And the iPod was launched, what, six or seven years before the iPhone? And we all remember the reaction to it here...
People nowadays expect Apple to 'invent' something revolutionary every goddamn year and say stuff like "they don't seem to be inventing anything new or creating any new markets". My point is, they weren't that busy with it before either. And they very rarely invent in the proper sense of the word, even though they do innovate.
Clearly we must live in a different social setting, never seen a custom cover (the actual casing of the phone to be precise) on an Android phone. And there are many of those in my circle of friends. Maybe they're popular with teenagers. Protective covers was all I found at dealextreme, and you can get those for iPhones as well.
Custom ringtones and logos/wallpapers have been around for over a decade. There's nothing new about them. It's a huge stretch to call them "killer features" in 2011. As for stock ringtones, I still hear the Nokia tune many times per day, and the owners of those phones are aged anything between 20 and 100. Some people just don't care.
I liked the old MIlitary icon, it being a geeky reference to 300 and "SPARTAAAA!!!" The new shiny icon looks like a weird hybrid between a Hellenian and a Roman helmet.
"Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?"
"I think so Brain, but I can't be sure... That magnet has temporarily inactivated my pondering section."
"Why wouldn't you release the iPhone, a beefed up iPod + phone service, which gives you much larger profit margins, and having everyone who bought an iPod upgrade for a significant extra outlay? I'm confused."
Exactly. Not releasing the iPhone because of fear of iPod cannibalization would be the conservative, traditional decision. But Apple is bold enough to recognize the fact that eventually somebody would make a product that's better or 'hotter' than the iPod. So why wouldn't Apple make an iPod killer itself?
1. Guest account bug that wipes ALL the user's data
Sure, that's bad. However, how widespread was it? Did the bug appear when installing the OS 'as usual'?
2. All the bugs plaguing the system that should "just work" on a platform with a small known set of hardware. Very weak.
No software will ever be 100% free of bugs. I have encountered fewer hardware-related bugs while using a Mac than I did when I used Windows.
3. Vastly inferior library available of software compared to Windows
Vastly smaller, obviously yes for obvious reasons. Inferior? How?
4. Lack of choice. Choice to run on any hardware you please.
This is only valid if you actually want the choice. If you do, of course you won't get a Mac. Having had fiddling around with hardware as my hobby for many years (and as my every day nuisance amidst my every day computer usage), I finally made the choice to move to a platform where fiddling isn't required. Instead the computer mostly does what I expect it to do when I do my daily tasks with it. Just like any household device. It isn't perfect, but it's better than my previous computer.
The other side of the choice coin is uncertainty about proper function of the hardware. It's not Microsoft's fault (how could they know what kind of crap people cram into their boxes?), and like you said, there are hardware problems on the Mac side of things, too. Just less in general, though.
I like the clickwheel as much as the next Machead, but there's one really, really stupid thing about iPod usability: you shut it down by holding down 'play'. That's just as bad as shutting down your computer by clicking 'Start'. Why not the center button? Why? Did Steve have a brain fart when he approved this?
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And the iPod was launched, what, six or seven years before the iPhone? And we all remember the reaction to it here...
People nowadays expect Apple to 'invent' something revolutionary every goddamn year and say stuff like "they don't seem to be inventing anything new or creating any new markets". My point is, they weren't that busy with it before either. And they very rarely invent in the proper sense of the word, even though they do innovate.
"[...]they don't seem to be inventing anything new or creating any new markets."
Isn't this what people have been saying about Apple for the last 30+ years or so?
Bah. Beethoven's 6th all the way.
You are an idiot.
Starting off with an insult, always a good sign.
Could have been worse, like "your an idiot".
Let me put it this way. Windows has "DLL hell", Linux has "dependency hell" and the mac and iOS have ... ?
OS X has plist hell. It might not be as bad as DLL or dependency hell though.
ShareMeNot for Firefox removes the Like buttons and its ilk. It also prevents Facebook, Google+ and the rest from tracking you.
Clearly we must live in a different social setting, never seen a custom cover (the actual casing of the phone to be precise) on an Android phone. And there are many of those in my circle of friends. Maybe they're popular with teenagers. Protective covers was all I found at dealextreme, and you can get those for iPhones as well.
Custom ringtones and logos/wallpapers have been around for over a decade. There's nothing new about them. It's a huge stretch to call them "killer features" in 2011. As for stock ringtones, I still hear the Nokia tune many times per day, and the owners of those phones are aged anything between 20 and 100. Some people just don't care.
Covers. Ringtones. Logos. Posting from the year 2001 are you? That 'personalize' strategy seems to work so damn well for Nokia right now...
Haven't seen custom covers for Android phones BTW.
Nah, you can also get a 15-incher with a matte screen, but not a 13".
Nah. It's gonna be the Brown Bowl of Death.
I liked the old MIlitary icon, it being a geeky reference to 300 and "SPARTAAAA!!!" The new shiny icon looks like a weird hybrid between a Hellenian and a Roman helmet.
"Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?"
"I think so Brain, but I can't be sure... That magnet has temporarily inactivated my pondering section."
I lol'd. The best use of Soviet Russia in a long time. Here, 1 & 1/3 internets to you, good sir.
Why choose between AC and DC? Something wrong with AC/DC?
"Why wouldn't you release the iPhone, a beefed up iPod + phone service, which gives you much larger profit margins, and having everyone who bought an iPod upgrade for a significant extra outlay? I'm confused."
Exactly. Not releasing the iPhone because of fear of iPod cannibalization would be the conservative, traditional decision. But Apple is bold enough to recognize the fact that eventually somebody would make a product that's better or 'hotter' than the iPod. So why wouldn't Apple make an iPod killer itself?
He used the words "19th century" and "regulations" in the same sentence..?
ROFL. This is like a battle between the Good Twin and the Evil Twin, Dark Side vs. Light Side and so on...
(For the Germanly challenged: 'Salzberg' literally means 'salt mountain', while 'Zuckerberg' is 'sugar mountain'!)
It's actually Game Over for Earth in some 500 million – 1 billion years, thanks to our own Sun getting more luminous.
As a side note: banks are already paying back nice chunks of TARP money, and the gummint might actually get back more than they originally gave them.
Biden? He's goofy, but not stupid. Palin is scary. A she-Bush on steroids. (Or should I say estrogen?)
You know you're really becoming evil when a Mozilla guy encourages people to switch to MS from your search engine.
The funny thing is, I read that part and actually interpreted it correctly without first noticing what nonsense it is.
1. Guest account bug that wipes ALL the user's data
Sure, that's bad. However, how widespread was it? Did the bug appear when installing the OS 'as usual'?
2. All the bugs plaguing the system that should "just work" on a platform with a small known set of hardware. Very weak.
No software will ever be 100% free of bugs. I have encountered fewer hardware-related bugs while using a Mac than I did when I used Windows.
3. Vastly inferior library available of software compared to Windows
Vastly smaller, obviously yes for obvious reasons. Inferior? How?
4. Lack of choice. Choice to run on any hardware you please.
This is only valid if you actually want the choice. If you do, of course you won't get a Mac. Having had fiddling around with hardware as my hobby for many years (and as my every day nuisance amidst my every day computer usage), I finally made the choice to move to a platform where fiddling isn't required. Instead the computer mostly does what I expect it to do when I do my daily tasks with it. Just like any household device. It isn't perfect, but it's better than my previous computer.
The other side of the choice coin is uncertainty about proper function of the hardware. It's not Microsoft's fault (how could they know what kind of crap people cram into their boxes?), and like you said, there are hardware problems on the Mac side of things, too. Just less in general, though.
Sooo, because Apple brainwashed me with their superior marketing and shiny toys, I chose to switch to a Mac from Windows.
And because of Apple's superior marketing, they brainwashed me to believe that my user experience and productivity is much better in OS X.
Of course, it really isn't. It's just marketing and Teh Shiny looks. Now mod me insightful.
I like the clickwheel as much as the next Machead, but there's one really, really stupid thing about iPod usability: you shut it down by holding down 'play'. That's just as bad as shutting down your computer by clicking 'Start'. Why not the center button? Why? Did Steve have a brain fart when he approved this?
"In Windows it's always Tools->Options."
Not at all. Edit->Preferences, View->Settings, File->Properties, Options->whatever etc...