows"... it just takes all my willingness for help away...thats when you will find my post unnecessarily unhelpful
if a newbie post a thread and ask for help and such, and uses terms such as 'windose" or "winblows"... it just takes all my willingness for help away...thats when you will find my post unnecessarily unhelpful
Actually, I had a customer whose white MacBook died after ~30 seconds. Turned out to be a logicboard problem. The genius bar guys probably figured it was the same issue... although you're right, they should have plugged it in first. Just saying that it isn't completely irrational for them to have thought to ship it off.
My current favorite Mac (l)user quote:
"So, I can't get an Airport signal but my phone has three bars... do you know why that is?"
My current favorite Mac (l)user quote:
"So, I can't get an Airport signal but my phone has three bars... do you know why that is?"
LMAO 
People can be so smug in their own comfort zones. I like to think that i don't ask really banal questions about my computer, but I'm always astounded by some of the nonsense about health that I'm asked by people.
Although my favourite question from anyone was actually on teh subject of my being a twin, and it was "so are you psychic then?" At that moment psychotic might have been more descriptive.
Although my favourite question from anyone was actually on teh subject of my being a twin, and it was "so are you psychic then?" At that moment psychotic might have been more descriptive.
Especially when the person is asking what they should buy for their grandmother who wants to send e-mails to her grandkids and "maybe surf the web."
Or when someone asks if they need more RAM and people give them answers without even bothering to consider their page-out status.
There should be a special place reserved in hell for everyone who recommends product specs to n00b buyers without making any consideration of their actual intended usage profile.
Especially when the person is asking what they should buy for their grandmother who wants to send e-mails to her grandkids and "maybe surf the web."
Or when someone asks if they need more RAM and people give them answers without even bothering to consider their page-out status.
There should be a special place reserved in hell for everyone who recommends product specs to n00b buyers without making any consideration of their actual intended usage profile.
Let's leave hell for Lay, Bush, Rumsfeld, oil CEO's and the rest of those who predate society, not those who try to help and do not always get it right.
