Comments on: The Apple Store: Where Intelligent People Go to Die http://technosailor.com/2007/09/13/the-apple-store-where-intelligent-people-go-to-die/ Web Technology and Real Life Merge Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:16:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0-alpha By: Chris http://technosailor.com/2007/09/13/the-apple-store-where-intelligent-people-go-to-die/comment-page-1/#comment-213364 Chris Sat, 17 May 2008 13:35:28 +0000 http://technosailor.com/the-apple-store-where-intelligent-people-go-to-die/#comment-213364 I have been using Apple products since 1997. They are by far the best products on the market to enjoy a rich and pleasant experience in the tech realm. Granted, any "New" technology will have it's shortcomings on the first debut, but such is the way of innovation. I broke free of "windows-bondage" a long time ago, and am now willingly addicted to things that just work! Apple blows away all other competition in the areas of Design, Ease-of-use, Efficiency, Simplicity, and Innovative products. I bought Leopard when it first came out and it worked perfectly straight out of the box, unlike other systems ie. XP, Vista...etc. I will continue to support Apple by purchasing their products, because quite frankly there's NONE better to support! I have been using Apple products since 1997. They are by far the best products on the market to enjoy a rich and pleasant experience in the tech realm. Granted, any “New” technology will have it’s shortcomings on the first debut, but such is the way of innovation.

I broke free of “windows-bondage” a long time ago, and am now willingly addicted to things that just work! Apple blows away all other competition in the areas of Design, Ease-of-use, Efficiency, Simplicity, and Innovative products.

I bought Leopard when it first came out and it worked perfectly straight out of the box, unlike other systems ie. XP, Vista…etc.

I will continue to support Apple by purchasing their products, because quite frankly there’s NONE better to support!

]]> By: mlankton http://technosailor.com/2007/09/13/the-apple-store-where-intelligent-people-go-to-die/comment-page-1/#comment-130219 mlankton Wed, 10 Oct 2007 15:24:46 +0000 http://technosailor.com/the-apple-store-where-intelligent-people-go-to-die/#comment-130219 I was firmly in the NeXT camp during the 90s, so I guess I didn't have too much choice but to go Mac after OS X was released. I will say this, those that have sat down and used a Mac at my house have unanimously voiced how much better they thought it was than a windows PC. What I like about it is a more sophisticated gui than you get with windows or xwindows, and BSD unix under the hood. In fact, the unix layer of OS X is way better than it ever was on NeXT. NeXT was also a BSD variant, but proprietary enough that getting unix source to build was a real pain. I could care less about upgraditis, that's one of the virtues of having a Mac. I used my PowerMac G4 for 3 years before I stepped up to a PowerMac G5, which I am using right now. I never owned a PC longer than 18 months. I'll upgrade to an Intel Mac when I'm forced to because of application support. I was firmly in the NeXT camp during the 90s, so I guess I didn’t have too much choice but to go Mac after OS X was released.
I will say this, those that have sat down and used a Mac at my house have unanimously voiced how much better they thought it was than a windows PC. What I like about it is a more sophisticated gui than you get with windows or xwindows, and BSD unix under the hood. In fact, the unix layer of OS X is way better than it ever was on NeXT. NeXT was also a BSD variant, but proprietary enough that getting unix source to build was a real pain.

I could care less about upgraditis, that’s one of the virtues of having a Mac. I used my PowerMac G4 for 3 years before I stepped up to a PowerMac G5, which I am using right now. I never owned a PC longer than 18 months.

I’ll upgrade to an Intel Mac when I’m forced to because of application support.

]]> By: Helene http://technosailor.com/2007/09/13/the-apple-store-where-intelligent-people-go-to-die/comment-page-1/#comment-128875 Helene Sat, 06 Oct 2007 00:44:18 +0000 http://technosailor.com/the-apple-store-where-intelligent-people-go-to-die/#comment-128875 Guilt sets in....And...what do you mean when Leopard comes out NEXT YEAR??? I thought it was arriving sometime this month - October??? Say it isn't so! Guilt sets in….And…what do you mean when Leopard comes out NEXT YEAR??? I thought it was arriving sometime this month – October??? Say it isn’t so!

]]> By: Jayson Gibson http://technosailor.com/2007/09/13/the-apple-store-where-intelligent-people-go-to-die/comment-page-1/#comment-125482 Jayson Gibson Sun, 23 Sep 2007 23:53:29 +0000 http://technosailor.com/the-apple-store-where-intelligent-people-go-to-die/#comment-125482 Great way to end the article! Your comments put things in perspective. Apple may just do a great job of marketing and creating a buzz. Cheers! Great way to end the article! Your comments put things in perspective. Apple may just do a great job of marketing and creating a buzz.

Cheers!

]]> By: Stasia http://technosailor.com/2007/09/13/the-apple-store-where-intelligent-people-go-to-die/comment-page-1/#comment-125053 Stasia Sat, 22 Sep 2007 16:30:18 +0000 http://technosailor.com/the-apple-store-where-intelligent-people-go-to-die/#comment-125053 Aaron, Thanks! I thought I noticed that many more folks have started complaining about needing to upgrade OS X and all sorts of plug-ins with their Apple products. Now I am more confused about where to head for my next purchase but, HEY, at least I now know as a PC-user, that my MAC comrades are in the same boat. What I'd like to know is why Apple seems to have chosen the Microsoft motto of, 'If you release it flawed, they will still come buy it.' And on the social *justice* tip: pretty much everything in one's personal electronics dept. CAN and should be recycled or donated to make someone's life better -- whether it's for kids to learn how to take things apart and put them back together or to download music and not care about a cracked screen. Besides the fact that throwing a computer or iPod is NOT the enviromentally friendly way to go. Now my last question -- when is a good time to consider buying a Macbook Pro? Aaron,

Thanks! I thought I noticed that many more folks have started complaining about needing to upgrade OS X and all sorts of plug-ins with their Apple products. Now I am more confused about where to head for my next purchase but, HEY, at least I now know as a PC-user, that my MAC comrades are in the same boat.

What I’d like to know is why Apple seems to have chosen the Microsoft motto of, ‘If you release it flawed, they will still come buy it.’

And on the social *justice* tip: pretty much everything in one’s personal electronics dept. CAN and should be recycled or donated to make someone’s life better — whether it’s for kids to learn how to take things apart and put them back together or to download music and not care about a cracked screen. Besides the fact that throwing a computer or iPod is NOT the enviromentally friendly way to go.

Now my last question — when is a good time to consider buying a Macbook Pro?

]]> By: Hatef http://technosailor.com/2007/09/13/the-apple-store-where-intelligent-people-go-to-die/comment-page-1/#comment-124736 Hatef Fri, 21 Sep 2007 18:10:09 +0000 http://technosailor.com/the-apple-store-where-intelligent-people-go-to-die/#comment-124736 Aaron, I couldn't agree with you more. Having worked for Apple Retail, watching thousands of people experience the madness of AppleGasm's, I can tell you that I've personally witnessed and experienced much of what you so eloquently write about. I too have find myself the victim of first revision product limitations and price reductions (iPhone anyone?). In Apple's defense and in defense of the customers that lust after each new Apple release, I would simply ask this, "why don't people have the same lust for Sony electronics or Microsoft or Dell computer products?" I offer this humble, and admittedly incomplete explanation. The products and services created by the aforementioned brands lack imagination and commitment to the user experience. People are CRAZY about Apple products because they suffer from a huge consumerist vacuum for good product design. In a consumer society, where people are in fact compelled to spend and consume, we are starving for good, easy to use products. Apple is leading the innovation, while Sony, Microsoft and Dell are following and creating cheap knock-offs of what Apple invents. I don't have the space here to list the examples, but they are numerous. Brown Zune, anyone? haha! So to wrap up. Aaron, I think you're on to something, but it's not Apple, it's US. We're the one's that are crazy. We're the one's that can't accept the simple fact that money grows on plastic, not on Trees. Anyway, I have to go now because I'm fiending for the new Nano, which I definitely don't need! Aaron, I couldn’t agree with you more. Having worked for Apple Retail, watching thousands of people experience the madness of AppleGasm’s, I can tell you that I’ve personally witnessed and experienced much of what you so eloquently write about. I too have find myself the victim of first revision product limitations and price reductions (iPhone anyone?).

In Apple’s defense and in defense of the customers that lust after each new Apple release, I would simply ask this, “why don’t people have the same lust for Sony electronics or Microsoft or Dell computer products?” I offer this humble, and admittedly incomplete explanation. The products and services created by the aforementioned brands lack imagination and commitment to the user experience. People are CRAZY about Apple products because they suffer from a huge consumerist vacuum for good product design. In a consumer society, where people are in fact compelled to spend and consume, we are starving for good, easy to use products. Apple is leading the innovation, while Sony, Microsoft and Dell are following and creating cheap knock-offs of what Apple invents. I don’t have the space here to list the examples, but they are numerous. Brown Zune, anyone? haha!

So to wrap up. Aaron, I think you’re on to something, but it’s not Apple, it’s US. We’re the one’s that are crazy. We’re the one’s that can’t accept the simple fact that money grows on plastic, not on Trees.

Anyway, I have to go now because I’m fiending for the new Nano, which I definitely don’t need!

]]> By: illovich http://technosailor.com/2007/09/13/the-apple-store-where-intelligent-people-go-to-die/comment-page-1/#comment-124693 illovich Fri, 21 Sep 2007 14:52:54 +0000 http://technosailor.com/the-apple-store-where-intelligent-people-go-to-die/#comment-124693 I generally love Apple products, but I've been alarmed at what seems to me to be a slow slide of quality assurance at the manufacturing level - I used to laugh at PC admins fretting about DOA machines because Apple has such great manufacturing. But I recently realized that of the last 7 Apple products I or a family member have bought in the last year, 4 had a defect serious enough that it had to be returned/repaired by Apple (2 imacs with bad components, an iPhone that slowly slid into not working a week after purchase and a mac book pro with a battery that suddenly could not be detected by the machine, which apparently also means the machine won't draw power from it). I would argue that it's not that products need time to "settle" but rather that they need to be fully developed before they are released. And as a side note: I hate the physical Apple Store. Yeah, it's beautiful... but why do I have to bend over to look at almost anything on a shelf? It's not that I'm against bending over sometimes, but at the Apple Store where I live the design takes precedence over the customer having an easy time shopping. Function following form is wrong thinking, and this has been known for a long time. In my opinion it's a cancer that's slowly eating away at Apple, and they need to excise it before they become a shallow consumer electronics company. I generally love Apple products, but I’ve been alarmed at what seems to me to be a slow slide of quality assurance at the manufacturing level – I used to laugh at PC admins fretting about DOA machines because Apple has such great manufacturing. But I recently realized that of the last 7 Apple products I or a family member have bought in the last year, 4 had a defect serious enough that it had to be returned/repaired by Apple (2 imacs with bad components, an iPhone that slowly slid into not working a week after purchase and a mac book pro with a battery that suddenly could not be detected by the machine, which apparently also means the machine won’t draw power from it).

I would argue that it’s not that products need time to “settle” but rather that they need to be fully developed before they are released.

And as a side note: I hate the physical Apple Store. Yeah, it’s beautiful… but why do I have to bend over to look at almost anything on a shelf? It’s not that I’m against bending over sometimes, but at the Apple Store where I live the design takes precedence over the customer having an easy time shopping.

Function following form is wrong thinking, and this has been known for a long time. In my opinion it’s a cancer that’s slowly eating away at Apple, and they need to excise it before they become a shallow consumer electronics company.

]]> By: Sherlock Asimov http://technosailor.com/2007/09/13/the-apple-store-where-intelligent-people-go-to-die/comment-page-1/#comment-124349 Sherlock Asimov Thu, 20 Sep 2007 17:05:16 +0000 http://technosailor.com/the-apple-store-where-intelligent-people-go-to-die/#comment-124349 Wow, at least get the time right. Leopard is due to be released this October, not next year. Get over the rumor, would you! Wow, at least get the time right.

Leopard is due to be released this October, not next year. Get over the rumor, would you!

]]> By: Jack @ The Tech Teapot http://technosailor.com/2007/09/13/the-apple-store-where-intelligent-people-go-to-die/comment-page-1/#comment-123945 Jack @ The Tech Teapot Wed, 19 Sep 2007 12:25:05 +0000 http://technosailor.com/the-apple-store-where-intelligent-people-go-to-die/#comment-123945 Apple dumped on me too. I bought the whole Apple thing and got me a shiny new Apple Studio display. The first and only really expensive piece of computer equipment I've ever bought. I thought I'd treat myself to a really great screen for once. What happens? Apple halves the price a few months after I buy it and the monitor stops working after 18 months. I won't touch any of their crap ever again! I don't care how trendy it might be. Apple dumped on me too. I bought the whole Apple thing and got me a shiny new Apple Studio display. The first and only really expensive piece of computer equipment I’ve ever bought. I thought I’d treat myself to a really great screen for once. What happens? Apple halves the price a few months after I buy it and the monitor stops working after 18 months. I won’t touch any of their crap ever again! I don’t care how trendy it might be.

]]> By: Sean http://technosailor.com/2007/09/13/the-apple-store-where-intelligent-people-go-to-die/comment-page-1/#comment-123803 Sean Wed, 19 Sep 2007 00:17:55 +0000 http://technosailor.com/the-apple-store-where-intelligent-people-go-to-die/#comment-123803 Just testing :) Just testing :)

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