Do you Hate Ipods/Apple/Macs?

[jaguarskx]

I hate anything with the words Apple and Mac in them like:

Apple Pie
Apple Juice
Candied Apple
The Big Apple (I consider myself a Manhattanite)
Mac & Cheese
Big Mac

 

[Umagalis]

I hate anything with the words Apple and Mac in them like:

Apple Pie
Apple Juice
Candied Apple
The Big Apple (I consider myself a Manhattanite)
Mac & Cheese
Big Mac

CAREFUL NOW!
There may be some copyright issues here that you are shedding light on!!!! :lol: 😗
I also would not want to be the guy accused somehow of defaming some company by referring to them in some common paltry sense that demeans them more than the food that is hated.....

sad though, certain words now hold a distaste as a result of "some" companies in my mind as well.....

 

[randomizer]

Big Mac

I second that one, it's not even small!

 

[fueled_by_ramen]

I've used macs at college and find them to be quite useless, and cmon just one button in a mouse it's plain stupid.

http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APP...mac_accessories/mice_keyboards&nplm=MB111LL/A
It actually is a 3 button mouse now.
Course that is more of a recent thing, but third-party mice with 2+ buttons have worked with Macs for quite some time just like they do in Windows. Just saying. I agree though, years ago using a one button mouse was stupid. Glad Apple finally changed that.

They are very different platforms but let's not forget that the hardware inside is largely the same, now more than ever. Mac's all come with Intel C2D's...so a Mac and a PC are extremely comparable in terms of performance and capabilities. And they have had the same memory and graphics cards and hard drives that PC's have had too obviously. It's not like there is some magical company out there that makes parts only for Apple that are sooo much better than the parts used in PC's. It just comes in a much different packaging with the Mac, for better or worse. The only thing that still separates them is the OS, but that largely depends on what someone is more used to. But Mac screwed themselves with their proprietary crap.

Would I choose to use a Mac over a PC, even being able to run Windows on it? Nope. I like being able to upgrade or fix something myself and being able to pick and choose exactly what parts I want and nothing more. Does that mean I hate Apple's hardware? Not at all. I love the design and the compactness of say, the iMac. (Although I frickin hated the look of the original iMac, stupid fruity-colored CRT's). I like Apple's products, for the most part. It's always nice to use the new iMacs at school but I still prefer my PC for the things that I like to do. I love the iPod but the battery is still HORRIBLE. And some say that having to use it with iTunes is bad. Meh, I don't mind that...I just hate how iTunes is such a resource hog on Windows.

The thing I do hate about Apple is, as many have already mentioned, the attitude of Apple users. I know a number of diehard Apple fans that are so smug about their personal computing and that's just stupid and unnecessary. It's a computer! At the same time though, I have the same contempt for people that take their cars too seriously. Yeah sure, you have a BMW. It's nice. Good for you. You overpaid to get from point A to point B. Get over yourself. Same thing in this case. Yeah, Mac's are nice. If you have the money to spare, more power to you. But it's still just a pile of metal, silicon, wires, and plastic...just like my PC...which does the same thing. It's not a cultural movement for cryin out loud.

 

[spaztic7]

http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APP...mac_accessories/mice_keyboards&nplm=MB111LL/A
It actually is a 3 button mouse now.
Course that is more of a recent thing, but third-party mice with 2+ buttons have worked with Macs for quite some time just like they do in Windows. Just saying. I agree though, years ago using a one button mouse was stupid. Glad Apple finally changed that.

I have to say, Apple has picked up some steam of recent and they have made a better OS of recent. But they also dropped the ball with quality and making sure their recent releases of OS or built strong and have little defects. No, Leopard has dropped the ball.

They are very different platforms but let's not forget that the hardware inside is largely the same, now more than ever. Mac's all come with Intel C2D's...so a Mac and a PC are extremely comparable in terms of performance and capabilities. And they have had the same memory and graphics cards and hard drives that PC's have had too obviously. It's not like there is some magical company out there that makes parts only for Apple that are sooo much better than the parts used in PC's. It just comes in a much different packaging with the Mac, for better or worse. The only thing that still separates them is the OS, but that largely depends on what someone is more used to. But Mac screwed themselves with their proprietary crap.

There have been benchmarks done that show Macs faster then PC's (laptops, excluding desktop replacement laptops). This is good news if you like Macs and only read the title but bad news Mac if you read the articles. They have been using bran new Macbooks vs. 8 month old Windows laptops. There are major differences in the hardware (the PC having the lower grade hardware in it) and then the Mac normally only wins by a point or two. The sad thing is not that the Macbook won, but it almost lost to PC's that have inferior hardware (slower hardware). That alone shows that the current Windows platforms (XP or Vista) run more efficiently then OSX.

Would I choose to use a Mac over a PC, even being able to run Windows on it? Nope. I like being able to upgrade or fix something myself and being able to pick and choose exactly what parts I want and nothing more. Does that mean I hate Apple's hardware? Not at all. I love the design and the compactness of say, the iMac. (Although I frickin hated the look of the original iMac, stupid fruity-colored CRT's). I like Apple's products, for the most part. It's always nice to use the new iMacs at school but I still prefer my PC for the things that I like to do. I love the iPod but the battery is still HORRIBLE. And some say that having to use it with iTunes is bad. Meh, I don't mind that...I just hate how iTunes is such a resource hog on Windows.

Well, the fruity CRTs.... The company is named after and run by a fruit.

The thing I do hate about Apple is, as many have already mentioned, the attitude of Apple users. I know a number of diehard Apple fans that are so smug about their personal computing and that's just stupid and unnecessary. It's a computer! At the same time though, I have the same contempt for people that take their cars too seriously. Yeah sure, you have a BMW. It's nice. Good for you. You overpaid to get from point A to point B. Get over yourself. Same thing in this case. Yeah, Mac's are nice. If you have the money to spare, more power to you. But it's still just a pile of metal, silicon, wires, and plastic...just like my PC...which does the same thing. It's not a cultural movement for cryin out loud.

Good points here, but we also have to realize that there are PC owners who are just as smug about their PC's. I have a theory about Apple owners. If you own a Mac, you drive a VW. If you drive a VW, this does not mean you own a Mac. I say this because of all the people I know who have a Mac, they all have a VW except 1 person. Whenever I drive, I normally see the Apple logo on the back of VW's. This is just my observation.

 

[Shadow703793]

I love this thread 😀 😀

 

[Shadow703793]

As of this post:
107 votes----Yes <== Past 100! 😀
39 votes-------No
21 votes------Just the Macs
8 vote---------Are you kidding me?!? I love Apple products <==wonder who voted for this :lol:
9 votes--------- Love the OS, Hate the hardware
10 votes-------IPod Rulz!

 

[Shadow703793]

I feel like starting this thread @ a pro-Mac forum and seeing what they have to say. :lol:

 

[halcyon]

I love Apple products. I've had a Dual G4 and several iPods. Yes, they're overpriced...but so are a lot of things. Apple products always elegant and well-crafted to me.

 

[spaztic7]

I feel like starting this thread @ a pro-Mac forum and seeing what they have to say. :lol:

Make sure when you do start it to show this poll!!! 😀

 

[ohiou_grad_06]

I just say don't knock em till you try it. Found out something I didn't know the other day while studying for my apple certification, did you guys know I think it was Apple's G5's had quads in them a couple of years ago, maybe it was a different system, but kind weird huh? Didn't know that.....

 

[nukemaster]

was it duals with 2 threads per cpu? I do remember when the G5 came out. There as a dual socket system....

 

[croc]

The G4 and G5 models both had dual-dual core PPC options, but I'd not call that a quad, not really.. But it accomplished the same purpose, I suppose, if one just counts cores.

 

[engrpiman]

I have an second gen I-pod nano and I like it works great and Itunes is stable on my computer (vista business).

I like the mac OS but I have to say that if they sold it for general use I would use in on my PC.

I got a sony Vaio notebook (1gb ram and 1.5 Ghz Core 2) and it runs vista ok but vista needs more then 1 GB ram. I installed Ubuntu linux on it and it worked out of the box. I was going to get a macbook but the same hardware was $300 more expensive.

 

[Shadow703793]

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[Shadow703793]

http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/showthread.php?p=581920#post581920
^ :lol: Just started it 😀

 

[nukemaster]

Created a new account here:
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LOL

 

[Shadow703793]

Im probably going to get banned from there :lol:

 

[nukemaster]

http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/showthread.php?p=581920#post581920
^ :lol: Just started it 😀

Why do i want to sign up to reply there

 

[Shadow703793]

Wow banned already Less than 5 minutes!

 

[Shadow703793]

 

[nukemaster]

wow, banned for a honest question.....

 

[Umagalis]

Wow banned already Less than 5 minutes!

Let the mayhem begin! I wonder if it would be possible to have a real serious thread like that there???? UPDATE: I was AFK while the thread was started.....too bad, I might have guessed a ban if I had thought about it, given the pattern of censoring in the forums.....WOW!

I love Apple products. I've had a Dual G4 and several iPods. Yes, they're overpriced...but so are a lot of things. Apple products always elegant and well-crafted to me.

HMMM, sounds like someone hasn't seen past the censored topics in the forums......

I just say don't knock em till you try it. Found out something I didn't know the other day while studying for my apple certification, did you guys know I think it was Apple's G5's had quads in them a couple of years ago, maybe it was a different system, but kind weird huh? Didn't know that.....

Apple has had some serious steps in place well before the PC market moved there like quads and a 64bit O/S....but wow, what diff did it make? The revolutionary change to the computer world was when PC did it, not when Apple did it....who cares who did it first?
It is interesting to know and only fair to say that I have known of advantages that Apple may have had over the PC world, but they aren't that great anymore and I would not trade in my Vista machine until the day I Apple takes over the world and shows me a machine I can get parts/support from anyone/anywhere and its as cheap as the old PC stuff !

 

[spaztic7]

Wow banned already Less than 5 minutes!

LOL!!!!

You are my hero!

 

[Shadow703793]

^Thank you 😀