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Re: Thank Steve Jobs

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Post by kayoone »

rhygar wrote: post #6
bsphil wrote: post #3

Hipsters and overpriced consumer electronics?

I'm starting to wonder where this meme comes from. I would hardly call owning a product produced by the most successful company in the world and a household brand being a "hipster". Apple products are not really overpriced. Try buying a capable iPad-like tablet for less than $499. Try buying something like the 11" Macbook Air for less than $999. The iPhone 3GS is $49 with a two year contract. Is there a rebel without…

iMacs and mac minis are overpriced. Of course the high price also comes from using mobile components but still, you can get a Desktop PC with the same specs as an iMac (including a 27 inch screen) for several hundred $ less than an iMac.

Re: Thank Steve Jobs

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Post by kemayo »

I am disappointed by how many of the comments flashing by in the twitter stream on that site are people insulting Steve Jobs and Apple users in general.

Not exactly surprised, but disappointed nonetheless.

Re: Thank Steve Jobs

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Post by mkr-hn »

kubrickslair wrote: post #27
zmmmmm wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Apple's branding and advertising tends to exhibit a similar focus on how their products will improve your status, rather than on the capabilities of the actual hard/software Look at the lid of every mac book. Which way up is the Apple? Your way so that you naturally see it right side up when opening the lid? - no - it's upside down to you, because the point is, everyone else is supposed to see it.

Almost every other laptop manufacturer also does that, at least now-a-days. And it was true when I got my first laptop, a ThinkPad in 2004. Did Apple start the trend, and was it different before that? I am not sure, I could not find enough conclusive pictures of older models. More broadly, this is the kind of rationalizing which probably come from some irrational hate that the grandparent is talking about. Also to ta…

Do Benz fans wander around automotive forums talking about the various inherent superiorities of their car and car company? This is the part that draws the anger. No one would care if Apple fans could just be happy with their purchase and not lord it over everyone.

Re: Thank Steve Jobs

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Post by MatthewPhillips »

revorad wrote: post #36
zmmmmm wrote: post #15

Thank you for being flawed enough that you failed to stop Android taking over the phone market, and thereby preventing the world from entering a technology dark ages where hardware and software ecosystems are locked down and controlled by huge corporations.

Are you suggesting Android is not controlled by a huge corporation? Android is a lot more open than iOS, but the interaction with customers is completely controlled by a handful of corporations. We need an open source hardware device running a truly open source OS. That would be really nice. EDIT: Even if we don't have open source hardware, what would be great is having the ability to buy modular parts to build up ou…

I'm worried that we'll never be able to build our own phones the way we can build our own PCs with commodity hardware due to the crazy patent situation.

Probably hardware and software will continue to be locked down (or in Android's case, released to open-source many many months after official release), but we'll be rescued by the web the same way we were in the PC era.

Re: Thank Steve Jobs

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Post by MatthewPhillips »

runn1ng wrote: post #48
zmmmmm wrote: post #15

Thank you for being flawed enough that you failed to stop Android taking over the phone market, and thereby preventing the world from entering a technology dark ages where hardware and software ecosystems are locked down and controlled by huge corporations.

On the other hand, iPhone OS (or how was it called in early days) was a clear inspiration for Android. You cannot deny Apple basically invented many phone UI metaphors, that were directly copied (and I don't mean it in negative sense) into Android UI. And to your other point... closed nature has its upsides too. Look at gaming consoles, they work quite well despite being crazy controlled. And Apple never wanted to do…

I would argue that the best gaming console of all time is the PC.

Re: Thank Steve Jobs

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Post by code_duck »

kemayo wrote: post #52

I am disappointed by how many of the comments flashing by in the twitter stream on that site are people insulting Steve Jobs and Apple users in general. Not exactly surprised, but disappointed nonetheless.

There's a lot of hate and prejudice cultivated in some circles vs. Apple and people who use their products. It's certainly worthy of a cultural study or analysis. I suppose this is mainly the 'us vs. the other' mentality... Linux users get that ridiculous BS, too.

Re: Thank Steve Jobs

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Post by lawnchair_larry »

HaloZero wrote: post #38

Am I the only one who seems that this makes it seem like he's dead and just not stepping down from CEO of Apple? It's not like he's not going to do anything else in his life.

I think it might be. I don't think he would have resigned if he had anything left in him.

Re: Thank Steve Jobs

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Post by prbuckley »

HaloZero wrote: post #38

Am I the only one who seems that this makes it seem like he's dead and just not stepping down from CEO of Apple? It's not like he's not going to do anything else in his life.

Why do you think saying thank you has to wait until someone is dead? The best time to say thank you is when the person is here and can appreciate the gratitude being expressed for them.

Re: Thank Steve Jobs

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Post by sunchild »

angryasian wrote: post #34
sunchild wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The fact that you feel the need to disparage a man who, as part of a two-man team, charted the course for personal computing in the 1980's, workstation computing and CGI in the 1990's, and then went on to build the world's most valuable consumer electronics company – says more about you than it says about Steve Jobs. You might not like people who care about aesthetics, but I doubt you'd fare particularly well in a co…

in all honesty I think wozniak deserves more credit and bill gates did more to get affordable home computers to the mass than jobs did. But I have no doubts Jobs would of been successful regardless.

That is extremely debatable.
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