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i'm not quite as anti apple as you. in the old days i used apple ii's or whatever they were, and then the classic macs with the tiny b/w screen, and at the time, whilst the screen was tiny, they were far better than pc's running msdos. they had the windows style GUI long before MS did. they just dropped the ball completely and let MS run all over them with windows, and they basically lost the computer market for goodOriginally Posted by Purple
i used imacs for a bit at work, and i hated them. apple fanboys used to laugh at windows because of the BSOD, but i had more problems using imacs than pc's. every day there was a problem with people not being able to open files that were sent to them, as they weren't compatible with mac, and the number of discs getting stuck in drives and all sorts of other stuff. they were really horrible. to be a mac fanboy you had to be kidding yourself
i later tried OSX as a hackintosh setup. i finally removed it from my laptop, as whilst it worked fine, it was just a bit pointless, as none of the programs i normally used had mac versions, and there weren't mac alternatives for them. the few things it did do weren't as well done on osx as windows. my summary was that if you just want to surf the web and use itunes and stuff, then osx is nice and basic and simple for doing that, so great for people who don't have a clue about computers, new users, old people, and kids. no use for work as it doesn't run any of the software i need for work. in the place that did use the imacs, they still had a pc as there wasn't a decent accounting or payroll program for it. i did make my netbook a hackintosh, and it's perfect for that. boots quick, i just use it for what a netbook is for, which is surfing the internet, and it's great for it. i've also got itunes and other stuff on, and it even plays 720p stuff perfectly, so it's good for showing off too. but even if i had the money, i wouldn't use osx over windows and wouldn't recommend anyone did unless they just want to surf the web and do basic stuff. if i had a macbook i would use windows on it most of the time, making having a macbook pointless. if i had the money i'd be better off with a laptop with a bluray drive
where they did go right was with the ipod, the just copied the idea from other people like creative, but did it a bit nicer. the downside was that you were kinda stuck with itunes for a while until replacements came out. you could then hack them and run rockbox and stuff and ipodlinux. i never got one as i got a 20gb archos with more space at less cost and i could drag and drop files, plus it was small and solid built. i did however get a ipod classic this week actually, which i'm using now as a portable HD filled with mp3s and portable apps to play the music on my pc at work. not quite what it was intended for, but after research there isn't another current provider that offers a decent alternative. mp3 players are either flash based with small capacity, or large size media players
with the original iphone, i went looking specifically to buy the best phone for internet use. i don't make many calls on my mobile, and sending texts was a PITA on a numberpad. getting emails would also be great, to save me looking online at work. the iphone just came out and i saw the morons jumping about like nuts after spending 14 months in line to be first to spend a fortune buying one and tied into a 27 year £70 CONtract. i said i'd never get one. but i went round the stores testing models and for internet use they just weren't quite right. small screens, numberpad input, etc. cost wasn't a particular concern if it was the right product. i wasn't going to spend daft money, but if one of the PDA style smartphones did it, then great, that's for me. but i tried those, and they were pretty crap. the sales guy then showed me his personal iphone, and within seconds i got to grips with it, it did just what i wanted it to do, i was surprised that the item i was set against was the item that was best for me. i didn't buy it straight away, i researched online, found i could hacktivate and jailbreak it, so buy it without a contract. apples fantastic modern itunes tying technique worked to my advantage and saved me money. it was cheaper to get the iphone than another smartphone. so i got it and it was great
when i saw the new version of the phone i wanted it straight away just cuz it looked cool. in the same way as i got my motorolla razor the day it was delivered to the store. i know it does everything my current phone does and more, including 3g which will benefit me, and the camera will be usable compared to the current phone. financially i can get about £150 for the current phone, so i only have to pay about £40 or so to upgrade the handset for the latest phone. i researched and kept an open mind to getting an iphone alternative, but the android phones have issues to, and people who moved from iphones say they just aren't as nice to use. if there was a better alternative i would go for it, but it seems to be a fact that the iphone is the best phone around for a large number of people, even those who may hate apple and everything they do. so for apple haters to buy iphones says a lot about the product
the simple fact is that there isn't another phone out there that does everything the iphone does and more, and does it as well as the iphone does, and that's what pushes people towards iphones. they have lower specs than some phones, but they have a more polished preferable user interface. what use is great specs if it's a pain to use them? apple make the products reasonably enjoyable to use and the specs aren't all that bad, perhaps a bit overpriced though. £100 for 16gb extra memory on the iphone? thats £80 more than it should be. i literally got a 120gb ipod classic for £100, brand new too
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£40 is ~ 5% which is a month (or 2) line rental!
