These are the reasons I blog about Apple Inc...

[anjinha]

I thought it was nice to see a positive article instead of the usual complaining:

I’ve spend a great amount of time over the last year wondering if we’re doing the right thing here at Macgasm. Are we covering a genre that will be successful, or would we be better served jumping on some other popular bandwagon. Over the last couple of months I’ve been pretty resolute about my decision. So, I thought I’d put together a quick list of the reasons that I absolutely love covering Apple and the world that surrounds it.

Article here.

 

[stridemat]

Nice article, refreshing to read something nice for a change. I enjoy the mac community too.

 

[dukebound85]

huh? theres too many "apple can do no wrong articles/posts" here as is

i want objective articles and sadly this isnt one

 

[thejadedmonkey]

huh? theres too many "apple can do no wrong articles/posts" here as is

i want objective articles and sadly this isnt one

Quit being a naysayer. This article doesn't touch on Apple as a corporation except to say that they make nice hardware - which they do. It may not always work, but when it does it's very nice.

The other thing is "Developers Developers Developers!", like Balmer likes to say. It seems like both sides can claim nice developers, and while I disagree about the application part - Windows has nice and free photoshop wannabe programs - it doesn't say "Apple can do no wrong", at worst it's just a biased opinion from someone who doesn't use Windows on a daily basis- or someone who did, but never bothered to try finding any alternative to Photoshop

 

[dukebound85]

Quit being a naysayer. This article doesn't touch on Apple as a corporation except to say that they make nice hardware - which they do. It may not always work, but when it does it's very nice.

The other thing is "Developers Developers Developers!", like Balmer likes to say. It seems like both sides can claim nice developers, and while I disagree about the application part - Windows has nice and free photoshop wannabe programs - it doesn't say "Apple can do no wrong", at worst it's just a biased opinion from someone who doesn't use Windows on a daily basis- or someone who did, but never bothered to try finding any alternative to Photoshop

the apple can do no wrong reference was directed at how the op said theres too many complaint threads. my point was to say there are equally as many praise apple threads

to say the apps, hardware, developers and community are better is subjective...hence why i said its not objective lol

pros and cons to each

I’ve never once been told by another user that I need to pay a consulting fee to get help, and I’ve certainly never been told to “RTFM” or “Google it” when I go looking for help

haha i see that ALL the time here

 

[djellison]

except to say that they make nice hardware - which they do.

I'd say it's no better than anyone else. It suffers, greatly, because of Steve Job's OCD of form over function. TWO frickin USB ports - that are too close together to be used simultaniously with anything other than just a USB cable. A display port adapter that costs >£60 and doesn't work. An LCD display on a £999 mac worse than a display on a £300 netbook. A power LED that spends its evenings flashing away "Look at me - I'm a mac - I'm getting brighter, now I'm getting dimmer again.....love me...please?" and the damn logo on the lid - I HATE it. If you've got bright sunshine, you can actually see it THROUGH your screen.

They may LOOK like. But I don't consider Mac's to be especially 'nice hardware'.

 

[anjinha]

@dukebound85

I certainly don't think Apple can do no wrong, but I am in an Apple forum because I like their products and I do think sometimes there are way too many complaint threads, specially after any Apple announcement.

 

[dukebound85]

@dukebound85

I certainly don't think Apple can do no wrong, but I am in an Apple forum because I like their products and I do think sometimes there are way too many complaint threads, specially after any Apple announcement.

haha i agree there

apple never gets it right after an announcement lol

 

[anjinha]

haha i agree there

apple never gets it right after an announcement lol

Exactly. Apple products are not perfect but sometimes it's nice to remember why we like them, instead of just focusing on what's wrong.