On Nov 1, 2004, at 6:19 PM, Nicholas Bolibruch wrote:
quoted 1 line I dislike Apple for compatibility reasons.> I dislike Apple for compatibility reasons.
Name me some of your "compatibility reasons", please. I use both
Windows and Macintosh and frankly I haven't really come across any of
your "compatibility reasons" yet. In fact, I find that Windows (or
rather, Microsoft software) is generally less compatible than Macintosh
and *Nix is. More Microsoft formats are closed-source, proprietary
than Apple. Especially now that Apple's operating system is based on
Unix and runs atop an open source platform.
quoted 7 lines I dislike the theme of Apple being the god-send of a corporation with a> I dislike the theme of Apple being the god-send of a corporation with a
> mission to crush evil Microsoft. But if they were in a similiar
> situation as Microsoft, they would be acting in a similiar manner -
> just
> like every company does. (if not even worse - since Steve Jobs is
> somewhat fucked up, if the movie Pirates of Silicon Valley portrays him
> accurately at all)
The only theme of "Apple being the god-send of a corporation with a
mission to crush evil Microsoft" is in your head. Nowhere has Apple
stated that that's their "theme". You have a problem with a certain
minority of vocal Apple users, not Apple itself, it sounds.
quoted 10 lines I dislike Apple because I associate their products to premium products> I dislike Apple because I associate their products to premium products
> that do not provide any additional functionality than commodity
> products. (this can be very subjective obviously - but really I have no
> personal use for the apparent advantages OS X provides, or any other
> Apple product) This is especially true for the fact that I cannot
> afford
> to pay a premium on any of their products - I would much rather go with
> a cheaper unpopular competitive product. Technology and consumer
> devices are expensive and if I can "trim the fat" I will certainly do
> so.
The Apple eMac is $799, including monitor (well, it's all built-in to
the monitor). The Apple iBook starts at only $999. What was this
premium you were referring to again? :)
quoted 4 lines I dislike Apple for the fanboy/girls need to act as if Apple is the> I dislike Apple for the fanboy/girls need to act as if Apple is the
> only
> innovative company in the world and that everyone is simply copying
> them.
There's fanboys for every OS. You can't blame the company and or
larger platform just because a few users are idiots. I don't think
that's very fair, do you?
quoted 1 line I dislike Apple for their support of DRM.> I dislike Apple for their support of DRM.
Every online music store to my knowledge uses DRM. Except maybe some
marginal ones. DRM is unfortunately a necessary evil. Because, as we
see with stuff like Kazaa and Soulseek, a lot of people will ruin a
good thing. Apple wasn't the one that wanted to use DRM, it was the
labels. Do you REALLY think the labels would let the music be released
without DRM?
Secondly, the DRM is mostly transparent. You can burn unlimited CD-Rs
of the music you buy on iTunes Music Store. You can copy the tracks to
an unlimited amount of iPods. You can also copy the music to up to
FIVE computers you own (or your work computers), including both Mac or
PC. You can stream the music to your friends/family on your network.
I don't find the store that restrictive at all (although to be honest,
I don't use it much since I still prefer to buy music on CD).
If you don't like DRM, then don't use the music store. Simple as that.
It's just one small aspect of Apple as a business.
quoted 1 line I dislike Steve Jobs for his "reality-distortion field".> I dislike Steve Jobs for his "reality-distortion field".
He's a salesman. I think his "reality-distortion field" is kinda funny
myself. If nothing else, you gotta admit that Steve Jobs has changed
the computer industry... numerous times.
quoted 3 lines I dislike Apple for their fanboy/girls and their need to defend Apple> I dislike Apple for their fanboy/girls and their need to defend Apple
> on
> every negative comment about Apple or Steve Jobs.
Just like you're making disparaging comments about Apple just now? And
for the record, I'm a Windows user, too... so don't try lumping me in
to your little categories.
quoted 12 lines NOTE:> NOTE:
> I dislike Microsoft even more and for completely different reasons than
> Apple, and I would probably encourage people who have the money to
> purchase an Apple computer if they weren't using it to just play games.
> I even like OS X! The above reasons are similiar reasons to why I also
> hate the whole nVidia vs. ATi fanboyism. I personally use Linux on
> commodity PC hardware - but I'm not going to preach to you about it -
> especially since I know there's hundreds of other Linux geeks who have
> lost touch with reality long ago that feel the need to preach anyway.
> So if someone hates company XYZ without stating any reason and are not
> on the subject of attacking company XYZ, please just accept it and move
> on with your lives.
Well said. I enjoyed your post, btw. I mean no disrespect or
animosity in my reply. I just though I'd clarify a different point of
view. I respect your opinion on the matter and you're certainly
entitled to everything you said.
--
Mr. Tangent [the binary police]
www.mrtangent.com
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