Is Apple Pushing Away Professionals?

Posted by Soulskill on Saturday October 15, 2011 @03:37AM from the nobody-works-in-a-post-pc-world dept.

Barence writes "Is Apple turning its back on professional users to focus on consumers? That's the argument in this article, which claims Apple is alienating the creative professionals who have supported the company for 20 years or more. Fury over the dumbing down of Final Cut Pro, Apple's refusal to sell non-glossy screens and poor value hardware is fueling anger from professional Mac users. 'People will get hacked off. I'm only Apple because I want the OS, but if I could come up with a 'Hackintosh' with OS X, I'd be so happy,' claims one audio professional."

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Re:Define professionals? by bonch · 2011-10-15 06:36 · Score: 1, Flamebait

How does a generic Apple-bashing post using terminology like "iSheep" get modded up as insightful? No examples are given of how you must be creative in the "Apple sanctioned way."

I refuse to buy an Apple product anymore because I am smart enough to make my own choices
This is the driving motivator behind Apple bashing. It's an attempt to convince yourself that you are so damn smart for not using something that's popular. You are the guy standing in the corner at the party, arms crossed and grumbling about how much smarter you are than the "sheep" while everyone else has fun.