No, I'm quite happy about Exchange support -- it sucks having users demand you support IMAP so they can use their iPhones for email. My main point is they make poor business decisions, eventually they catch up but it usually takes time for them to come around. What about M4P files? You really think that'll last?
Hey, I never said their designs didn't kick ass. Besides, it's easy to gain market share when you you twist arms to upgrade and charge twice as much as an average PC. Not to mention (although I am) the fact that most of Apples market share has been derived from iPod sales -- Apple stock was less than $11 a share in December 2001.
Let us not forget that good business decisions do not get companies into situations where their #1 competitor bails them out ala 1997 Microsoft.
My point is variety is good but what purpose does the Mac serve? I mean if you want to be a hardcore admin then build some Linux boxes if you want to focus on business applications go with Windows. There was a time when graphic artists and publishers needed Macintosh, but that time is quickly fading into history.
I may be in the minority when it comes to OS preference and Slashdot but does no one recognize the fact that Apple has been making shitty business decisions that take years to work out if they ever do. What about their unwillingness to genericize their hardware? It took them 25+ years to standardize on an Intel chip? Really? (not to mention only Mac Zealots will extol the PowerPC chip). What about the iPhone lacking Exchange support? Real enterprise class, huh? The fact that the AirBook is not upgradeable (not to mention fucking expensive), the battery life sucks and guess what? It's soldered in.
What about the fact that end of life means end of life. I currently have an old PowerPC G4 with Jaguar on it and can't get much current software to run on it, and the kicker is that developers remove their old versions of the software so simple things like an FTP server (I'm not even going to get into the crappy UNIX "integration") -- A PSP is more useful than this thing.
I would upgrade it but guess what, the hardware won't support Leopard and what's the point of buying an old OS? I can't even get a Linux Live CD to operate dependably on the PowerBook.
I have clients that still run Windows95 and 98 (not that I agree with it) and they can readily find archives of older software and utilities. The point is old hardware, old OS still humming along.
I leave you with an aside and perhaps a post for later:
Without M$, no matter your opinion on the company, IT jobs would be a lot rarer and many of us would be in different industries. Switch that with Apple and the computer would probably be a specialist/hobbyist tool and there would probably not be a Mac on each desk and in each home.
Just for giggles my OS of preference is the Ubuntu Linux distro.
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No, I'm quite happy about Exchange support -- it sucks having users demand you support IMAP so they can use their iPhones for email. My main point is they make poor business decisions, eventually they catch up but it usually takes time for them to come around. What about M4P files? You really think that'll last?
Hey, I never said their designs didn't kick ass. Besides, it's easy to gain market share when you you twist arms to upgrade and charge twice as much as an average PC. Not to mention (although I am) the fact that most of Apples market share has been derived from iPod sales -- Apple stock was less than $11 a share in December 2001. Let us not forget that good business decisions do not get companies into situations where their #1 competitor bails them out ala 1997 Microsoft. My point is variety is good but what purpose does the Mac serve? I mean if you want to be a hardcore admin then build some Linux boxes if you want to focus on business applications go with Windows. There was a time when graphic artists and publishers needed Macintosh, but that time is quickly fading into history.
I may be in the minority when it comes to OS preference and Slashdot but does no one recognize the fact that Apple has been making shitty business decisions that take years to work out if they ever do. What about their unwillingness to genericize their hardware? It took them 25+ years to standardize on an Intel chip? Really? (not to mention only Mac Zealots will extol the PowerPC chip). What about the iPhone lacking Exchange support? Real enterprise class, huh? The fact that the AirBook is not upgradeable (not to mention fucking expensive), the battery life sucks and guess what? It's soldered in. What about the fact that end of life means end of life. I currently have an old PowerPC G4 with Jaguar on it and can't get much current software to run on it, and the kicker is that developers remove their old versions of the software so simple things like an FTP server (I'm not even going to get into the crappy UNIX "integration") -- A PSP is more useful than this thing. I would upgrade it but guess what, the hardware won't support Leopard and what's the point of buying an old OS? I can't even get a Linux Live CD to operate dependably on the PowerBook. I have clients that still run Windows95 and 98 (not that I agree with it) and they can readily find archives of older software and utilities. The point is old hardware, old OS still humming along. I leave you with an aside and perhaps a post for later: Without M$, no matter your opinion on the company, IT jobs would be a lot rarer and many of us would be in different industries. Switch that with Apple and the computer would probably be a specialist/hobbyist tool and there would probably not be a Mac on each desk and in each home. Just for giggles my OS of preference is the Ubuntu Linux distro.