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A Brief History of Features Apple Has Killed

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the or-you-might-be-a-fanboi dept.

Technologizer writes "Some folks are outraged over the lack of FireWire in the new MacBook released this week. But Apple wouldn't be Apple if it didn't move faster than any other computer company to kill technologies that may be past their prime. And history usually validates its decisions. We've posted a decade's worth of examples that prove the point."

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  1. Re:Yeah, USB on the iMac was a good choice by Goaway · · Score: 1, Troll

    A quick web search tells me the cheapest Vista upgrade is $100, while the cheapest Leopard version is $129. This is "2-3x" now?

  2. I'm sure they have $50... by Rix · · Score: 1, Troll

    For a PCI or CardBus ieee1397 card.

    For the 99.999% of the rest of us who never had a use for it in the first place, this cumulatively saves a lot more than $50.

    1. Re:I'm sure they have $50... by Toll_Free · · Score: 0, Troll

      So basically, it's a low end laptop that doesn't have the features anymore.

      Why are we arguing / debating the featureset of an entry level computer?

      I'm FUCKING pissed my XBOX has no 1394 connection.

      --Toll_Free

  3. Re:Outrage! by master5o1 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Apple doesn't need to give away 8" things to keep their user base happy. Doing so would just reinforce the `mac users are gay` stereotype. Of course, we all know that mac users would just love to get their hands on any 8" that Apple would give them.

    --
    signature is pants
  4. Re:audio recording by Toll_Free · · Score: 0, Troll

    If you can't afford your hobby, get a new one.

    Everyone isn't "entitled", my friend. If you can't afford something, you do without.

    I have the technology, intelligence and everything but the money to build a monster nitromethane powered dragster.

    I can't afford 5 dollars a minute to idle the fucking thing, though. Hence I have NOS injection on a smallblock. Am I bitter about it? NO. Do I think that Ford OWES me the Nitromethane conversion? NOPE.

    Nitrous Oxide actually helps combustion on a diesel engine, lowers EGT, lowers emissions, etc. Do I think that Dodge OWES me a nitrous kit for my truck? NOPE. Do I think Snow Performance owes me a methanol kit for the truck, nope.

    Self entitlement of this generation is total, utter and complete bullshit. Want firewire (or anything else Apple deems not important enough for YOUR price point), GET SOMETHING ELSE, OR GET A NEW HOBBY.

    --Toll_Free