Steve Jobs Resigns From Post as Apple's CEO

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Maybe he can go to foxconn and appeal to one of the workers for their organs. "Hey, before any of you kill yourself, don't foget to fill out your organ doner card"
 
[citation][nom]law shay[/nom]1. We want competition : for example, we want two competing e-mail program on iOS or two competing word processor on iOS; we want two book stores selling books for iPhone/iPad users. Apple prohibits it. It's not that we want Apple out of the game. We just want an open Apple. Closing would give a lot of profit to Apple but not fair for the consumers -- the iPhone fans.2. We want competition of mobile operating systems -- we want two competing products, each of which trying to outdo the other. As a computer scientist and Operating System tutor, I understand Apple's iOS is inferior to Android in many possible ways. We want Apple to correct its mistakes and improve their feature. What Apple currently doing is not trying to improve their features, but following Android's feature from 1 year behind -- the notification bar, multitasking, widgets etc.3. We want competition of products -- we want Apple to compete head-to-head against Samsung, Motorola and HTC in feature war. Only then the customers can benefit. If you look back, iPhone 3G, 3GS and iPhone 4 has inferior CPU, RAM size, call quality (except battery hour thanks to slower CPUs) compared to its contemporary products from Samsung, Motorola and HTC. Afterall, we are promoting Android and saying "shxt" to Apple for the sake of iFans. iFans are using inferior software running on an inferior hardware but paying a lot more than non-iFans. We are objecting it. As long as iFans can get an iPhone that don comparable hardware/software with us Android users, we won't say a thing.[/citation]





Please be more Specific......
And what other cellphone maker is even doing what you ask? It sounds like you want apple to compete with itself.
1. Apples need two book stores? They already have the Kindle App and Zinio Magazine App for the iPad. What more do you want?
2. Are you asking Apple to sell Android OS? If so why should they? What would be the point in doing that? Doing so would make them "just another phone maker with no differentiation from Samsung and HTC. And this this argument of iOS having flaws and being supposedly inferior to Android....Whats your proof ? By what measure did you comet this?
3. There is plenty of competition.... And to say that just because the iPhone 3G and 3GS, 4 supposedly had inferior hardware does not make for competition is just asinine for the simple fact that Apples rivals supposedly had superior hardware and still lost market share. I mean whats HP's excuse? Did they have superior hardware? If so why did they fold?
And the last statement that you object to 'ifans' using inferior hardware/ software and paying more for it is just stupid. Why do you care? It has no bearing on your life nor has it stifled your choices in anyway. You're just complaining just to complain.
 
[citation][nom]kanaida[/nom]I hope the guys is okay, never wish anyone else harm. However as for the company... it's finally the beginning of the end. Thankfully. I hope it makes all of the wrong moves and finally the fad ends and everyone accepts open platforms instead. What they represent is a step back in evolution to the technical equivalent of slavery.[/citation]

Wow, slavery? People chose the buy Apple's product, slaves did not have a choice. No comparison man. I am sorry. There is nothing enticing about being owned by another human against your will.
 
I've installed the "great" Windows 7 ten months ago. I don't install crap on it. I don't have any crapware, etc. and yet ten months later it runs much slower than in the beginning.
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Dude, you have probably not maintained your operating system. How many background processes have you running? Also you should reboot your Windows 7 at lest once every 3 days. If you leave your computer on for a week without rebooting your operating system will slow down.
 
[citation][nom]law shay[/nom]I bet you are not tech-literate. In hardware, the raw computing power of those Macbook is far inferior to similar priced laptops. In software, yes, their OS is based on Unix and is a secure OS -- but how superior it might be, my ethnic group has two de Facto standards with Font rendering, none of which is supported by their OS since there were only a handful of our ethnic group buying their high-priced products.At least Windows is open enough so that we can hack into OS to have those de Facto font rendering -- that means, for laymen, we can't read our texts on Apple but on Windows (or on Linux).Windows 7 also borrowed heavily from Linux and Linux is as superior and secure as OS-X, so ... why bragging ?[/citation]

No they don't, they do when the laptop has already been out for a year because apple does not change their prices, they just refresh hardware every year. So yea, at the end of it's lifecycle or I will even give you half way through it things start to even up and companies respond to what has been release but then on the next refresh it resets all over again.

Oh an by the way, this BS WinFanboy assumption that people that buy apple products are not technically literate just shows how much of an closed minded idiot you are. Some of the most genius IT professionals that I know use a combination of machines and OS's to do their jobs and still choose a Macbook Pro and OSX as the primary box. Get over yourself.
 
[citation][nom]davewolfgang[/nom]Duuuuuuude - you can get 2-3 BETTER laptops (that are still nice an thin and light) with BETTER specs and hardware for the price of that ONE Air. Stop drinking the "fashion iKoolaid".[/citation]

If that were true then why is intel investing $300Mil to help pc manufactures develop a Sub $1000 Ultrabook to compete with the macbook air?

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-20090869-1/intel-creates-$300-million-ultrabook-fund/
 
Dude, have you been to an Apple store lately? The current MacBook Pro is the most awesome laptop I have ever owned. And, they can't keep the new MacBook Air 13" in stock.
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Ummm, with all the media hype being given to Mr Jobs' crap, I can't imagine Apple products staying on the shelves for long. I look at hardware specs, not logos or nice casing when I buy a laptop. I look at connectivity, user replacability, open characteristics of the hardware. TV Adds and partisan MSM reviews trumpeting their boy Mr Jobs are not what I go by when I purchase a laptop or phone. The state of Apple's products is an embarrassment to any self-respecting techie that values not being Nazied into a drm jail; and I doubt few would risk being seen with them unless they were looking to get laid while hanging out at a joint like Starbucks. Honestly, Apple products and their users are synonymous with greed in the one hand and ignorance on the other.
 
I do not like apple products. But I really do admire Steve Jobs. There are many other things people don't seem to know about which were created/developed under him. To name a few Pixar, renderman etc,.
 
The MacBook Air has a rigid aluminum uni-bodu construction, magnetic power cord, and thunderbolt port. There isn't a single PC that is shipping today that comes even close.
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Moron, a magnetic power cord is not a reason to dish out 50% more for inferior hardware lacking replacability and connectivity. I am not even mentioning the drm jailing infestation that comes with an Apple laptop. The casing is hardly an argument for buying a laptop lacking good hardware specs. Only morons look at casing fist when they buy a computer. Why why are Apple people soooooooooooooooo fucking stuuuuuuuuuuuuupid? My friend who teaches at a local college here in NYC says that Apple users usually score 30% lower in his math exams. I am beginning to believe that there is a connection with stupidity and being an Apple fan.
 
[citation][nom]del35[/nom]Moron, a magnetic power cord is not a reason to dish out 50% more for inferior hardware lacking replacability and connectivity. I am not even mentioning the drm jailing infestation that comes with an Apple laptop. The casing is hardly an argument for buying a laptop lacking good hardware specs. Only morons look at casing fist when they buy a computer. Why why are Apple people soooooooooooooooo fucking stuuuuuuuuuuuuupid? My friend who teaches at a local college here in NYC says that Apple users usually score 30% lower in his math exams. I am beginning to believe that there is a connection with stupidity and being an Apple fan.[/citation]

Coming from a obvious non PC fan with the name starting with Del
 
[citation][nom]mj4358[/nom]And what company is this paragon of virtue and honesty? What company truely has your interst at heart?[/citation]
Real human beings don't have his hearth's "anything" owned by companies.

iZombies are Ape's property.
 
[citation][nom]marraco[/nom]Real human beings don't have his hearth "anything" owned by companies.iZombies are Ape's property.[/citation]

iWTF does this mean in English?
 
Coming from a obvious non PC fan with the name starting with Del.
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Imbecile, my name Del has nothing to do with Dell computer. I cant believe how stupid iCrapies are! I am not a Dell computers fan and would not buy them, but at least they provide people with reasonable hardware at a reasonable price, not like Apple.
 
[citation][nom]del35[/nom]Apple is about hype and deceit. Mr Jobs had a great deal to do with both. Now that he is gone, a con artist of his skills might lead to iNicelycasedcrap's decline.[/citation]

Because Dell is so honest.......( The company in is this article is not a reference to you del35 even though you both lie)
http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/documents-show-that-dell-knowingly-sold-defective-computers-mis/
 
during a visit to the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center, Jobs again spotted mass potential in a niche invention: a computer that allowed people to access files and control programs with the click of a mouse, not typed commands. He returned to Apple and ordered the team to copy what he had seen.
It foreshadowed a propensity to take other people's concepts, improve on them and spin them into wildly successful products. Under Jobs, Apple didn't invent computers, digital music players or smartphones — it reinvented them for people who didn't want to learn computer programming or negotiate the technical hassles of keeping their gadgets working.
"We have always been shameless about stealing great ideas," Jobs said in an interview for the PBS series "Triumph of the Nerds."
The engineers responded with two computers. The pricier one, called Lisa, launched to a cool reception in 1983. A less-expensive model called the Macintosh exploded onto the scene in 1984.
The Mac was heralded by an epic Super Bowl commercial that referenced George Orwell's "1984" and captured Apple's iconoclastic style. In the ad, expressionless drones marched through dark halls to an auditorium where a Big Brother-like figure lectures on a big screen. A woman in a bright track uniform burst into the hall and launched a hammer into the screen, which exploded, stunning the drones, as a narrator announced the arrival of the Mac.
http://news.yahoo.com/jobs-apple-master-inventor-master-marketer-004348760.html
 
[citation][nom]mj4358[/nom]Because Dell is so honest.......( The company in is this article is not a reference to you del35 even though you both lie)http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30 [...] uters-mis/[/citation]

That kind of thing happens all the time from computer manufactures. They cut costs of production pennies at a time by using less or cheaper capacitors. It is part of the business though and if you don't like it then don't buy the stuff. Same with the Apple or any other brand out there. If you don't like it, or can't afford it then get something you like. But to call people who do like it and can afford all these names implies that perhaps you have nothing better to due with your time.
 
[citation][nom]ap3x[/nom]That kind of thing happens all the time from computer manufactures. They cut costs of production pennies at a time by using less or cheaper capacitors. It is part of the business though and if you don't like it then don't buy the stuff. Same with the Apple or any other brand out there. If you don't like it, or can't afford it then get something you like. But to call people who do like it and can afford all these names implies that perhaps you have nothing better to due with your time.[/citation]

There was no implication but a statement of fact and a diatribe best directed at del35 regarding name calling.
 
[citation][nom]f-14[/nom]during a visit to the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center, Jobs again spotted mass potential in a niche invention: a computer that allowed people to access files and control programs with the click of a mouse, not typed commands. He returned to Apple and ordered the team to copy what he had seen.It foreshadowed a propensity to take other people's concepts, improve on them and spin them into wildly successful products. Under Jobs, Apple didn't invent computers, digital music players or smartphones — it reinvented them for people who didn't want to learn computer programming or negotiate the technical hassles of keeping their gadgets working."We have always been shameless about stealing great ideas," Jobs said in an interview for the PBS series "Triumph of the Nerds."The engineers responded with two computers. The pricier one, called Lisa, launched to a cool reception in 1983. A less-expensive model called the Macintosh exploded onto the scene in 1984.The Mac was heralded by an epic Super Bowl commercial that referenced George Orwell's "1984" and captured Apple's iconoclastic style. In the ad, expressionless drones marched through dark halls to an auditorium where a Big Brother-like figure lectures on a big screen. A woman in a bright track uniform burst into the hall and launched a hammer into the screen, which exploded, stunning the drones, as a narrator announced the arrival of the Mac.http://news.yahoo.com/jobs-apple-m [...] 48760.html[/citation]

Whats your point?
 
[citation][nom]del35[/nom]Moron, a magnetic power cord is not a reason to dish out 50% more for inferior hardware lacking replacability and connectivity. I am not even mentioning the drm jailing infestation that comes with an Apple laptop. The casing is hardly an argument for buying a laptop lacking good hardware specs. Only morons look at casing fist when they buy a computer. Why why are Apple people soooooooooooooooo fucking stuuuuuuuuuuuuupid? My friend who teaches at a local college here in NYC says that Apple users usually score 30% lower in his math exams. I am beginning to believe that there is a connection with stupidity and being an Apple fan.[/citation]

So your saying that you can get a PC-based Air eqiv(hardware and quality) at 666 bucks? That must be why Intel just had to invest 300 million just to try and get it's Ultrabook idea off the ground, and the news articles about how manufacturers were struggling to come up with products that would meet this ultrabook idea/standard, and remain under $1000 must be a total fabrication. And you say Apple users are stupid.. And your "friend" statement... Total bs, and you know it. Way to go troll.
 
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